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Streamlining of EU business support networks - Euro Info Centres Hussein Sattaf

European Commission. Enterprise Directorate General. Streamlining of EU business support networks - Euro Info Centres Hussein Sattaf. Streamlining of EU business support networks. Improve the current situation. Easier access for companies Better co-ordination at European level.

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Streamlining of EU business support networks - Euro Info Centres Hussein Sattaf

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  1. European Commission Enterprise Directorate General Streamlining of EU business support networks - Euro Info Centres Hussein Sattaf

  2. Streamlining of EU business support networks Improve the current situation • Easier access for companies • Better co-ordination at European level

  3. Streamlining of EU business support networks OPET Organisations for the Promotion of Energy Technologies enterprises IRC Innovation Relay Centres enterprises enterprises EIC Euro Info Centres BRE Bureau de Rapprochement des Entreprises BIC Business and Innovation Centres enterprises BC-NET Business Co-operation Network enterprises MED Business Centers EBIC European Business Information Centres enterprises EURO CENTRES/ COOPECO enterprises enterprises enterprises

  4. Streamlining of EU business support networks What is needed? • Better co-operation between networks: Who does what? • More common activities • Complete service packages for clients

  5. Streamlining of EU business support networks The Liikanen initiative • Bring all Commission services around the table • Develop a concept for co-operation Communication “Rationalisation and Streamlining of Community business support networks (February 2001)

  6. Streamlining of EU business support networks Networks concerned • Euro Info Centres (EIC) • Innovation Relay Centres (IRC) • Business Innovation Centres (BIC) • Organisations for the Promotion of Energy Technologies (OPET) • Eurocentres/Coopeco (AL-INVEST) • Closely associated • NCP • European Employment Services (EURES)

  7. Streamlining of EU business support networks B2Europe initiative • Common web site portal • Common intranet • Common conferencing system • Signposting mechanism • Code of ethics • B2Europe

  8. Streamlining of EU business support networks Impact for NCPs • Free access to IT tools for improved networking • Better knowledge on “who does what” • Signposting for better services • European dimension highlighted

  9. European Commission Enterprise Directorate General Euro Info Centres

  10. Euro Info Centres Tasks: Services to SMEs • INFORM on all Community policies, activities and programmes • ASSIST enterprises in their efforts to grow and to internationalise • ADVISE enterprises • Feedback

  11. access to programmes response to needs for information technologies response to needs for innovation inter-enterprise co-operation systems search for partners setting up projects Euro Info Centres Subjects

  12. Euro Info Centres Geographical coverage • +/- 300 EIC • 37 countries • 266 cities Proximity to enterprises

  13. Host structures infrastructure for the EIC joint-finance serve as partners Euro Info Centres Local establishment The EICs are a link between the European Commission and European enterprises

  14. Euro Info Centres NCP and EIC Co-operation • Services add up: Benefit of EIC expertise • EIC as direct link to SMEs: Partner Search • Increase common training activities

  15. Euro Info Centres Further information • Information about EICs: • http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/networks/eic/eic.html • Addresses of EICs: • http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/networks/eic/pdf/eic-all.pdf • B2Europe report: • http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/networks/index.htm • E-mail: hussein.sattaf@cec.eu.int

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