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EEN North EastGeoff Archer
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) – what is it?
Aim: “one-stop shop” to meet all the information needs of SMEs and companies in Europe.
• 600 different organisations encompassing over 4,000 staff in over 40 countries
• Chambers of Commerce, RDAs or DAs or University technology centres
• Designed for SMEs but available to all businesses, research centres and universities across Europe
• A two-way network bringing the European Commission closer to businesses and vice versa
In Brief
• Information on doing business in Europe, European opportunities and the European Commission
• Assisting technology transfer in and out of North East England
• Increasing the R&D funding coming into North East England
Enterprise Europe Network (NE)
• 3 Partners Teesside University Centre for Process Innovation Newcastle Science City
• Complementary Expertise and Networks
EEN – how we help?EEN – how we help?
• Info on:
• EU Directives, Regulations and Standards
• Public Sector Procurement and Contract Opportunities
• Grant Finding
• Trading in Europe
• Feedback concerns and problems to the Commission
• Conduct Impact Assessment studies and consultation exercises on specific policies and legislation
EEN – how we help?EEN – how we help?Support for innovation and technology transfer:
• Dissemination and exploitation of research results• Identifying client technology ‘needs’ and/or
technology ‘offers’• Finding suitable partners for further development,
commercialisation, joint ventures etc.• Facilitating the technology/knowledge transfer
process.• Providing Brokerage services across Europe• Facilitating access to collaborative R&D Funding
EEN – how we help?EEN – how we help?
EU / TSB Funding:
• Awareness raising events
• Call identification
• Partner searching
• Proposal reviews
Thank you
• Any questions?
• Please complete the questionnaire in your pack.