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Call for Proposals: EURES and PROGRESS Mobility Exchange programme for SME staff (MobiliseSME)

Deadline: 17 September 2019 Published under the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme , the EU financing instrument at EU level to promote a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions, this call focuses on two of the programme axes: the EURES axis: promoting workers...Read more
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H2020 Call for Proposals: SME instrument

Deadline model: multiple cut-off Topic identifier: EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 The SME Instrument supports high-risk, high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises to develop and bring to market new products, services and business models that could drive economic growth. The SME Instrument is for innovators with ground-breaking concepts that could shape new markets or disrupt existing ones in Europe and...Read more
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Mapping small business-led innovation in the United States through the SBIR/ STTR awards

The American State Science and Technology Institute ( STTI ) released a map of all SBIR and STTR awards distributed in the United States, by metropolitan areas between 2013-and 2017. The SBIR and STTR awards are given by the American Seed Fund , a fund managed by the Small Business Administration, at the Federal level. The SBIR (Small business Innovation Research) award is intended to SMEs: it awards SMEs...Read more
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China makes a policy shift towards making its business environment more attractive

China changes its policy in order to make the country more attractive for foreign investors: The State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) passed a reform in February 2018, which aims at improving the commercial environment, by allowing more start-ups to enter the market. This policy entails lowering the threshold for market access and simplifying the registration procedure. In the past years,...Read more
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The H2020 SME Innovation Associate: matching SMEs up with talented researchers

The H2020 SME Innovation Associate is a new pilot action under the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme 'Horizon 2020' supporting European SMEs and Start-ups to recruit post-doctoral research associates from other countries to explore an innovation business idea. The action aims at overcoming barriers for EU SMEs and Start-ups to the recruitment of highly qualified specialists (PhD or equivalent...Read more
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Matchmaking sessions at Pollutech Fair Sao Paulo

EU enterprises are invited to join the business matchmaking sections to be held during the Pollutech fair in Sao Paulo, Brazil , on the 13-14th of April 2016. This initiative is launched by the National Confederation of Industry - CNI of Brazil, through its International Business Center-Brazilian Network, in partnership with Apex-Brasil and with the support of the Europe Enterprise Network and the EU Low...Read more
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