Small and Medium Enterprises To European Union

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The SME2EU Project provides value-added business support services helping SMEs, having high potential or capable of engaging in cross-border activities, to do business within and outside of the Single Market and improving their competitiveness. The SME2EU Consortium covers a geographical area of three Central Italy Regions: Tuscany, Marche, Umbria. The SME2EU Coordinator has a long experience in managing EU projects. The 6 partners are key players in their territories and represent Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Associations\Confederations of Industries, Development agencies. All partners have qualified experience in developing activities concerning SMEs assistance, internationalization, EU legislation and development policies and programmes, innovation, research, etc. This enables them to provide EEN services with their internal expertise or through partnerships with qualified stakeholders, EU network and service providers at local, regional, national, international levels to meet the range of client requirements. The area covered by the Consortium is characterized by a huge number of micro and small enterprises, in many cases subcontractors of larger companies with a leadership role in the international market (Made In Italy brand) and excellence in Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Food/beverage, ICT & robotics, Jewellery, leather/shoes/fashion, Life Sciences Mechanical, Nautical, Textile, Tourism, Wood & furniture, Paper. These kind of small firms have two main types of needs: to maintain their excellence, invest in innovation and technology transfer, and also to compete in new markets through internationalization. The SME2EU Consortium will offer added-value EEN support and advisory services in close synergy with the three Regional Authorities and their regional smart specialization strategies. The SME2EU Consortium will implement a communication strategy on the Network to reach all beneficiaries, following the EEN’s new branding rules.