Presentazione delegazione turca

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THE ROLE OF SERVICE NETWORKS FOR THE PROMOTION
OF SMES
      EUMED WORKING GROUP ON INDUSTRIAL
COOPERATION HIGH LEVEL MEETING ROME, ITALY, 2
OCTOBER 2003 MS. SIMONA MARZETTI IPI
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Background
Increased competition and the impact of
globalisation on SMEs bring opportunities and
threats to the SME sector
In the main political declarations on SME
Policies access to innovation and technology for
the competitiveness of SMEs are recognised as key
topic areas for action

• The OECD Bologna Charter on SME Policies, June
  2000
• The European Charter for Small Business, June
  2000
• The EUMED Malaga Ministerial Declaration, April
  2002
• The proposed draft Euro-Mediterranean Charter
  of Entrepreneurship,
• June 2004

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Background
Public policies at international and national
level can play a key role to create a more
SME-friendly and innovation-oriented environment
Promoting innovation and strengthening the
technology capacity of SMEs is one of the
priorities on the common agenda
A Public-Private Partnership approach for
innovation in SMEs is proposed
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Intermediaries
Among the several types of Business Support
Organisations (BSOs) the Innovation and
Technology Centres (so called Intermediaries)
and their networks are key-players for the start
up and development of SMEs, both in developed and
less developed areas Their core business is
the provision of information, services and
technical assistance for promoting innovation and
technology transfer. They act as facilitators and
catalysers for SMEs
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Why Partnering and Networking?
In order for intermediaries to upgrade the
quality and quantity of their services and be
more competitive on global markets, value added
can be created by

• sharing know how, expertise and skills among
  them diffusing the results of experiences and
  carrying out jointly horizontal activities
• increasing their specialisation, integrating
  their services with those offered by other
  innovation suppliers
• carrying out joint lobbying and sensitisation
  activities

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Extending Partnering and Networking
Cross border networking initiatives and projects
funded at EU level could be integrated and
extended to MED Partners and to other
countries Similar measures should also be
supported on a national and sub-national scale
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Some newly launched Innovation Networks for SMEs

• International Network for SMEs - INSME
• (International level)
• Fashion Net (European level)
• Ibero-American Committee - CICET (Regional
• level)
• Italian Network for Innovation and Technology
• Transfer - RIDITT (National level)
• R2ITH (National level)

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What is INSME?
A multi-stakeholder international community to
stimulate innovation and technology transfer
A multiplier and disseminator of knowledge, a
facilitator for alliances and a promoter of
networking
A catalyser to encourage strengthened North-South
and South-South cooperation and political
dialogue
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Why INSME?

• To encourage the transfer of know how, good
• practices and methodologies
• To support the specialisation, integration,
• extension and internationalisation of
  existing
• networks
• To launch new projects among members
• To facilitate interactions between the research
  
• sector and the industrial sector

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Who is involved?
41 Countries, 17 International Organisations and
NGOs , Intermediaries and Networks
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INSME Association
An international non profit Association focussed
on Innovation and technology transfer

Governmental bodies
International Organisations and International NGOs
Networks of intermediaries and intermediaries
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INSME Portal www.insme.info

• 3 Target Communities POLICY MAKERS,
  INTERMEDIARIES and SMEs

Sharing knowledge (INSME Observatory) Finding
partners Launching joint pilot projects
Benchmarking policies and programmes
Information hub platform for exchange
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FASHION NET

• Launched within the 6th EU RTD Framework
  Programme, 2002-2006 Structuring the European
  Research Area
• Potential grant from the EC of 75 of the total
  value of the projects budget (about
  900,000.00)
• Duration 24 months
• Partners 16 intermediaries from 8 Countries

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Why FASHION NET?

• OBJECTIVES
• To enhance the competitiveness of SMEs
• To consolidate ties and integrate networks and
  partnerships among intermediaries related to the
  fashion industry
• To promote transnational SME cooperation across
  the Enlarged Europe
• To facilitate SME access to the EUs 6th
  Framework Program
• To promote a knowledge-sharing process

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Ibero-american Committee of Technology Centers
CICET
Initiative launched in March 2003 by FEDIT
(Federation of Technology Centers in Spain) and
supported by the Spanish Ministry for Science and
Technology (MCYT). Ibero-american Countries
involved so far Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Peru, Portugal
and Uruguay

• Objectives
• Strengthen cooperation among Technology Centers
• Set up of cooperation networks by sector and
  technology
• Favour and facilitate the preparation of
  initiatives and the
• participation in supranational programs,
  including EU initiatives

• Presentation to the 21 Representatives at the
  upcoming Iberoamerican Head of States Summit,
  Bolivia, November 2003

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RIDITT Italian Network for Innovation and TT
RIDITT is aimed at strengthening the service
supply for innovation and technology transfer to
enterprises at national level by

• promoting the exchange of information and
  experiences
• encouraging the integration, specialisation and
  marketing
• of services
• stimulating partnering and networking on a
  sectoral,
• thematic and geographical basis
• facilitating access to financial resources
• supporting the internationalisation of
  innovation centres

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Beneficiaries and Resources
Innovation Centres SMEs Policy Makers
Budget 5.16 million euros in 2003-2004,
Ministry of Productive
Activities, through IPI Information portal
www.riditt.it (Italian and English version)
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R2ITH French Industrial Innovation Network
dedicated to the Textile-Clothing sector
Launched in January 2002 to sustain Innovation,
R2ITH is the first institution to associate
Industrialists, intermediaries, Public bodies
(enterprises, professional unions, Universities,
RD centers and public regional authorities)

• Main Objectives
• To promote the competitivity of French
  Textile-Clothing sector firms at international
  and european level
• To stimulate innovation and creation of new
  products, new processes and new services
• To strengthen the links between the different
  actors of the pipeline (networking of firms,
  research centers,  pôles de competences ) and
  promote joint innovative projects in chosen
  priority themes
• To enhance the emergency of strategic trends
  addressed to public authorities in
• order to concentrate financial support to
  priority programs.

The stimulation of R2ITH is made by IFTH.
The initiative is promoted by the French Ministry
of Industry Budget in 2002 5 Million Euro
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