Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

Programme 2007 - 2013 Interreg IVC

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Description (EN):

Innovation in SMEs is one of the big challenges of the European economy to compete in the global markets. Even if different policies and programmes have been put in place in different Regions to push SMEs in this line, the lack of motivation to innovate in SMEs has been identified by all the actors involved in the innovation system. And for the major part of the European SMEs, the non-technological innovations are the most important ones. How to deal with new business models, marketing strategies, commercialisation approaches, organisational issues, etc. In consequence, how to convince SMEs managers to use a part of their time to define and implement innovation policies becomes the key question to develop and adopt non-technological innovations in the companies. The objective of InnoMot project is to prepare the deployment of new policies and programmes addressed to support the adoption of non-technological innovations by SMEs in the Regions involved. The challenge of the project is to improve the development and adoption of new business models in SMEs by designing, implementing and managing strategies, policies and tools, whose aims are to improve non-technological innovation, and especially regarding the factors related with the motivation of SMEs’ owners and managers. Specific objectives will be: - to define a new approach on SMEs motivation - to develop and apply a methodology to identify, pack and transfer the better practices found - to identify a set of good practices - to define and design tools to motivate the promotion of innovation in SMEs, using the practices found - to facilitate the creation of platforms involving the different stakeholders to learn more about the deployment of new practices - to define Regional Implementation Plans - to improve among the regions the development of materials to push ahead the deployment of new policies' approaches - to disseminate the policies and results beyond the consortium The aim of the project is to build up expertise in the public administrations in order to improve the current practice regarding design, implementation and monitoring of Innovation motivation policies. The basis to reach the objectives is to identify the existing good practices, to analyse them identifying the key success factors, to establish the conditions to transfer them among the involved Regions, and to use them to improve the existing policies. In addition, a generalisation of this transfer system will be generated to help other Regions to apply it in the future. This path will be not linear but with a permanent feedback among the tasks to guarantee that the results, both intermediate and final will be adequate to the regional needs.

Achievements (EN):

The first months of the project have been used to put the foundations for a successful development, throught the design and creation of work structures, procedures and tools. On the organizational side, a management and work structure is in place, both at project and at partners' levels. The partners have signed a Partnership Agreement to regulate their relationship during the project, and also the negotiation and administrative tasks towards the INTERREG Secretariat are completed. On the communication side, the project has an image. The InnoMot logo has been designed and approved, and with it all the elements required for communication: templates for powerpoint presentations and newsletters, stationery, etc. A first project brochure presenting InnoMot has been created, as well as a poster. Some partners have already started to disseminate locally the project through press releases and articles. Finally, the project website, www.innomot.net is in place As for the core activities of the project, dealing with the identification and exchange of Non-Technological Good Practices, the first step, the design and implementation of a methodology to be used by all the partner Regions in the identification, description and analysis of the Good Practices, has been completed and validated with sample case studies. The methodology provides a definition of "Non Technological Innovation", a set of common criteria for searching and identifying Good Practices, and an Interview Guide for data collection. The next step is to ensure the involvement and cooperation with local stakeholders, experts and organizations where Good Practices may be identified. This is done through a series of Regional Workshops to create awareness and present the proposed methodology, getting a first feedback about the possible Good Practices to identify. Five such workshops have been already organized, with four others to follow soon

Website: http://www.innomot.net

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Innovation capacity and awareness-raising SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: West Sweden

Address: Kronhusgatan 7, 411 05 Göteborg, Sweden

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Регионална агенция за предприемачество и иновации – Варна (РАПИВ)

Name: Регионална агенция за предприемачество и иновации – Варна (РАПИВ)

Address: Asparuhovo quarters, Malka chaika vicinity, P. O. Box 87, 9003 Varna, Bulgaria

Legal status: n/a

Department of Regional Development

Name: Department of Regional Development

Address: Skottenborg 26, DK-8800 Viborg, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Województwo Łódzkie

Name: Województwo Łódzkie

Address: 8 Pilsudskiego Avenue, 90-051 Lodz, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Centro Europeo de Empresas e Innovación de Navarra, CEIN

Name: Centro Europeo de Empresas e Innovación de Navarra, CEIN

Address: Polígono Industrial Mocholi, 31110 Noain, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Instituto de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de la Generalitat Valenciana IMPIVA

Name: Instituto de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de la Generalitat Valenciana IMPIVA

Address: Plaza del Ayuntamiento 6, 46002 Valencia, Spain

Legal status: n/a

TeleRegions Net

Name: TeleRegions Net

Address: Rue de Luxembourg 3, B1000 Brussels, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Meath County Enterprise Board

Name: Meath County Enterprise Board

Address: Navan Enterprise Centre, Trim RoadNavan, Ireland

Legal status: n/a

Nord France Innovation Développement

Name: Nord France Innovation Développement

Address: 323 boulevard du Président Hoover, 59000 Lille, France

Legal status: n/a

ERVET Emilia Romagna Valorizzazione Economica del Territorio S.p.a

Name: ERVET Emilia Romagna Valorizzazione Economica del Territorio S.p.a

Address: Via Morgagni 6, 40122 Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Регионална агенция за предприемачество и иновации – Варна (РАПИВ)

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Department of Regional Development

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Województwo Łódzkie

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Centro Europeo de Empresas e Innovación de Navarra, CEIN

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Suède de l’Ouest

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Instituto de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de la Generalitat Valenciana IMPIVA

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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TeleRegions Net

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Meath County Enterprise Board

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Nord France Innovation Développement

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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ERVET Emilia Romagna Valorizzazione Economica del Territorio S.p.a

Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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Project name (EN): Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

Project acronym: InnoMot

Project start date: 2012-01-01

Project end date: 2014-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 274 728.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 727 256.00

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2007 - 2013 Interreg IVC

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2015-09-01

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

204 / 204 (100%)

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

2 250 / 2 250 (100%)

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Improving Regional Policies promoting and motivating non-technological Innovation in SMEs

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