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 2017-2018 for the Consortium which have been already awarded the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) for Enterprise Europe Network 2015-2020, covering 24 months over these two years 2017-2018 with the starting date as per 1st of January 2017. 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 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2018, translating the implementation strategy into concrete and detailed activities in 2017-2018 and including a corresponding estimated budget. This second work programme period will follow the current in progress execution of first 2015-2016 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, chiefly to SMEs in addition to other economical actors. It will provide enterprises with information and a variety of quality and free-of-charge business support services to make them more competitive.