PROJECT TITLE: SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRICES INOVATIONS BOOST (SMEI)
Finance Instrument: IPA II
Project Status: Completed
Implementation period: 01.08.2017-31.10.2020
Funded by: EU, Interreg V-B Balkan Mediterranean
Contribution amount: 142,359 Eur
Type of assistance: Technical Assistance, Equipment
Beneficiary: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus
Implementing Agency: National Association of Small and Medium Business
Statistical Domains: Economics Statistics
Project objectives:
The objective of this project is to increase the international capacity of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and support them in creating a sustainable network, including innovative groups with other SMEs from the region to share knowledge and develop innovation.
Project results:
The main project results related to project indicators are as follows:
- Increasing the knowledge of SMEs about their innovation capacity.
- Increasing the competitiveness of SMEs by supporting SMEs with high quality data, tools and systems to increase their innovation capacity.
- Reducing the innovation gap between IPA and EU countries by supporting the transfer of knowledge in the Mediterranean region.
- Improve strategic decision-making and planning at the government level by providing high quality data, tools and system at the international level for use by policymakers at the international, national, regional and local levels.