ECOINNO2SME - Supporting SMEs in Disseminating and Exploiting Research Results of ECO-Innovation

The Project

The overall aim of the project ECOINNO2SME is to reinforce the dissemination and exploitation of project results of small and medium sized companies (SMEs) in the areas ECO-Innovation in such a way that they are supported to bridge the gap between research and exploitation, hence expand their businesses and, accordingly, raise their competitiveness in the world markets. The project will evaluate finished projects of 5th and 6th Framework Programme of the EU with the involvement of SMEs. By defining sub-clusters of ECO-Innovation (within biotechnology, food, energy and environment) the project will follow an interdisciplinary approach in order to support exploitation and dissemination of results in these clusters.

ECOINNO2SME comprises Partners from 7 European countries (DE, EE, ES, HU, IT, SE, UK), all with long experiences in supporting SMEs in the dissemination and exploitation of research results.
Project duration is 2 years, the project started in February 2008 and will end in January 2010.

The ECOINNO2SME project gives free support at:

Disseminating your research results for European wide marketing measures,
Consultancy in finding new exploitation possibilities - Interdisciplinary exploitation approach
Searching cooperation partners in Europe e.g.
- by a targeted search within the Enterprise Europe Network,
- at regional & European level, such as European brokerage events and
- at organised company missions to Italy, Sweden and Spain,
Gaining access to foreign markets and networks
Professional consultancy through experienced organizations.

The final event "Benefiting from RTD Results" was organised in Brussels on 29th January 2010 together with EU-projects USEandDIFFUSE and PRESTO. Share your experiencees with us! Visit our section Events for more information.

The project has recently published the final brochure: Lessons Learnt from the ECOINNO2SME EU-Project (in English)
The brochure (72 pages) contains information about the project's aim, methodology and activities and results as well as conclusions and recommendations gained during the project period. (03/2010)

ECOINNO2SME would like to know more about the experiences you made during the projects. What were the key success factors or the obstacles of exploitating your project results?
Take the chance to forward us your opinion via our online Questionnaire, we will hand over the evaluation results to the European Commission.

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Project leaflet (in English)

Regional project leaflet inlays in the following languages:
in Estonian, in German, in Hungarian, in Italian, in Spanish, in Swedish