INTRODUCING INNOVATION INSIDE SMEs
In micro and small medium enterprises innovation application and R&D expenditures are noticeable low, in particular in regions with a high concentration of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In today’s working process these enterprises are overall dependent on quick solutions and support for their businesses. RTD and innovation application is no longer a simple mechanism applicable at local level but European strategies and common shared instruments must be identified. To find the hidden champions in the different regions and to spread these good examples is one of the goals of the project: I3SME.

Furthermore the project aims to improve the level of innovation application and R&D instruments in small and media enterprises by supporting business and technological centres and public administrations in charge of the promotion of innovative policies. SMEs performances can be improved by the identification of the most suitable instruments, methodologies and strategies to improve innovation within business sectors. The project aims to boost the level of innovation based on investments in personal and financial resources allocation for the adoption of innovative systems (ICT, RTD, and spin off solutions).

New and computer based technologies will create a better transnational communication and cooperation between innovation systems and set up the preconditions for making access to high-level technologies easier on a transnational level.