Proactive Innovation Support for SMEs in the Corridor from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea
After the enlargement of the European Union there is the potential to develop the Baltic-Adriatic corridor to a knowledge-based economic region in accordance with the Lisbon strategy. The project PROINCOR contributes to this development by addressing enterprises with innovation needs in main manufacturing and industrial service sectors of the involved regions and countries. 
Its aim is to support the diffusion and application of knowledge in new products, processes and services. The transnational partnerships covering the corridor from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea aims to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs by boosting their innovation performance and thereby contribute to the decrease of economic disparities between Eastern and Western regions and countries along the former iron curtain. 
The project is based on a proactive approach starting with diagnostic and advisory visits in SMEs, developing and using of transnational approach to assess the current innovation performance of the SMEs. The important part that the project covers is also the conducting of innovation audits and action plans on how to improve the innovation performance.