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IRT Teams | Sept 08 | ‹#›Title of the presentation | Date |‹#›Overview and Technology Transfer

EEN Overview

Paul Matthews

IRT Teams | Sept 08 | ‹#›Title of the presentation | Date |‹#›

4000+ staff

600+ offices

55+ countries

European Trade

area 18m +

businesses &

population 700m+

Worlds largest

technology

transfer database

What is the EEN?


The Enterprise Europe Network in England,

Northern Ireland & Wales (ENIW)

Funded jointly by the European Commission’s Executive Agency

for SMEs (EASME) and Innovate UK

Hosted in Northern Ireland by Invest NI

21 Consortia Partners including Universities, Chambers of

Commerce, Government and Local Government Agencies and

private innovation companies

€75m project over 6 years designed to stimulate innovation in SMEs


ENIW Consortium


Help businesses innovate through international collaboration

Help bring ideas to commercialisation

Inspire internationalisation

Help business access funding for R&D (H2020 & UK) and access

to finance

Innovation management advice and support

Act as an agent to help EU implement SME and business strategies

Our key aims


EEN Support for Business

Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training

Opportunity Identification

Partner Identification

Coaching and Mentoring



Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training



Coaching and

Mentoring

News and Events

Brokerage opportunities

EU Legislation and Regulation

Contacts in other countries

Market information

H2020



Information

Advice and

Support

Skills and Training



Coaching and Mentoring

Strategic Reviews of:

Internationalisation

Commercialisation

Access to Finance

Access to Funding Advice and Support (inc H2020)

Expert signposting to other relevant services

NO WRONG DOOR!

IRT Teams | Sept 08 | ‹#›Title of the presentation | Date |‹#›EEN Support for Business

Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training



Coaching and

Mentoring

Information

Skills and Training



Coaching and

Mentoring

Pitching your business for international collaboration:

• Networking strategies

• Proposition Development

• Elevator Pitch Development

• Cultural awareness


Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training

Find and create

opportunities


Coaching and

Mentoring

Partner Opportunities Database

(commercial thru to R&D)

Matching process

Email alerts

RSS feeds

Brokerage Events

Technology Missions




Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training


Partnership brokerage

Coaching and

Mentoring

Honest broker role

Agreement templates

Agreement negotiations

IP advice

Hosting meetings

Translation



Information

Advice and Support

Skills and Training


Partner

Identification

Coaching and

Mentoring

H2020 SME Instrument M&C

Innovation Management

• CEN/TS 16555-1

• Innovate 2 Succeed


Contact

www.enterprise-europe.co.uk

www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/content/about_enterprise_europe_network_uk/the_regions/northern_ireland/

@EEN_InvestNI

[email protected]

http://www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/

http://www.enterprise-europe.co.uk/content/about_enterprise_europe_network_uk/the_regions/northern_ireland/