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.