Expected Outcome:
- Increased number of SMEs linked with other entities across Europe and beyond for cross-border business cooperation, technology and knowledge transfer and technology and innovation partnerships;
- Increased number of SMEs aware of sustainability challenges and opportunities and integrating them in their business processes;
- Increased number of SMEs implementing innovation activities and integrating structured innovation management approaches to improve their business processes and develop business opportunities;
- Increased number of SMEs integrating digitalisation to improve their business processes and developing new business opportunities;
- Higher rate of European SMEs exporting within the Single Market and outside the EU;
- Higher rate of European SMEs participating in EU programmes;
- Improvement in European SMEs understanding of EU legislation and of opportunities offered by EU programmes and EU access to finance;
- Increased number of companies reporting a successful outcome on their business in terms of turn-over and jobs created;
- Better visibility of the EEN by promoting success stories;
- Better knowledge/understanding within EU institutions of SMEs opinions, difficulties and expectations.
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) provides business support and advisory services - in particular for SMEs - by offering information, advisory services, feedback and partnering services, innovation, technology and knowledge transfer services. The Network provides services encouraging the participation of SMEs in the opportunities provided by the
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