Presentazione INSME_en

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INSME INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs
Report on INSMEs Activities
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INSME Facts who we are
Legal Status non profit Association, open to
international membership (International
NGO) Date of Creation February
2004 Financial Sponsor Italian Institute
for Industrial Promotion (IPI) Moral Sponsors
OECD and the Italian Ministry of Productive
Activities Slogan Making Innovation
Happen!
Foster transnational cooperation and public
and private partnership in the field of
innovation and TT to SMEs Encourage
North - South and South - South internationa
l cooperation and political dialogue
Increase cross border opportunities for
knowledge sharing, mutual learning and
partnering Join forces and collaborate with
other networks and institutions worldwide so
as to maximise efforts for better innovation
Mission Goals
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What we do
INSME promotes the internationalisation and
competitiveness of national and subnational
innovation systems
Policy Makers
Networks
Companies
Intermediaries
Academia
NGOs
International Organisations
Practitioners
INSME
Service Providers
Financing Institutions
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Our Added Value for Members
INSME as

• PROBLEM SOLVER
• FACILITATOR OF ACTIVITIES
• MULTIPLIER OF CONTACTS
• ACCELERATOR OF OPPORTUNITIES
• NETWORK OF NETWORKS
• INNOVATION PLAYER

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Geographical representation of the INSME Members
Total number of Countries 32
(out of which 13 OECD
and 21 non OECD member countries, from 5
continents)
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Year 2006
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INSME Public Private organisations
2004
2006
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INSME Membership
Total number of Member organisations 73 (as of
25/4/2006)
End of 2004 48 Member organisations
End of 2005 73
Member organisations
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Year 2006
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INSME Members Status
The 11 International Organisations are Honorary
Members

Total number of Member organisations 73
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Year 2006
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Benefits for INSME Members (1)

• Assistance in finding new partners for projects
  and collaborations
• Broaden and strengthen international contacts
  with public and private organisations
• Inclusion in the INSME database of organisations
  wishing to apply for Calls for Tenders and
  Proposals
• Targeted e-mails from the INSME Secretariat
• Ask INSME Service (askinsme_at_insme.it),
  providing access to a network of experts
• Possibility to offer/promote services and
  activities to other INSME Members and to
  INSMEnews readers and/or visitors to the INSME
  portal
• Worldwide promotion through inclusion in the 2006
  INSME Members Compendium

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Benefits for INSME Members (2)

• Access to the INSME portals intranet
• Online thematic Discussion Rooms within the INSME
  portal
• Possibility to disseminate information on Member
  activities through the INSME Newsreader service
• Exclusive access for Full Members to the INSME
  Content Feed Service
• Opportunity to participate in international
  meetings and other events at a reduced fee
• Discounts for the purchase of selected
  publications
• Free attendance at the INSME Annual Meeting
• Free registration for participation in the INSME
  training programmes

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INSME Activities

• INFORMATION
• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
• TRAINING
• MATCHMAKING
• PROMOTION AND MARKETING
• RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
• TUTORING

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2006 INSME Action Plan

Aim increase to 90 Members by the end of 2006
and increase participation from countries outside
the European Union and from international
organisations such as UNIDO, CAN, IASP, WAINOVA,
the IRC Network and ProTon Europe
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Priorities in 2006 (1)

• Further assist INSME Members to build timely and
  stable relationships within the network on a
  thematic, sectoral and geographical basis
• Strengthen the connection between the INSME
  Secretariat and INSME Members (especially Full
  Members)
• Persist for the enhancement of Members
  satisfaction by personalising and targeting
  services (both off line and on line) joining
  forces and collaborating with other institutions
  worldwide so as to maximise efforts

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Priorities in 2006 (2)

• Increase financial income by involving new
  Members/Sponsors and providing value added
  services
• Continue to diversify the INSME networks three
  main groups of stakeholders the
  creators/providers of knowledge and innovation,
  those who need/use and take advantage of
  innovation and the policymakers that affect this
  field
• Create Partnerships and alliances with relevant
  networks and organisations such as TAFTIE, WAITRO
  and Gate2growth

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INSME Portal Management and Development
The following guidelines will inspire INSME
portal management and development in 2006
Site to share knowledge and
INSME portal function in 2006
experiences, identify partners and
technologies, publicise joint pilot projects and
find training courses
Reorganisation of contents
INSME portal development in 2006
to favour the optimisation of the available
resources Develop the INSME content
delivery/distribution tools including the INSME
e-mail alert service, the INSME newsletter, the
INSME Newsreader service and the INSME Content
Feed Service Provision of web-based applications
to INSME Members Enhancement of web marketing
activities
INSME portal targets for 2006
Increase new unique users by 20
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2006 INSME Training Programmes
2nd WIPO-INSME International Training on
The Role of Intellectual Property in Raising
Financing Opportunities for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises WIPO, Geneva,
Switzerland, 11 12 July, 2006 (Participation
for free)
INSME - IPI International Training on
Business Start-ups and Access to Finance for
SMEs IPI, Rome, Italy, November 2006 (Tuition
fee 400 for OECD countries, 250 for non-OECD
countries) Participation free for INSME
Association Members
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Direct Participation in Calls for Tenders
The INSME Association is already involved as a
Partner in the following European proposals to be
awarded
The InnoTecNet INNO-Net project for national and
regional programmes supporting technology
transfer between Europe and other regions of the
world (in particular North America and Asia)
The CORP-INNOVA project to open European
innovation to international views, integrate new
trends in innovation and anticipate debates and
needs for future innovation policies
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Promotion and participation in major
international events
Research to Business (R2B) Fair and
Conference Research Renews Business The 2nd
Exhibition-Conference on Innovation Bologna,
Italy, 11 - 12 May, 2006 www.rtob.it Internation
al Conference on Clustering ABÝGEM-EU-Turkey
Business Centres, Fashion and Textile Cluster
Project and GAP/GIDEM Project Istanbul, Turkey,
25 - 26 May, 2006 www.clustering06.com
European BIC (Business and Innovation Centres)
Network Annual Congress 2006 Innovation in
Action! Naples, Italy, 28 - 30 June, 2006
www.ebn.be Asian Entrepreneurs Convention (AEC)
2006 Entrepreneur Asia (EA) Growing Your
Business and Building Relationships 27 - 29
November, 2006 Location to be confirmed (probably
Kuala Lumpur) www.asianentrepreneursconvention.com
IV International SME Congress International
SME Fair Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 30
November - 2 December, 2006 www.srb-smeasoc.org
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INSME 2007 Annual Meeting

• Call for Co-hosting and Co-organisation
• As in 2005, this call for collaboration will be
  made to both INSME Members and Non-Members from
  all over the globe, although preference will be
  given to applications from Full Members in the
  case of indecision between bids of equivalent
  appeal (see the Guidelines)
• In-kind Full Membership will be granted to the
  Co-host for 2007 and proposals must be submitted
  to the INSME Secretariat by e-mail or fax by the
  15th of July, according to the Guidelines
• A decision will be taken by the INSME Board and
  communicated to INSME Members and Candidates for
  co-hosting the meeting indicatively by
  mid-September, 2006. The deadline could be
  postponed if no proposal meets the criteria

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