Nuove iniziative per favorire

l'internazionalizzazione delle PMI

Nuovi progetti della Commissione europea per sostenere raggruppamenti di PMI nell'internazionalizzazione, sono stati presentati il 21 marzo us alla presenza del vice presidente della Commissione Europea Antonio Tajani, responsabile di Industria ed Imprenditoria.

Estratto dal testo completo:

Clusters provide a fertile business environment for companies, especially SMEs, to collaborate with research institutions, suppliers, customers and competitors located in the same geographical area. There are a considerable number of clusters in Europe - over 1, 000 - and nearly as many cluster organisations (of which 495 have signed up to the European Cluster Collaboration Platform ), in which cluster managers tend to be organised. They help SMEs to improve their performance.

Four new projects will help SME members of clusters to find partners for international cooperation with a view to developing transnational cluster cooperation beyond Europe. The four cluster projects focus on:

- New material and processes on clean technologies: The aim is to reach cooperation agreements with 6 international clusters to increase business and technological partnerships opportunities in North and South America, Asia, North Africa and/or Russia for at least 20 SMEs or R&D laboratories

- Renewables and sustainable energy: This project focuses on internationalisation strategies in energy efficiency and smart grids, in key growing markets like US, Latin America, China, India and Russia paving the way for European products and technologies to access target markets. Among others, collaboration agreements with at least 8 international partners will be set up and 50 business opportunities for SMEs will be identified.

- Biotechnology crossing borders: A common internationalisation strategy of cluster SMEs in the life sciences sector will be developed through sharing of resources between four advanced EU clusters from France, Germany, Italy and Spain in USA, China and Brazil, thus extending the visibility of the 4 clusters worldwide increasing business and R&D opportunities for at least 16 SMEs.

- Sport goods and services: The project will improve the presence of SMEs in the sports business sector in foreign markets, notably for sport goods, facilities, and events. The project involves three clusters from France, the Netherlands and Spain and the target markets are Brazil and Russia. At least 5 collaboration agreements with international partners are envisaged.

 

 

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