Enterprise Europe Network South Poland

2026-07-22

The proposed project covers the range of professional services for regional SMEs and other regional beneficiaries delivered by the Enterprise Europe Network South Poland consortium. The consortium is composed of nine institutions of business environment experienced in providing services for entrepreneurs within Enterprise Europe Network, other European networks and international projects, embedded in the regional innovation systems and operating on the innovation field for years, with large experience in cooperation with regional and national business service providers. The consortium covers four regions situated in the southern and eastern part of Poland: Małopolskie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie. Target group of the project are regional SMEs and other local stakeholders: clusters, cluster organizations, public and private providers of support services to SMEs, business organisations, education institutions etc. The project supports beneficiaries in overcoming real and defined barriers in its activity development, including export and innovation activity. The objectives of the project are: (1) to develop one, single, professional network of organisations strongly embedded in business and innovation infrastructure in 4 regions, offering “added-value” services; (2) to establish a coherent SMEs support system based on “no-wrong-door” rule, with a wide support from stakeholders and strengthening their capacity to innovation and support SMEs; (3) to provide a communication channel between SMEs and the European Commission (‘feedback’ services). The consortium partners’ activities for SMEs will be strengthened, in particular those functioning within the regional smart specializations and a special attention to cluster support initiatives and cooperation with local stakeholders will be given. The qualified team with relevant skills, competences and experiences will be assigned by all consortium partners at the each stage of services delivery process.

Poland

2026-02-15