EN HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2014 2015 7. Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises Revised This Work Programme was adopted on 10 december 2013.
IPORTA 2-Increasing the quality of IP advisory services to SMES...14 INNOSUP-4-2014:
26 1-Establishing services Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES in the Enterprise Europe Network...
'28 3-Capturing innovation impulses from emerging economies...29 4-Capabilities for Design-Driven Innovation in European SMES...
33 9 Assessing the Investment Potential of SMES Emerging from Phase I of the SME Instrument 33 HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Innovation in SMES PART 7-Page 3 of 35 Introduction Exiting the economic crisis
and achieving the employment and growth targets of the Europe 2020 strategy requires a competitive industry that builds its competitiveness on innovation in all its forms:
The innovation capacity of industry depends not only on large enterprises with market power but crucially on ambitious entrepreneurs and small enterprises aiming for radical innovations and fast growth.
Horizon 2020 and the Competiveness and SME programme (COSME) will be the major instruments to provide direct support and a favourable environment for growth of SMES.
The major contributions from Horizon 2020 to SMES competitiveness are: the provision of financial support to own innovation projects by the SME instrument,
and to access specific financial instruments for technology and innovation based enterprises. The domains of major activities of the COSME programme are:
and providing better innovation support services to SMES. In addition the analysis of current SME innovation activities and their future development are covered themes by innovation in SMES.
Similar activities to these were funded so far by the‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme'(EIP) as part of CIP.‘
services, marketing etc.)is done. It will launch the company into new markets, promote growth, and create high return on investment.
The SME instrument addresses all types of innovative SMES so as to be able to promote growth champions in all sectors.
Information and Communication Technologies ICT-37-2014/2015 Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme 45.00 43.00 5ii.
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials SC5-20-2014/2015 Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials 17.00 19.00 13.
-2015 SME business model innovation 11.00 14. Secure societies Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens DRS-17-2014/2015 Protection of urban soft targets and urban critical 7. 00 7
which it is presented (new products, processes, design, services and technologies or new market applications of existing technologies).
feasibility of concept and the like to establish a solid high-potential innovation project aligned to the enterprise strategy and with a European dimension.
Bottlenecks in the ability to increase profitability of the enterprise through innovation shall be detected and analysed during phase 1 and addressed during phase 2 to increase the return in investment in innovation activities.
The proposal should contain an initial business plan based on the proposed idea/concept. The proposal should give the specifications of the elaborated business plan
which is to be the outcome of the project and the criteria for success. Funding will be provided in the form of a lump sum of EUR 50.000.
Projects should last around 6 months. In phase 26, innovation projects will be supported that address the specific challenges identified
and growth underpinned by a strategic business plan. Activities should focus on innovation activities such as demonstration, testing,
Proposals shall be elaborated based on an business plan either developed through phase 1 or another means. Particular attention must be paid to IP protection and ownership;
and services as well as access to the financial facilities supported under Access to Risk Finance of this work programme. 6 For topic PHC-12-2014/2015,
and phase 2. This service will be accessible via the Enterprise Europe Network and delivered by a dedicated coach through consultation and signposting to the beneficiaries.
disruptive and competitive solutions seizing European and global business opportunities. Market uptake and distribution of innovations tackling the specific challenges in a sustainable way.
Increase of private investment in innovation, notably leverage of private co-investor and/or follow-up investments.
market seize, IP management, sales, return on investment and profit). Type of action: SME Instrument The conditions related to this common call are provided below and in the General Annexes,
innovative companies create the majority of new jobs in the European economy. A strong rationale exists for public support to SMES'innovation activities
The public supports‘SME innovation'with grants, subsidised loans, equity and a wide range of innovation support services.
However, SMES receiving innovation support often remain dissatisfied with the services they receive; while at the same time the public expects a higher return from the support provided.
established support services assist mainly clearly defined technical projects within single enterprises. Public support pays much less attention to the creation of favourable ecosystem for SME innovation in which public enterprises, SME intermediaries, direct and indirect customers, end-users,
suppliers and enterprises with complementary skills are encouraged to collaborate for radical innovation that may not yet be described
and formulated as project. Emerging innovation trends help SMES overcome some of the size disadvantages they face.
