Smart early export ecosystem development for SMEs

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

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Description (EN):

Within Nordic and peripheral areas (NPA), there are substantial differences in the growth and exports of early growth stage SMEs. These companies have the highest growth and innovation potential and they are crucial for rural regional economies and territorial cohesion. Exports enlargers markets of rural and remote SMEs critically, and some NPA regions success exceptionally well as growth platforms. The phenomenon and reasons to this, however, are not recognised by research, policy reports or regional strategies. Thus, best practices in supporting sustainable growth and early-stage exports are needed to be recognised and shared within NPA (business services, regional developers, and auhtorities). The project will focus on Priority 1 specific objective 1.3 "Enhancing sustainable growth & competitiveness of SMEs and job creation in SMEs, including by productive investment". SEED project aims to enhance sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and their job creation by increasing understanding of regional export circumstances and supporting entities within NPA by evidence-based knowledge. Combining and analysing regional growth data of SMEs together with regional economic data and sharing reasons and experiences that are found behind these regional differences, the project creates a strong basement for the planned main project. SEED project creates path to analyse, co-learn and share knowledge regarding to early export drivers and practices within NPA by: 1) Data survey and preliminary statistical analysis to map exports of SMEs and future project focus regions at NPA. 2) Building regional level co-learning network to recognise, evaluate and share best practices and activities within different profile export regions of SMEs to promote early-stage exports of SMEs in NPA. 3) Grounding a road map work towards smart early export ecosystem development of SMEs within NPA through active collaboration with partners and stakeholders.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Improved support systems tailored for start-ups and existing SMEs in remote and sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Oulun yliopisto

Department: Kerttu Saalasti Institute

Address: Pajatie 5, 85500 NIvala, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.oulu.fi/ksi-eng/

Total budget: EUR 45 999.30

ERDF budget: EUR 29 899.54

Munster Technological University

Name: Munster Technological University

Department: The V-LINC expert research group

Address: Bishopstown T12, P928 Cork, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.cit.ie/vlinc

Total budget: EUR 22 998.50

ERDF budget: EUR 14 949.02

Lulea tekniska universitet

Name: Lulea tekniska universitet

Department: Business Administration and Industrial Engineering

Address: Luleå Tekniska Universitet, 97187 Luleå, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ltu.se

Total budget: EUR 22 995.05

ERDF budget: EUR 14 946.78

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Project name (EN): Smart early export ecosystem development for SMEs

Project acronym: SEED

Project start date: 2022-01-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 91 992.85

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 59 795.35

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 59 795.35.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

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2023-11-02

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152 / 152 (100%)

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779 / 779 (100%)

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Smart early export ecosystem development for SMEs

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