Suitable Sustainability Goals for SMEs

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

This project will find ways to assist SMEs set and achieve sustainability goals suitable for their enterprise and communicate them as part of their marketing communication. The need for this kind of support emerges from the experience of project partners business development work. Some enterprises have the right intentions, but they are unsure how to proceed in practice. Some need confidence in setting goals and therefore do not take action steps. Therea are also companies, who do some correct actions and might think that is enough. Project will focus on companies that work within circular economy and natural resources, but the project targets to create outputs suitable to support also other fields of businesses in project area. The assistance will include for example mentoring from the local forerunners of sustainability, so the smaller and larger enterprises will network in order to reach common sustainability targets, which will benefit both participants. Also, the project will explore the development of environmental management systems for companies. Interviews and workshops in partner areas would determine the content and methods suitable for target groups of main project. The main project will also assist SMEs to communicate their sustainability actions with marketing communications aspect, which will benefit the marketing of the companies and therefore reach beyond their existing market. In the bridging project it is important to work with associated partners, stakeholders and SMEs to commit enterprises to participate in reaching the shared sustainability targets. This bridging project will search potential partners for main project.

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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 (2)

Lead Partner: Karelia-ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Tikkarinne 9, 80200 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.karelia.fi

Total budget: EUR 30 065.00

ERDF budget: EUR 19 542.25

Western Development Commission

Name: Western Development Commission

Department: Regional Development

Address: Dillon House, F45 WY26 Ballaghaderreen, Co, Roscommon, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: https://westerndevelopment.ie/

Total budget: EUR 20 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 13 000.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Suitable Sustainability Goals for SMEs

Project acronym: Goals

Project start date: 2022-01-01

Project end date: 2022-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 50 065.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 32 542.25

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 32 542.25.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

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

2023-11-02

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

152 / 152 (100%)

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

779 / 779 (100%)

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