Boosting Smart and Innovation-Driven Growth for Romanian SMEs

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"Given the complex global economy, fast technology advancements and ever-changing business context, the capacities to understand markets' demands and build strategic partnerships are critical elements for business development. Moreover, in the Central and Eastern European economic context of growth and entrepreneurial discovery the access of SMEs to trustable sources of information and dependable support are decisive. The Ro-Boost SMEs Consortium aims to act as EEN one-stop-shop for SMEs, a hub providing valuable information and guidance on the European business environment, including regulations, international markets, business opportunities, innovation sourcing and uptake, transfer of novel technology and cross-cutting agile solutions, like the use of ICT, energy efficiency or eco-design. Focused on SMEs' needs, the Ro-Boost SMEs Consortium will pursue to offer demand-driven and tailored value-added EEN services, to encourage SMEs to become active players in the Single Market and internationally. The consortium will target SMEs overall, but shall focus on bringing added value to SMEs with high growth, innovation or internationalisation potential, SMEs in regional strategic sectors with smart specialisation potential, knowledge-intensive spin-offs and start-ups. The Ro-Boost SMEs Consortium – Macro Region 4 Romania, made up by the two Regional Development Agencies (West and South-West Oltenia), Tehimpuls Association, Arad Development Center and Craiova University, is built on a balanced, strong partnership aiming to engage partners' extensive expertise in supporting SMEs to become more competitive in the European Union and internationally. The aim is to capitalise upon the work done previously and to enrich the impact for the 2014-2020 period through the partners' unique capabilities to bring a more specialised focus on ""niche"" and knowledge-based support services for SMEs."