Navigating the Maze

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• Navigating the Maze
• European Cooperation Group
• Economic Cooperation

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Purpose of the Presentation
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Lisbon Agenda for Growth and Jobs

• Launched European Council 2000
• Aim
• To make Europe the most competitive
• knowledge-based economy in the world,
• and achieving full employment by 2010

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Three Pillars of Lisbon

• ECONOMIC
• SOCIAL
• ENVIRONMENTAL

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Gothenburg

• Addition of Environmental dimension to Lisbon
  targets
• Targets
• Combating Climate Change
• Ensuring sustainable transport options
• Addressing threats to public health
• Managing natural resources in a more responsible
  manner

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Better Regulation

• Reduction in Red Tape
• Develop Better Regulatory Environment
• Burdens for SMEs
• Reduce administrative costs by 25
• Initiating better laws impact assessment
• Withdraw unnecessary regulation

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Small Business Act

• Introduction of European policy framework for
  SMEs
• Aims
• Environment to encourage entrepreneurship
• Think Small First principle
• Adapt public policy tools to SME needs
• Facilitate SMEs access to finance
• Help SMEs benefit from Internal Market and
  external opportunities

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Competitiveness and Innovation Programme 2007 -
2013

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme
• ICT Policy Support Programme
• Intelligent Energy Europe

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North West Internationalisation Strategy

• Provide access to global innovations by
  developing FrameworksNW to cover the promotion of
  the Seventh Framework Programme and also the new
  Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP).
  This is an extension of an existing programme.
  The provisional European budget for Framework 7
  is Euro 50.5 bn for 2007-2013
• Help companies access technology providers
  across Europe through Enterprise Europe Northwest

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Enterprise Europe Network

• Information and Innovation Support Network
  for SMEs
• Bring together EIC and IRC Networks
• Established by European Commission EACI
• 40 countries 600 partner offices
• 12 Network consortia in UK and Ireland

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Enterprise Europe North West

• Three main areas of work
• Information Business Link NW
• Innovation Business Support Solutions
  (Manchester)
• FP7/R D RTC North West/Frameworks (Knowsley)
• NWDA Project Coordinators

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Enterprise Europe Services

• European business enquiry service
• Information on EU and national legislation
• Public Procurement
• Internationalisation Services (UKTI)
• Technology and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Funding for collaborative research (Seventh
  Framework Programme)

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Some of our partners

• German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK)
• NBank Group (Hannover)
• The Brussels Enterprise Agency
• Centre for Regional Development of the Czech
  Republic
• The Danish Federation of SMEs
• Baltic Innovation Agency
• Finnish Science Park Association
• Hungarian Investment and Trade Development
  Agency
• Enterprise Ireland

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Contact Details

• Enterprise Europe Network
• 4th Floor, St Nicholas House
• Old Churchyard
• Liverpool,L2 8TX
• Tel [phone]
• een_at_businesslinknw.co.uk

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Discussion Point

• How easy/difficult to work internationally
• Knowledge of support services available in the
  NW