Enterprise Europe Network South Poland

ongoing

The proposed project concerns support for SMEs through the provision of a carefully selected range of free of charge advisory and partnering services. It is submitted by a Consortium of 9 institutions having hands-on experience in providing SME services as part the existing Enterprise Europe Network and in all other fields of enterepreneurship support, embedded in regional innovation systems and closely collaborating for years with regional and national stakeholders. The Consortium’s activities will focus on 4 regions of South-Eastern Poland: Małopolskie, Śląskie, Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie. The main aim of the project is to help both regional SMEs and the entire SME sector across the EU to be more competitive and resilient to shocks of all kinds, as well as to grow and innovate internationally in a sustainable way. The project will thus help SMEs in smooth transition towards sustainability, digitalisation and greater resilience on the markets influenced by global geopolitical instability. Value-added tailor-made services will be targeted at SMEs with a potential for internationalisation and sustainable innovation, while basic services will be addressed to the entire SME sector. In the broadest sense, the project's target group will be the entire innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of South-Eastern Poland, including stakeholers for whom the Consortium will act as a communication channel to the European Commission in matters related to its SME initiatives and policies. What distinguishes the project from other regional offers of SME support is the fact that it will be carried out in close cooperation with an entire international Network, the competencies of which will be both co-created and utilised by the Consortium in serving regional clients. Along with the adopted client-centric approach and the hub-and-spoke model for joint delivery of services, this will have a highly positve impact on regional SMEs.