CLIPPER supports the competitiveness of maritime industries SMEs through better public policies on industrial performance, value chains and clusters, internationalisation, and access to finance.
GROW RUP supports the creation and growth of innovative companies in the green and blue economy to reduce long-term unemployment in Europe’s outermost regions.
Design 4 Innovation promotes design as a tool for user-centred innovation to enhance SME competitiveness and help them create more desirable products and services, be more profitable and grow faster.
FFWD EUROPE encourages SMEs to participate in public supported accelerator models in order to enhance their competitiveness through access to private funding and international market opportunities.
RCIA strives to create a modern business ecosystem using the transformative power of creative SMEs as a key competitiveness factor for boosting the overall regional economy.
SOCIAL SEEDS aims at equipping policymakers with evidence-based policy diagnostic tool increasing the effectiveness of local and regional policies stimulating growth of social enterprises (SE).
COMPETE IN focuses on the improvement of local and regional internationalisation policies and the creation of local cooperation processes with all relevant stakeholders acting as part of a regional system for the benefit of SME competitiveness.
ATM for SMEs aims at improving the access of SMEs to microfinance in the participating regions by sharing and exchanging the local knowledge on innovative solutions.
RuralGrowth aims at improving policies supporting small rural businesses within the visitor economy through stimulating the uptake of green innovative solutions serving as a launchpad for SME competitiveness.
UpGradeSME aims at improving the export performance of SMEs by exchanging on internationalisation policy instruments and tools increasing SME ability to export, gain new know-how and improve competitiveness.
ESSPO will work on the effectiveness of SME innovation support, answering SMEs’ needs with comprehensive services portfolios capable of visibly impacting the regional economies.
SME ORGANICS aims at enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of SMEs in the organic sector of the participating regions, improving their performance and facilitating the growth capacity of the entire sector in markets.
INTRA facilitates policymaking on regional level by building on research findings and highlighting the importance of regional quadruple helix partnerships in research and design of new policy models for internationalisation of SMEs.
SIE will help seven European regions jointly assess and address the challenges associated with SME internationalisation through trade development activities and improve other SME-focused policies and support services.
PURE COSMOS focuses on the role public authorities can play in enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by making the business climate more transparent and reliable.
INNOGROW will play an important role in supporting the modernisation of existing rural SMEs and the proliferation of innovative start-ups through policies that promote the adoption of technology and business model innovations by rural SMEs.
SKILLS+ aims at advancing public policies promoting information and communication technologies skills among SMEs in rural areas helping them seize fully the opportunities offered by a digital single market and benefits of a digital economy.
Destination SMEs aims at assisting European territories in designing effective destination management strategies in order to provide tourist SMEs with a favourable environment for growth and improve their competitiveness.