Where appropriate, a highly specialised support service may be established at European level to complement existing national and regional services.
Generally, the actions are designed to provide opportunities to Member States and regions to enhance their services through collaboration,
peer-learning and uptake of new approaches. In addition several actions will focus on the identification further development and dissemination of skills and expertise among SMES.
The Enterprise Europe Network present in all European regions and co-financed by them and the Member States is expected to play an important role for catalysing such development processes.
and services that require combining different competences and innovative solutions. The development of new industrial value chains calls for the collaboration and integration of different innovation actors, including large enterprises and especially SMES, across different sectors towards the implementation of a joint vision.
SMES need help to generate take up and better capitalise on all forms of knowledge, creativity,
new business models, service innovation and design. The potential of clusters, that represent favourable ecosystems for innovation,
innovation and entrepreneurship across different regions and value chains shall be promoted. The coordination and facilitation shall be led by cluster organisations and other intermediary organisations,
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and underpin future economic growth, jobs, and progress towards a resource-efficient economy. Further leverage and complement support for innovation in SMES and other funding,
which may be provided by national or regional authorities (including under the European Structural and Investment funds) and/or by private investors (upfront or as follow-up investments).
Contribute to regional smart specialisation strategies by capitalising upon concentrated and complementary competences for the development of new industrial value chains and emerging industries with a clear EU added-value.
Provide a clear and measurable contribution to the innovation performance of the supported SMES in the short-term as revealed by indicators such as numbers of new or significantly improved products (goods and/or services), processes, new marketing methods,
Improve the business environment of the supported SMES by establishing open collaboration spaces that can involve innovation actors from different sectors and countries.
In particular, the services offered by this helpdesk should follow closely the recommendations stemming from a document prepared as a follow-up of the external evaluation of the Helpdesk.
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training, materials and promotion to the demand and to better reach the target group. In particular, the development should follow the recommendations of the document related to the evaluation of the helpdesk to be published by end 2013.
The services offered by this helpdesk should follow closely the recommendations stemming from a Commission document prepared as a follow-up of the external evaluation of the Helpdesk.
and should follow the target group's demand for initial IPR services as established e g. through analysis of helpline requests,
or feedback from trainings and from cooperating business services organisations. Depending on the demand of the target group the activities may be provided in the most demanded EU languages.
English versions are essential. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of around EUR 4 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.
Establish support services and cooperation structures with intermediaries (like the regional consortia of the Enterprise Europe Network
and system of National Contact Points for the different parts of Horizon 2020) and other relevant organisations enabling them to provide initial guidance to SMES.
Coordination and support actions Pending the recommendations of an evaluation of the current IPR helpdesk the action might be implemented by a call for tender 14 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/industrial-competitiveness/industrial
IPORTA 2-Increasing the quality of IP advisory services to SMES Specific challenge: Managing Intellectual Property rights (IPR) is a difficult task, especially for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SME) or individual inventors.
Such enterprises or individuals frequently do not have the knowledge or human resources to effectively use
and manage IPR. Such entities would be able to better use their intellectual capital if:
1. they had more knowledge, including basics of IPR, and guidance on how to better use professional legal consultants;
and 4. National Intellectual Property Offices (NIPOS) would provide better IPR services to SMES. Scope:
and provide better services to SMES, including providing information on the business use of European level rights (Unitary Patent,
The activities should include the communication and trainings on the business use of the European level rights (Unitary Patent, European Trade mark, Community design),
or individual inventors and how to offer services to this target group. The initial pilot implementation of new services by NIPOS can be included as well as the update of the analysis of current SME needs for IPR support services.
The future beneficiary consortium should take care of the joint website www. innovaccess. eu. Upgraded or new services and trainings for the target group will be provided by the national IP offices to be implemented either by the NIPOS themselves or by the business support providers.
Where needed professional legal attorneys should be trained to tailor their advice and to build IPR strategies matching the needs and resources of SMES.
