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We are Koprivnički entrepreneur Ltd., a business support institution from Croatia, 100% owned by the City of Koprivnica.
We have prepared a project idea for Interreg MED programme.
If interested, please contact us by e-mail: bojan.kostic@inkubator.infoContext
Entrepreneurial climate in the mediterranean area in numerous cases depends on traditional and family businesses, especially during the touristic season. Many small and middle sized firms located in the coastline cities and villages during the touristic season survive only by selling souvenir-like products. These are in most cases old family firms and small shops that incorporate local or national cultural heritage into their souvenirs and product – for example mugs with national motives, domestic food, home-made drinks, postcards with local touristic sites etc.
Because their businesses are mostly small-scaled and when we talk about family and traditional firms in mediterranean area, we can’t talk about big and stable corporations – that’s why recent economical crisis has shaken the ground of those SMEs (and, of course, not only them). However, due to their geographical position, those kind of SMEs can rely on survival on the market, because they are situated in the area where tourists are the basis of economic growth and tourism-driven economy is the main source of sustainable capitalisation in those regions.
So, post-crisis effects are not as strong in every part of economy – some places just because of their geographical position can easily overcome the crisis. Those are the places by the Mediterranean Sea, places near the harbours and the income of tourists and foreign visitors is large.
Unfortunately, SMEs located in more continental areas of the Mediterraenian are not that lucky and while their competition up on the shore can rely on the tourists, the continental parts cannot.NEXUS cluster network
This project aims at helping and supporting the SMEs from the mediterraenian continental areas which have been affected by the recent crisis. Traditional and family businesses that are not so lucky to have the proximity of the sea as their seashore competition, must rely mostly on the quality of their products and the means of selling that product.
The problem is that those kind of enterprises, due to the crisis, must put all their efforts and capacities into saving their business from bankruptcy and barely preserving their competitiveness on the market.
The best way of regaining their before-crisis status on the market is to present new and innovative products in new and innovative way.
Because those kind of SMEs don’t have enough time, knowledge and competency to uplift their business with innovative ways of marketing and product making, the Nexus cluster network would establish a network of innovation and support for those SMEs. Nexus cluster network would act as a supporting network and a database of plans, strategies and examples for innovative solutions in traditional and family businesses.-
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Dear Madame/Sir,
CLAND, Digital and Audiovisual Cluster in Andalusia, Spain, would like to be a partner for your project proposal.
We are a business Cluster in the southern region of Spain, Andalucía, and we have plenty of experience in EU and National funded projects.
We are made up of a group of companies. Our main objective is to foster cooperation between different entities in order to create innovative projects and develop new business models surrounding the digital contents industry sector.Furthermore, we are in contact with many local authorities, businesses and public bodies.
Could you please send us more information about the proposal and the project in general?
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours faithfully,
Denisa Zapratan
Dear sirs,
Unioncamere Piemonte is the Regional Chamber of Commerce of Piemonte, a region in North West Italy with a 4,4 million habitants and 435 thousands companies and we have a large experience in European projects. We are partners also in the EEN (Entreprise Europe Network) , the network of around 600 organizations financed by the European Commission that helps SMEs in business opportunities.
Your project idea seems to cross our activities, so I am interested in having a more detailed executive summary to evaluate our participation.
Best regards
Roberto Strocco
Area Progetti e Sviluppo del territorio, Responsabile
Projects and Local Development Area, Head
Unioncamere Piemonte
Via Cavour 17, 10123 Torino (Italy)
Tel.+39 0115669280, Fax +39 011 5669238
E-mail:r.strocco@pie.camcom.it
http://www.pie.camcom.itTwitter @Unioncamere_Pie
Dear Sirs,
In order to your partner request related to the call of MED program, please consider as follows.
– IBIS is a Private Consortium, with more than 30 member companies, dealing with Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry, bio-based materials, bioplastics, bio-refinery, green coatings.
– IBIS is based in Novara (Italy) close to Milan, in an area, extended over two regions (Piedmont and Lombardy) , where most of the Italian Chemical Industry has settled.
– Among the many activities of the consortium, the main one is related to the application and the management of research projects financed by ERDF.
– IBIS was founded in 2009 and since then has managed more than 10 important projects in the field of sustainable chemistry, bio-based products and environmentally friendly coatings.
– This previous experience has shown the need of a higher level of work collaboration finding partners all through Europe.
– IBIS is very interested in your partner search, related to the call of the program MED;
– As IBIS is an expert in the management of research projects, it can perform surveys or other initiatives related to the companies belonging to the Consortium.
I remain at your disposal for any further information you may need.
Silvano Brustia
silvano.brustia@alice.itDear all, we’d like to inform you that E.I.N.E. (North East industrialization Bodies) http://www.eine.it have been project partner of iCON – Competitiveness of SMEs through Innovation and Collaborative Entrepreneurship (www.icon-project.eu). In this framework, we supported the developement of a cluster on tourism sector with a similar aim. Let me know if you’re interested in.
Paolo Perucci (paolo.perucci@ezit.ts.it) -
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