iapmei- agency of support for small and medium size enterprises and innovation
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IAPMEI- Agency of Support for Small and Medium Size Enterprises and
Innovation
some data
IAPMEI is the Portuguese Agency for SMEs and Innovation and a public body within the Ministry of Economy and Employment .
It promotes SME’s development and innovation throught the implementation of policy measures aiming at strengthening entreprise competitiveness and productivity.
• Founded in 1975; • Total budget (2012) 827 M euros;• Staff number: 348 (72% with university degree);• 12 regional offices.
About IAPMEI
main role
IAPMEI has an horizontal role in the Ministry …
… to promote technological and organizational innovation in SME… to promote private investment … to disseminate information for business… to promote vocational training for SMEs… to promote a better access of SME to financing mechanisms (venture capital, business angels, special loans)..to promote innovation and competitiveness
About IAPMEI
Public Policies for SMEs
Strengthening the SMEs drivers of competitiveness both internally and externally
Strategic Areas
1. Direct Technical Assistance to SME2. Promote Entrepreneurship3. New solutions for SME financing4. Management of Incentive Schemes
for Investment
5.Promote Innovation and competitiveness
How? Implementing operational programsStaying in line with national and
community main policiesPromoting partnerships, structural
projects and cooperation actionsMonitoring and accesssing outcomes
Tools,services and specialize information towards SMEs
5. Promote Innovation and competitiveness
Promote Innovation for Competitiveness
+E+I – more Entrepreneurship, more Innovation
Programme
Develop clusters and
technological poles
Services, tools and specialized
information
Attract SME´s to the innovation
process
Partnerships and joint
projects with the innovation
system’ actors
New methologies and
support instruments for
SMEs competitiveness
Smart use of structural funds
Support instruments: competitiveness diagnosis
Services, tools and specialized information
Benchmarking and
Good Practices
Enterprise Europe Network
European Enterprise
Promotion Awards
European SME Week
ESBI
Innovation Scoring
Portuguese Benchmarking
Index
PORTUGALINOVA NET, the Portuguese consortium (9 Partners)
Enterprise Europe Network
AIMinho
AdI
CEC
CCIPD
AIDA
IAPMEI
INPI
ACIF
CCDR-Alg
Évora
National Intervention
Regional Intervention
Enterprise Europe Network
help
make offer match
inform
collaborate
Benchmarking and Good Practices
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013MILESTONES
Programme to Support SME on Technological Innovation
ESBN – MoU
Portuguese Benchmarking Index
European SMEs Benchmark Index - ESBI
Promotion of International Cooperation – B2B meetings
Promotion of Innovation – New tools: Innovation Scoring
Reformulation of Benchmarking Programme, new contents
NEW
Development of software applications
Applied Benchmarking for competitiveness– ,Richard Keegan, Eddie O’Kelly
Benchmarkindex – A European Study
“Organizational Excellence” – Alvaro Dias, Miguel Varela, José Lopes Costa
Benchmarking and Good Practices
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020FUTURE
Reinforcement of cooperation with StakeholdersWorking with StakeHolders, supporting investigation and studies
Portuguese Benchmarking Index new concepts and methodologies.
An easier and friendly frame work for SMEs
Fostering innovation for SMEs
Producing quality information contents for SMEs support
IAPMEI – Agency of Support for Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Innovation
Promotion of Innovation [email protected] nº - 00351213836097
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