Cordis

The Innovation/SMEs programme

CORDIS is just one service of the programme "Promotion of Innovation and Encouragement of SME Participation", often known as the 'Innovation/SMEs' programme.

The programme works at improving industrial competitiveness, sustainable growth, social development and job creation. Its actions fall into the following categories:

Innovation/SMES Programme - a service provider

The latest developments in EU R&D, innovation and enterprise policy. Receive automatic e-mail updates on new developments in your areas of interest and be immediately informed on EU R&D calls for proposals and tenders

http://www.cordis.lu/news

• A Technology Marketplace listing over 9 000 results and technologies from completed EU research projects which are available for exploitation

http://www.cordis.lu/marketplace

• A Multi-lingual helpdesk as a central point of contact

http://www.cordis.lu/helpdesk

Innovation, Finance and Technology

• Innovation Financing -

http://www.cordis.lu/finance/home.html

Policy and practice exchange between finance, innovation and technology.

• Access to Finance - The Gate2Growth Initiative

• Information sources, News and Events

• Tools for Business Planning

• Business Plan Diagnostic

• Investor search (venture capital, informal investors, banks, etc)

• Networks of Financiers and Innovation

• Professionals

http://www.gate2growth.com

• Innovation and Technology Equity Capital Encouragement and help for the venture capital industry to make early-stage investments in technologically innovative SMEs.

http://www.cordis.lu/finance/src/i-tec

• Innovation Relay Centres (IRCs)

http://www.cordis.lu/irc

A regional network of organisations providing practical support for SMEs involved in the innovation process.

Innovation Policy

• Find out about regions of excellence that have demonstrated success in the creation of new technology-based enterprises and also to learn from the sophisticated policies that support their networking activities.

www.cordis.lu/paxis/src/home

• Special information for small and medium-sized enterprises wanting to participate in research and innovation

http://sme.cordis.lu/home/index.cfm

• An action programme to support the analysis and benchmarking of innovation performances and policies in Europe

http://www.cordis.lu/innovation-smes/src/policy.htm

• The Networking of Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) for collaboration and exchange of experiences in the development of regional innovation policies and schemes

http://www.innovating-regions.org

Contacts

• Find out everything about Innovation-SMEs contacts under:

http://www.cordis.lu/innovation-smes/src/con-tact.htm

• Find an international technology partner through the locating service
http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/partner.htm

Publications

Innovation and Technology Transfer Newsletter -

http://www.cordis.lu/itt

Features and news on the Innovation-SMEs Programme.

• Euroabstracts -

http://www.cordis.lu/euroabstracts

A review of new literature in the R&D and innovation arena.

• CORDIS focus -

http://www.cordis.lu/focus

A fortnightly bulletin of R&D news.

• CORDIS focus RTD-Results supplement featuring

Technology Opportunities Today -

http://www.cordis.lu/focus/en/src/supplements.htm

For further information please contact:

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.cordis.lu/innovation-smes

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