Balearic Islands Enterprise Europe Network

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"The project Balearic Islands Enterprise Europe Network (B2EN) under COSME-SGA will establish the work programme for the period 2020-2021 for the Consortium which has been already awarded the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Enterprise Europe Network 2015-2020, covering 24 months, with the starting date as per 1st of January 2020. The work programme is in line with the objectives, the justification and the implementation strategy of B2EN Consortium as set out in its FPA. It will cover all services described in and supported by COSME. The work programme will comprise the operations during the period between 01/01/2020 and 31/12/2021, translating the implementation strategy into concrete and detailed activities and including a corresponding estimated budget. This third work programme period will follow the current in-progress execution of second 2019 period of the FPA. Realistic performance targets for all indicators are included in the description of the action (Technical annex 1). Furthermore, the impact on European SMEs generated by the project in terms of their competitiveness, their capability to evolve in the Single Market and their innovation capacities is demonstrated in this proposal. The Consortium B2EN will help the European SMEs to develop its innovative potential and improve its knowledge of European Union policies. B2EN will be the “one-stop shop” for the business needs of the Balearic Islands, offering integral services through their ""local hub"", chiefly to SMEs in addition to other economic actors, involving seamlessly other consortium partners with relevant expertise and external stakeholders with the required knowledge. It will provide enterprises with information and a variety of quality and free-of-charge business support services to make them more competitive."