The EU networks Euro Info Centre and Innovation Relay Centre have been integrated into one - Enterprise Europe Network. Acreo is one of the main organisations behind the Network.
www.enterpriseeurope.se
Read (Swedish page) about Satsning på internationalisering för företag i Stockholm.
The Enterprise Europe Network assists information and contacts to flow in two directions:
Outward Technology Transfer
- from your organisation to interested partners or licensees for your technologies
- help local industry identify which of its technologies are suitable for transfer to other regions or industries
- promote these innovative ideas across Europe through the Network
- provide assistance in the negociation agreements between the provider and the receiver of the technology
- assist in the implementation of technology transfer
Inward Technology Transfer
- help local industry specify its new technology needs
- use the Network to identify partners to provide these new technologies
- provide assistance in the negotiation agreements between the provider and the receiver of the technology
- assist in the implementation of technology transfer to your company
Apart from that, the Network provides also advisory services :
- advice in innovation, technology transfer and exploitation of research results
- training in exploitation of research results
- information on EU research programmes and calls for proposals
- partner search service
- assistance in the preparation of proposals for EU programmes
- provision of information on relevant Community and national financial support schemes for innovation
Inward = towards your company from organisations in other European regions.