EASY FINANCE

Programme 2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Date of latest update: 2021-12-25

Description

Description (EN):

Easy Finance is aimed at reinforcing innovative assistance services for enterprises in order to increase their access to financing through a transnational system of intensive use of innovation and knowledge technologies. In the pursuit of creating new innovative enterprises and of injecting capital in growth enterprises, the project will create new methodologies and will propose a shared space of resources between business development and innovation centres in the Mediterranean.

Achievements (EN):

State of the art of project implementation since the project start Actions achieved: 1. Easy Finance Platform. 2. Common methodology (Toolkit) to explain how to get the most adequate access to finance. 3. Analysis of Finance Sources in each territory. 4. Access to Finance training to 120 enterprises (20 per partner). 5. Selection of Best Cases on Innovation and Competitiveness. Main result: to implement an access to finance culture and to facilitate that information to public and private entities in order to growth and to create employment. Through this project many SMEs and new entrepreneurs have realized about all the possibilities they have on financing. This allows companies to continue their business and not die the first years of life. Specific results and products: - Easy Finance Platform. - Easy Finance Toolkit. - Guides on Financing for each territory participating in the project. - Easy Finance Innovation Stardard and Easy Finance Services Standard. - 120 SMEs and entrepreneurs trained on access to finance. - Guide for Best Cases. Latest project activities and outputs This period has been focused on the component number 5, in particular, in the selection of 20 companies and the related training and inclusion as a company with the quality brand Easy Finance. Actions: - Selection and Training of 20 SMEs and new entrepreneurs in each project partner territory (in total 120). - 20 Innovation Test in each project partner territory, in total 120. - Guide for Funding in each territory. - Guide for Best Cases, with the best examples of innovative companies extracted from the training sessions. - Capitalisation Plan, common for all partners. Results and outputs: - 120 Innovation Test. - 120 SMEs and entrepreneurs detected and trained. - 6 Guide for Funding from Spain (2), France, Italy (2) and Slovenia. - 1 Guide for Best Cases. - 1 Capitalisation Plan for next projects, stratregies and maintenance of the Easy Finance Platform. Next key steps for the project To complete the Final PR and Expenditures Certification. To update the project website with more news and events, more links interesting for project partners and target groups, more publications (press release) in order to disseminate the project results. To update the final version of the Capitalisation Plan. To communicate project outputs to more audience. To participate in events related to the objectives of the project. To propose new ways of cooperation: new projects, new strategies...

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship Knowledge and technology transfer

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Local Development Agency of Alicante

Address: C/ Rafael Altamira, 2-3. , 3002 Alicante, Spain

Legal status: n/a

French Riviera Chamber de Commerce (CCINCA)

Name: French Riviera Chamber de Commerce (CCINCA)

Address: 20 BD CARABACEL, BP 1259, 6005 NICE , France

Legal status: n/a

UIP University development center and university incubator of Primorska

Name: UIP University development center and university incubator of Primorska

Address: Ferrarska 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

PATRAS SCIENCE PARK

Name: PATRAS SCIENCE PARK

Address: Stadiou Str., Platani, 26504 Patras, Greece

Legal status: n/a

ANDALUSIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Name: ANDALUSIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Address: C/Leonardo da Vinci, 2 -Edificio IAT- Parque Tecnologico Cartuja 93 , 41092 Sevilla, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Langhe Monferrato e Roero Società Consortile a r.l. Agenzia di sviluppo del territorio

Name: Langhe Monferrato e Roero Società Consortile a r.l. Agenzia di sviluppo del territorio

Address: v. Leopardi 4, 14100 Asti, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Business Innovation Centre La Fucina

Name: Business Innovation Centre La Fucina

Address: Via Venezia 23, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): EASY FINANCE

Project acronym: EASY FINANCE

Project start date: 2010-06-01

Project end date: 2012-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 971 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 728 250.00

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2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

159 / 159 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 395 / 1 395 (100%)

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