Issue N° 108 - March 2013
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The
first session of the newly established INSMEAcademy
has taken place on the 27th of March with the topic
“The social media based innovative services: the new value creation
drivers" held by Aleardo Furlani - CEO of INNOVA/Italy (INSME Board
Member).
For
further information please visit this page and download the INSMEAcademy flyer
The
INSME team is working hard on organising the 9th
INSME Annual Meeting taking place from
the 21st to 24th of May 2013 in Izmir,
Turkey.
More
information at this page.
In March INSME and the European Association of Research Managers and
Administrators - EARMA
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the aim to better
promote multilateral communications and cooperation in the fields of
entrepreneurship, innovation, science and technology transfer, and
research management and administration. EARMA aims at being an interface between research funding organisations and the scientific community, bridging cultural and legal differences between countries, and between academia and industry, contributing to policy consultations and managing the smooth running of research projects.
Being the world's biggest
market as well as the fastest growing major economy, China has been
attracting a lot of attention, but due to the cultural, political and
social differences it still remains a major challenge for European
small and medium-sized enterprises. To lower the barriers, the EU SME Centre (INSME
Partner) was founded in Beijing in 2010 to provide practical
and trustworthy help to European SMEs. In
this
article you will find an overview of its activities and its
tools. 
On the 27th of
Febraury 2013, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel
Barroso, has announced the creation
of a Science and Technology Advisory Council. More
info at this page.
The EU-ASEAN Business
Summit, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the 9th of
March 2013 and the informal meetings of the previous days between the
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and the Trade Ministers of the
ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam) have been focused on how to strengthen trade and investment
relations. More
info here.
Was the discovery of the structure of DNA an innovation?
Is innovation evolutionary or revolutionary?
Find some possible answers in this
article of Tim Kastelle.
In this article Chuck Frey explains why it is so important - in the
"Social Era" - that leaders meet their workers' desire to contribute
to a mission that matters.
Read the article here.
When addressing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues
related to research and development (R&D), people often quickly
jump to the questions on IPR ownership, licensing, enforcement etc.
All of these issues are important; however it is very helpful to
examine also other important points.
In this article the China IPR SME Help Desk (INSME Partner) gives some hints about developing a good "R&D strategy".
The
Crowdsourcing
Week 2013 is looking for innovative startups to compete in a
pitch and crowdfunding challenge. The teams are invited to submit
their business plans and 10 finalists with the maximum potential will
be picked by a panel of venture capitalists and startup mentors. More
info at this page.
The
main objective of this call for proposals is to support regions to
adapt and change their industrial structures to unlock the potential
of clusters and entrepreneurship for regional economic development
and for addressing societal challenges such as reducing CO2
emissions, improving resource efficiency and environmental
protection.
The call invites interested regional organisations to submit, in a
first stage, a short "concept note" on their vision of how to
promote entrepreneurship in regions by using clusters as platforms
with a view to supporting the development of emerging industries.
Applications from legal entities established in one of the following
countries are eligible: EU Member States, Switzerland, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway and CIP
participating countries.
The concept notes shall be
submitted by the 17th of April 2013.
The "winners" of this first round will then be invited to submit
full proposals by the 22nd of August 2013.
More
info at this page.
The overall objective of this call for proposals is to provide
support services to assist European SMEs to both protect and enforce
their intellectual property rights in or relating to the MERCOSUR
region including Chile.
More
info at this page.
The
European Institute of
Public Administration (EIPA) - with the institutional and
financial support of 13 European public partners - offers the
possibility to send applications for the fourth European Public Sector
Award - EPSA 2013. More
info here
Erasmus
for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border exchange programme
which gives young or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to gather
and exchange knowledge and business ideas with an
experienced entrepreneur, with whom they stay and collaborate for a
period of 1 to 6 months. The stay is partly financed by the European
Commission.
The programme encourages the participation of both:
To
learn more about the programme click here.
UNCTAD's
Division on Investment and Enterprise (INSME
Member) published a preliminary analysis on "Global
Value Chains And Development: Investment and Value Added Trade in
the Global Economy". To
learn more about the report click here.
The
Services Consortium of the AL-INVEST
Programme (EUROCHAMBRES) - with the supervision of the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) -
published a study on "Building SME
competitiveness in the European Union and Latin America and the
Carribbean".
In December 2012, in the framework of public-private dialogue
between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean
organized by AL-INVEST/EUROCHAMBRES and ECLAC, a series of
interviews were conducted with some 50 business leaders and opinion
shapers in countries of both regions.
This document incorporates the survey and is intended to stimulate
discussion and thinking at the highest political and business
echelons of the European Union and of Latin America and the
Caribbean about the role of smaller-sized firms in domestic
economies and the support they need in order to overcome their most
important limitation, which is their productivity compared to larger
firms.
If SMEs improve their competitiveness they will be in a position to
"go international", tackling new and more complex markets and
gaining access to the knowledge economy, etc.
To
learn more about this study please click here.
The
SME
Toolkit is a website dedicated to the namesake programme of
the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World
Bank Group - available in multiple languages through local partners
around the world.
The portal aims at providing assistance to SMEs by offering the
essential tools to start a new activity and to do business
internationally.
The portal is divided into eight main sections (Accounting
and Finance/ Business Planning/Human Resources/Exporting/Legal and
Insurance/Marketing and Sales/Operations/ Technology).
EUROCHAMBRES NEWS is the Association's free monthly
newsletter. Published 10 times a year in English and French, it
provides clear and concise information about EUROCHAMBRES'
activities and positions.
You
can subscribe this newsletter here.
 4th
of April 2013Towards
a sustainable economic paradigm: From labour to
resource productivity The forum will bring world leaders and key actors together to engage in a dynamic and critical debate on the need for a shift away from labour- and resource-intensive production towards resource-efficient productivity. The new economic model of growth will be explored through fundamental topics:
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learn more please click here. |
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Over 300 participants are expected to attend the sessions which will clarify the role of early stage investors as enablers of growth and jobs for Europe. The Congress will also comprise the annual Awards Ceremony which distinguishes amongst other awards the Business Angel of the Year. |
7th - 10th of April 2013
Annual NBIA Conference
Organized by the National Business Incubation Association
(NBIA)
Boston, USA
10th - 14th of April 2013
41st Exhibition of
Inventions
Organized by Inventions Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
17th - 18th of April 2013
Breakthrough Innovation 2013
Organized by Connecting Group
Berlin, Germany
17th - 19th of April 2013
IFT Energy 2013 International
Fair of Technologies
Organized by IFT Energy
Espacio Riesco, Santiago- Chile
21st – 23rd of April 2013
ADT
Spring Conference 2013
Organized by ADT (German
Association of Innovation, Technology and Business Incubation
Centres)
Chemnitz, Germany
22nd – 25th of April 2013
World
Chambers Congress
Organized by ICC -
International Chamber of Commerce
Doha, Qatar
24th – 26th of April 2013
Seventh
Global Congress "Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy"
Organized by the World
Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO (INSME
Member)
Istanbul, Turkey
26th of April 2013
World
Intellectual Property Day
Organized by the World
Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO (INSME
Member)
29th – 30th of April 2013
Fostering
Innovation and Strengthening Synergies within the EU
Organized by the European
Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Dublin, Ireland
6th – 7th of May 2013
Creating
markets from research results
Organized by EPO - European
Patent Office
Munich, Germany
TII Conference: Globalization of
Technology
Organized by Technology
Innovation International (TII)
Beijing, China
9th of May 2013
Innovation
Economy Expo
Organized by Innovation
Economy Konnect, Inc.
Ontario, California, USA
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