Innovation and CHange: Network of One-stop Shops for Business - PLUS
The project ICHNOS PLUS aims to build on the achievements of the Interreg III C project entitled "ICHNOS: Innovation and CHange – Network of One-Stop Shops”, concluded in April 2007, that produced a model of Regional Centre of Competence (RCC) for One-Stop Shops for business (OSS).
As a capitalisation project, ICHNOS PLUS focuses on the transfer and deployment of the RCC model and its mainstreaming into the regional policies through the ERDF Operational Programmes. The RCC model has been conceived as a structure to co-ordinate OSS acting as single points of contact for enterprises. Altough the establishment of OSS is foreseen by the EU legislation and was expected in all Member States by 2007, most regions have not accomplished yet with this task.
The partnership is made of 6 partners: Ancitel Sardegna (Italy); CESGA - Galicia (Spain), Vysocina Region (Czech Republic), North Aegean Region (Greece), S&T Park of Tartu (Estonia) and Ruda Slaska Business Incubator (Poland).
The main activities envisaged to achieve these goals are: 
• Studies and surveys. Extension to the new partner regions of an analysis carried out under ICHNOS, aimed to highlight and compare the main features that influence starting or running a business in the regions involved; a toolkit of the upgraded RCC and a feasibility study for a tailor-made transfer of the RCC model.
• Regional meetings aimed at involving Managing Authorities and local stakeholders in the project activities by concertating the actions to be undertaken and collecting the feedbacks of the steps taken.
• On-site visits and staff exchanges designed to build capacity, raise awareness and improve know-how in the participating regions. 
• Interregional seminars to make available all the information and material on the concerned practices; to raise awareness on the ICT solutions for easing start-ups, and a joint training session to deepen specific issues of partners’ interest.
• Dissemination activities.
The main outputs will be:
1 Report of the context analysis carried out in the six partner Regions; 1 Toolkit of the upgraded model of Regional Centre of Competence; 3 Interregional thematic and training seminars on the main issues of relevance for the project; 4 On site visits; 4 Staff exchanges; 6 Feasibility studies (1 per region) for a tailor-made transfer and implementation of the practices; 6 Action Plans (1 per region) describing how the RCC model and the other good practices will be implemented under the Regional OP; 1 Website; 7 brochures; 8 Newsletters; 24 Articles; 3 International dissemination Conferences.

The expected results are:
5 good practices transferred; 6 regional policies influenced in terms of simplification of administrative procedures for start-ups; 60 regional key actors mentored in the way the RCC model works; 30 staff practitioners increased competences about the services delivered by the OSS and RCC; 200 stakeholders’ raised awareness.