Centre of Services for European Affairs in Andalusia Plus. SGA3 2019

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The Consortium “Centre of Services for European Affairs in Andalusia”, hereafter CESEAND Plus aims to promote growth and to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the Andalusian enterprises, especially SMEs, encouraging an entrepreneurial culture in Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla, reaching the following specific objectives: • Facilitate cross-border partnerships to Andalusian entities, especially SMEs to find international business, technology and research partners across Europe and beyond. • Increase the competitiveness of SMEs and their interest in the Single Market and beyond (e.g. regarding EU legislation and programmes, EU funding, intellectual property rights), linking up with regional actors and policies. • Strengthen support for Andalusian entities, especially SMEs, interested to participate in Horizon 2020, in particular encourage SMEs to participate to the SME Instrument, Fast Track of Innovation (FTI), Future Emerging Technologies (FET Open) among others to improve SME’s awareness on access to finance among other European Union initiatives such as Your Europe portal and connected assistance services. • Accomplish SMEs to turn the climate resource efficiency and renewable energy challenge into opportunities, including providing information, assistance in participation in European-funded projects, and partnering and advice on resource efficient practices (contributing to the Climate Action, Green Action Plan and Eco innovation Action Plan). • Ensure visibility, recognition and local awareness about the Enterprise Europe Network, hereafter “the Network”, provide a communication channel between our potential clients and the EU, and contribute to the SMEs feedback function to obtain Andalusian SMEs opinion on Union policy options. CESEAND Plus will contribute to the Network becoming as the true one-stop-shop for business and innovation support along the entire value chain combining H2020 and COSME support.