As appropriate, the activities should be provided jointly with business support service providers,(e g. the Enterprise Europe Network,
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and expand business support service providers'intellectual asset services in conjunctions with NIPOS. 70%of the provided grant should be spent on joint actions described above directly with the national IP offices using the provisions of financial support
and exchange materials with other Commission services IPR projects: IPR helpdesks and the transatlantic portal.
Upgrade or create new services and trainings for the target groups according to the needs of SMES.
or indirectly benefitting from the upgraded or new services and trainings. Existing IP, like the common website (innovaccess),
skills and innovation support services from both public and private service providers across Europe more effectively accessible for SMES."
and award the label might provide services to participating managing entities of innovation voucher programmes which enhance the quality of delivery
and quality of services available to SMES, Enhance the opportunities of excellent researchers and other specialists to transfer their knowledge transnationally
and SMES benefitting from support the programmes still often remain dissatisfied with the services received17.
and they have to be driven demand, launched at the moment agencies themselves recognise the need to revise programme formats.
It is the objective of this action to make available to national and regional innovation agencies these two methodologies as elements of a permanent peer learning environment
when need and opportunity for policy learning in agencies arises. While peer learning is open for all relevant topics only the'Twinning+'methodology as well as the quality management scheme for innovation agencies based on EFQM are recognised as learning methods.
Innovation support services are addressing this challenge traditionally by two interventions that are combined often:(a) the provision of networking space for personal meetings
'Social media and other web-based services challenge these existing approaches and ask for their revision. The british‘connect'platform is the first publicly financed innovation platform on the web that creates a protected space for companies to display their competences, interest and skills,
However, it becomes evident that only a small number of enterprises using the platform have already the skills to draw full benefits from the opportunities.
In that respect they could benefit from a new generation of support services that assist to create value from online collaboration with a group of contacts
make such new services accessible for enterprises in sectors that are typically not yet benefitting from innovation support;
curriculum and training courses for staff currently providing brokerage services in established networks or SME agencies.
Tests of services shall be undertaken on platforms that are open and bring together already a critical mass of enterprises and innovation stakeholders.
Establishing such platforms will not be supported. The nature of the topic online collaboration suggests that the training modules are established as web-based self
New services assisting online collaboration for innovation help SMES to access a broader range of potential innovation partners and mobilise them in a timely manner for concrete projects.
but not limited to the services of Enterprise Europe Network is enhanced. Resources in public innovation support are reoriented from information and brokerage functions
which can to a large extend be automated to higher value added functions like the identification of opportunities and the animation of project development.
and implementation of evidence base for R&i policies and supporting various groups of stakeholders is excluded from the delegation to EASME
and will be implemented by the Commission services. HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Innovation in SMES PART 7-Page 20 of 35 Open innovation can be an important lever for growth for SMES.
and the services supporting them professionalised. At the same time financial and management reporting need to catch up with the logic of open innovation.
and explain the identified case studies. The management modules should focus on (1) Strategy dimension,(2) Entrepreneurship skills,(3) Resource needs,
It will be delivered in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network which will initiate, broker and monitor the coach-SME relationship as well as provide participating companies with access to the wider Network service offering.
the coaches should have the opportunity to exchange ideas and experience with each other to grow the competencies within the coaching network.
-Awareness raising regarding the recruitment opportunities for SME instrument coaching towards appropriately qualified individuals,-Creation of information materials, setup of dissemination events,
either participating in the consortium or as third party enterprises, mainly SMES. This topic allows for the provisions of financial support to third parties in line with the conditions set out in part K of the General Annexes.
and strategic focus promises significant impact on economic growth and job creation, and has the potential to act as a catalyst by contributing to and/or leveraging other activities supported,
-initially proposed services to be developed to the target group and to a relevant part of the legal profession;
IPORTA 2-Increasing the quality of IP advisory services to SMES INNOSUP 6 2015: Capitalising the full potential of online-collaboration for SME innovation support INNOSUP-7-2015:
1-Establishing services Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES in the Enterprise Europe Network Lack of innovation management capacity is recognised as an important barrier to creating economic impact (competitiveness, growth and jobs
and coaching services to beneficiaries to address this need. The Enterprise Europe Network is a European-wide network of public
public-private and private providers of support services to SMES established for the period 2008-14 under the Competiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP.
