ALPS INN3 · EEN Innovation Support Services for SMEs in North West Italy

The project, whose geographical coverage will be North-West Italy (3 regions : Piemonte Liguria and Valle d’Aosta) aims at providing and upgrading a specific framework service for supporting SMEs in the innovation management capacity . Theservice will be directed to SMEs with international growth potential via product, process service and or business model innovation- with gaps regarding innovation management.In particular, the action will focus on the following specific objectives:1. Fine tuning of a Key Account Management based customised service provision directed to:a. SMEs /Scale ups international growth, including participation to European programsb. SMEs Innovation capacity enhancement and innovation projects implementation, job creation and new market accessc. SMEs Innovation results exploitation4. Integration of the service within local business innovation support delivered, EEN specific service official embeddingwithin the regional innovation ecosystem5. Advisory skill enhancement: ALPS EEN personnel, assisting the experts in this Action, will increase expertise andcompetences, providing high level advisory on innovation management6. Upgrading a EU shared support methodology for EEN staff, which could be adopted for profitably supporting other localSMEs7. Contribution to the enhancement of a visible and well identified Coach/EEN experts community at EU level8. Updating the operational internal manual/chart for a harmonized service within the EEN ALPS Consortium and contribution to definition of a common EEN operational manual