Continuation of the EEN activities on behalf of H2020 cq. Horizon Europe in the region of Flanders (Belgium)

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VEBIN SME 3.1 secures the continuation of the EEN services on behalf of H2020 cq. Horizon Europe in the region of Flanders in the years 2020-2021 and the embedding of these activities into the EEN client journeys in Flanders by continuing the services of enhancing the innovation management capacity of SME's by the Enterprise Europe Network in Flanders and ensuring the KAM services for SMEi, FET and FTI on behalf of H2020 cq. EIC for Flemish SME participants during 2020-2021. The present project aims at continuing the services of EEN in Flanders with regard to the key account management for the SME instrument under H2020 cq. Horizon Europe (EIC) as entrusted by the European Commission to the Enterprise Europe network. It also concerns the additional support services that EEN will deliver with regard to the enhancement of the innovation management capacities of SMEs as decided under the mandate the EEN received from H2020 cq Horizon Europe. The present proposal describes how the Flemish VEBIN consortium will continue to realise these services in the region of Flanders and extend also to SMEs that will be beneficiaries of FTI and FET under H2020 cq. EIC, how these will be embedded in the regional innovation support system to the benefit of Flemish SMEs, how the consortium will manage the services and how feedback will be organised in order to ensure a high quality service provision and an added European value. Particular attention will also be given to guarantee the synergies between the activities in this present proposal and the regular EEN services that the consortium is providing in the region so as to realise the EEN client journeys, with special attention to Flemish scale-ups.