For the period 2015-21 the Network will be reestablished under the Competiveness and SME programme (COSME),
A large number of members in the network provide already a range of innovation support services.
The network is most well-known for services related to partnering for business and innovation. The Enterprise Europe Network is a
therefore a suitable structure to introduce services Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES and make available to SMES higher quality innovation support services where these are absent or unaffordable on local markets.
It is proposed that all information and partnering services of the network, including those specific to Horizon 2020,
will be financed under the COSME programme in order to reduce the administrative complexity of projects. A contribution of Horizon 2020 to the Network should exclusively be allocated to new and additional innovation support services,
like those enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES. This action will establish and provide the above mentioned services addressing in general SMES with significant innovation activities and in particular the beneficiaries of the SME instrument.
The services will be provided in the current Enterprise Europe Network in the year 2014 and as distinct element of the Enterprise Europe Network (2015-21.
To that end the action is broken down in two elements: I. Service provision in 2014 In 2014,
under the Enterprise Europe Network established for the period 2008-2014 2000 SMES across Europe shall receive a 7-day service package that includes an innovation management capacity assessment,
a gap analysis and the provision of 5 days of targeted services to address recognised gaps.
The assessment could be based on the IMP rove methodology or methodologies already introduced in the regions that comply with the definition of innovation management
2, 000‘service package assignments'shall be allotted to the coordinators of the Enterprise Europe Network consortia.
They shall be reimbursed according to the same system of annual productive hours used in the framework partnership agreement of the Enterprise Europe Network consortium.
the coordinators of the 2008-14 Enterprise Europe network projects on behalf of the regional and national consortia.
The detailed list of coordinators and maximum grant amounts is provided on the Enterprise Europe Network website (http://een. ec. europa. eu). Timeframe:
Service provision in 2015/16 2015/16 will be the first phase of operation of a renewed Enterprise Europe Network.
The legal base for the COSME programme foresees that the Enterprise Europe Network could be used to deliver actions addressing SMES from other EU programmes under the condition that these programmes provide the necessary additional funding.
The Enterprise Europe Network for the period 2015-21 will be established through an open call for proposals to be published in late 2013 in the COSME programme.
This open call will include the requirement‘Provision of services to enhance innovation management capacity of SMES,
and its services in the regional ecosystem of SME support in order to minimize market distorting effects.
or a key compatible with the key used for the operations of the Enterprise Europe Network under COSME.
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Specific grant under the framework partnership awarded to the Enterprise Europe Network following the 2014 call under COSME.
and profitability of SMES receiving the services as compared to a control group. Innovation processes will be conducted more efficient and more effectively.
Indirect impact is expected from the introduction of high quality innovation management capacity assessment and support services in all regions across Europe.
and SMES'demand is priced frequently out by the high daily rates paid by large enterprises for high-quality consulting.
since late 2012 the launch phase of the not-for-profit IMP rove-Academy by covering the costs of administrative structures,
Several Member States have integrated services provided by the IMP rove academy in their national/regional SME support system
Transferring the IMP rove project into an independent legal entity shall increase flexibility to reply to needs from regions and Member States while at the same time operating the tools in stable environment with highly qualified staff.
The IMP rove European Innovation Management Academy has the potential to assist the delivery of the coaching and mentoring services related to the SME instrument in three respects:
First, by providing a capacity building environment for the innovation advisors (staff of Enterprise Europe Network) that work in regions with a weakly developed consulting base and no own assessment and consulting tools;
and the‘services enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES'.'To cover specific costs of operation,
and the services‘enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMES'Furthermore the support provided would secure the quality of the benchmarking by accelerating the inflow of new data sets allowing to replace the oldest data collected in 2008/09.
Indirect impact is expected from the introduction of high quality innovation management capacity assessment and consulting services in all regions across Europe.
In an increasing number of regions the initial introduction in the context of the Enterprise Europe Network of the described action should lead to integration of the toolbox in regional innovation support.
