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STUDY VISITS 4 STUDY VISITS DELIVERY OF
STUDY VISITS FEBRUARY JULY 2006 4 THEME
BASED REPORTS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AT LEAST 2
SPEAKERS SPECIALISTS INVITED TO EACH


STUDY VISIT
MEETING AT LEAST 10 DELEGATES
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• STUDY VISITS application form
• Theme(s) and regions
• Information about organisation and professional
  involvement in relation to the
  theme
• Specific topics they would like to see included
  in the visit programme
• Detals about travel (how and when they would
  travel to the host region)
• Additional information (special dietary
  requirements, cultural programme)
• Information the Project reserves the right to
  query and refuse
  reimbursement of costs if deemed unreasonable or
  if the delegate has not
• adequately performed his/her
  responsibilities during and after the study visit.

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• STUDY VISITS DELEGATES
• Senior and representative delegates from
• Relevant Units in various EU Directorate Generals
• Government
• The private sector
• The academic world
• The business support network

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• PROPOSED STUDY VISITS THEMES
• QUALITY ASSURANCE AND BEST VALUE
• ICT DATABASE
• BUSINESS NETWORKS
• INFORMATIONAL SERVICES/SOURCES

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• QUALITY ASSURANCE AND BEST VALUE
• effective quality measures and standards for SMEs
  services consulting, training, information
  and financial services
• best value for money in SME services
• ISO 90002001 in SMEs services
• conditions for efficient use of structural funds
  addressed to SMEs
• business support systems organisations
• acreditation system for business support
  organisations
• redirection of business support activities for
  SMEs from a public service to a
  public-private-partnership
• first choice for businesses seeking impartial
  business information, advice and
• support

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• QUALITY ASSURANCE AND BEST VALUE
• THEME - LEAD PARTNERS AFE, WYEP
• HOST YORKSHIRE ?
• TIME February 2006 ?

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• ICT (databases)
• Research on existing business to business
  (matchmaking) databases in partner regions
• Comparative study of databases (information
  included, technical platforms)
• Quantitative study of the use of databases
  (number of entries, number of visits)
• Administrative and technical possibilities of
  linking different databases
• Preparing an overview of existing business
  support databases (portals) and recommendations
  for possible linkages between them.

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• ICT (databases)
• THEME - LEAD PARTNERS LCCI, AVACON
• HOST LCCI, Riga ?
• TIME March 2006 ?

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• BUSINESS NETWORKS
• local Consultancy network with service providers
  from the public and private sector such as banks,
  solicitors, trade associations, accountants,
  chamber of commerce, chamber of crafts, training
  institutions
• business support projects on a regional level and
  multiregional level
• public-private-partnership between local
  governments, enterprises, social partners,
  intermediary bodies
• development of a business-plan for strengthening
  the regional competitiveness of SME's and 17
  single projects among them WIN
  (growth-innovation-succession), technical school
  for the plastic industry, association for
  sustainable water management, micro production,
  regional procurement, adaptronic

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• BUSINESS NETWORKS
• THEME - LEAD PARTNER POMORSKIE
• HOST AFE, Gdansk ?
• TIME May 2006 ?

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• INFORMATION SOURCES/SERVICES
• collecting information on various information
  systems in Hanse regions
• effectiveness of information sources
• restricted information sources
• free of charge information services
• co-ordination of information sources in regions
• future of information services for SMEs

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• INFORMATION SOURCES/SERVICES
• THEME - LEAD PARTNERS HAUTE NORMANDIE, PROVINCE
  OF DRENTHE
• HOST HNI, ROUEN ?
• TIME JUNE 2006 ?

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• PROMOTIONAL ISSUES
• WHAT FOR
• TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HANSE PASSAGE
  PROGRAMME
• TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT BSGP PROJECT
• TO BRING THE MEDIA ATTENTION
• TO PROMOTE AND DISSEMINATE PROJECTS RESULTS

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• TOOLS
• PUBLICATIONS
• WEBSITE
• MEDIA
• MEETINGS
• PRESS CONFERENCE

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• PUBLICATIONS
• PRESS RELEASES (INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT
  PROGRAMME, OBJECTIVES AND EVENTS IN REGIONAL
  PRESS ALL PARTNERS)
• ARTICLES AFTER EACH STUDY VISIT (PARTNERS WILL
  DISSEMINATE STUDY VISIT RESULTS ACROSS THE
  REGION)
• INFORMATION ABOUT BSGP PROJECT RESULTS AND BEST
  PRACTICES IN REGIONAL PRESS

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• PROJECT WEBSITE
• Hosted and up-dated by AFE GDANSK
• ALL PARTNERS SENT INFORMATION ABOUT WEBSITE BY
  REGULAR MAIL AND E-MAIL TO RELEVENT BSOs, SMEs,
  REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
• LINK TO BSGP WEBSITE FROM ALL PARTNERS WEBSITES
  SHORT INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT
• LINK TO BSGP WEBSITE FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,
  INSTITUTIONS INTERESTED IN CO-OPERATION
• INTEGRATED WEB-BASED INFORMATION OF A HIGHER
  SPECIFICATION

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• PROJECT WEBSITE CONTENT
• ABOUT PROJECT
• ABOUT PARTNERS
• NEWS
• LINKS (TO PARTNERS WEBSITES, HANSE PASSAGE
  PROGRAMME, ETC??)
• DOCUMENTS (ALL PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS)
• CONTACTS
• EVENTS AND MEETINGS
• ???

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• PROJECT WEBSITE ADDRESS ?
• goodpractice.org.pl
• goodpractice.net.pl
• goodpractice.com.pl
• bsgp.info
• bsgp.net.pl
• bsgp.org.pl
• ???

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• 
  MEDIA
• REGIONAL MEDIA ON EACH STUDY VISIT (FINAL
  SESSION)
• SET OF INFORMATION
• INTERVIEWS WITH PARTICIPANTS

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• MEETINGS
• MEETINGS WITH REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF
  AUTORITIES, POLICY MAKERS, SMEs, BSOs
• EACH PARTNER AT LEAST ONE MEETING

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• PRESS CONFERNCE
• PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE FINAL DISSEMINATION
  EVENT

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• PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
• FLYERS
• LETTERHEAD PAPER
• LOGO
• FOLDERS
• BANNER
• ?

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• IDENTITY
• THE SAME APPEARANCE AND RELEVANT LOGOS FOR ALL
  MATERIALS
• LOGOS HANSE PASSAGE PROGRAMME, INTEREG IIIC
  WEST, EU
• FONT ARIAL (HEADLINES 13-14 PT, TEXT 9-10 PT)
• BLACK OR BLUE COLORS

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