Knowledge Direct Support SMART+ STRATEGIC EXCHANGE SMART+ Methodology for Strategic exchange of GPs for the improvement of SMEs innovation capacity Sevilla,

Knowledge Direct Support

SMART+ STRATEGIC EXCHANGE

SMART+ Methodology for Strategic exchange of GPs for the improvement of SMEs innovation capacity

Sevilla , October 1st 2013

INTRODUCTION SMART+

- Interregional Cooperation Programm: Interreg IVC

(priority: innovation) – Mini-program

- Lifetime : 2010-2013

- Objetives: - Promoting the participation of SMEs in networks and

clusters.- Developing strategies for the marketing of innovative

ideas- Contributing to the regional strategy to improve the

implementation of innovation and technologies by SME.

SMART+ Strategic exchange

SMART +: methodology

Interregional Strategy SMART+

Good Practices SMART+

7 Subprojects Results

Steering Experts

Committee & Charta Smart+

Recommendations

Regional Plans

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IDENTIFICATION and Detection of regional GPs

• 3 SMART+ Capitalisation Workshops per region (18 CW)

• SMART+ Interregional Conferences – Krakow (2011) and Leipzig (2012)

• SEC : Group of Experts of each region working together for selection of GPs

• 23 GPs detected and 4 transfered between partners regions

SMART+ Good Practices

SMART+ Good Practices

Capitalization Workshops,

SEC meetings, Interregional Conferences

CRITERIA:

•SMART + topic compliance, • effectiveness, • innovativeness, • sustainability(funding), • transferability

• 23 SMART+ good practices to be selected! SMART+ good practices to be selected! (10GP to be included in SMART+Charter)

• Capitalisation workshops

SMART+ Good Practices

THE CONTENT: • introduction (project description, main objectives, short description of subprojects),

• detailed description of chosen good practices (basing on the template of description of good practice – Annex 1, questionnaires distributed during the workshops – Annex 2, activity reports),

• policy recommendations (elaborated by SEC basing on 10 good practices and subprojects results)

SMART+ Charter

Regional Implementation Plans THE CONTENT:

•introduction•description of socio-economic situation of the given region•reference to regional policy•detailed description of 3-4 chosen SMART + best practices (important to the given region)•assessment of benchmarking gap•future action plan (resources, timelines)•key milestones•stakeholders involvement

WHY SMART+ IN CAPITALISATION?

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