Germany 3-Capturing innovation impulses from emerging economies During the next decades growth of the world economy will be concentrated in emerging economies with a small
and service innovation activities towards the needs of clients in emerging economies and identify new business opportunities for such product even in mature markets.
and methods for European innovation and SME internationalisation support agencies to provide better services to their clients that allow them to capture the potential of reverse innovation.
but are limited not to, case studies (in print, audio or video) for awareness and analysis, methodological guides to capture consumer preferences in emerging economies, guides to cooperation with local science, technology and innovation agents,
tools to support the enterprise in identifying gaps and building-up internal capacities for reverse innovation and others.
and services that are attractive to customers, and can make a business stand out among the competition.
However, the lack of design management skills is a significant barrier to the wider adoption and integration of design into Europe's businesses.
and of design-led innovation incubators. Making such support services available more widely will improve business'ability to use design as a driver for innovation.
This calls for improvement in the design innovation competencies of business-development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries in all EU Member States and Associated Countries.
The objective of this action is to create the capacity to deliver support for design-driven innovation for businesses throughout Europe.
and other actions to improve the capabilities for design-driven innovation among business development organisations, incubators and other intermediaries.
Enterprise and industrial innovation opportunities, in terms of products, services and organisational innovation, and innovation processes are getting more diverse by the integration of advanced IT and internet.
Even in the enterprises themselves, in particular in SMES, the concept of innovation is focused often overly on product and technological innovation while strategic changes in market presence (the'sales,
and extension of the 2013 Business Innovation Observatory, is the regular analysis of evidence to develop better tailored policy responses to the opportunities and needs of European businesses innovation.
and trends in Europe as well as enhance learning across the EU, Associated Countries and between the relevant stakeholders (National authorities and support services).
Enterprises no longer want to exploit only knowledge developed at home in foreign markets, but seek to source new ideas and technologies worldwide and to tap into knowledge generation and the pool of scientists and qualified workers in third countries.
To capture the growth opportunities notably in developing countries and emerging economies enterprises innovate specifically for these markets building on local expertise and inventiveness.
Seizing an opportunity in third countries can, at the same time, result in a remarkable business success also in the home market and globally.
This development is driven mainly by large enterprises and especially multinational firms, but not exclusively. More and more young, fast-growing SMES are established with an international business concept("Born Globals")that rely on an international innovation network.
However, there is generally very little known about SMES in global research and innovation processes and relatively few SMES are internationalised at all.
Many opportunities remain untapped. An international conference in 2015 will launch a debate and collect evidence on how European SMES are involved in international R&i.
It shall bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss how SMES can benefit from the dynamics
and opportunities of international R&i activities and networks and how they can be supported to engage in globalised innovation processes.
The Group has been set up to provide stakeholder input on the overall Horizon 2020 scientific and technological strategy, with respect to maximising the SME relevance and impact of the various work programmes and activities.
and implementation of evidence base for R&i policies and supporting various groups of stakeholders is excluded from the delegation to EASME
and will be implemented by the Commission services. 26 This activity directly aimed at supporting the development
and implementation of evidence base for R&i policies and supporting various groups of stakeholders is excluded from the delegation to EASME
and will be implemented by the Commission services. HORIZON 2020 WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Innovation in SMES PART 7-Page 33 of 35 Indicative budget:
Expert contracts 9 Assessing the Investment Potential of SMES Emerging from Phase I of the SME Instrument This action will establish a group of investment specialists, operating in a personal capacity,
to assess the investment potential of SMES emerging from Phase I of the SME Instrument28.
The work of the expert group will be essential to get a better overview of the investment-readiness landscape in Europe,
to ensure that entrepreneurs are prepared better to negotiate effectively with potential investors, to increase the number of investments made into early-stage firms
and to ensure a greater commercialisation of scientific knowledge in Europe. The experts concerned will be qualified highly
with specialist expertise in the field of financial instruments such as bankers, venture capital (VC) and other risk-capital fund managers, business angels,
and individuals working in corporate VC, family offices, accelerators and incubators. They will be selected on the basis of objective criteria.
This action is linked to an investment readiness measure (Call H2020-BIR-2014 in the Access to Risk Finance Work Programme
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