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ROSIE - Responsible and Innovative SMEs in Central Europe

Project acronym: ROSIE

Project name: Responsible and Innovative SMEs in Central Europe

Programme: Interreg Central Europe

Topic: Innovation

Project index number: CE1004

 

Project duration: 07/2017 - 06/2020

 

Project aims: ROSIE’s main objective is to use transnational cooperation to improve skills among entrepreneurs and innovation actors to promote RI in SMEs.

 

ROSIE’s outputs are tools and training to improve RI capacity, with a comprehensive RI strategy and transnational Pilot to test tools and strategic proposals.

Outputs benefit key innovation actors: public authorities gain a policy framework, business support / sectoral agencies enhance SME support services, SMEs improve innovation processes.

Short-term change sees increased capacity of innovation actors (min.75) and SMEs (min.315) to design and implement RI strategies and proposals for RI policy governance.

ROSIE promotes medium-long-term change through improved territorial, socio-economic integration, SME competitiveness and evolution of a comprehensive RI system.

 

 The transnational approach uses quadruple helix stakeholder engagement and covers:

 

• Exchange and partner training on RI tools that can help SMEs to understand RI, identify RI needs and define strategies, work with the innovation chain;
• Development of RI Road Maps in local areas and CE macro-region, using transnational exchange and capitalisation;
• Transnational Pilot Action (grouping 9 local areas) for SME capacity building, RI tool application and fund leverage.

 

 

Project budget: 1.866.558,75 EUR

 

ERDF funding: 1.549.375,05 EUR

 

Partners:

 

Lead partner:

Forlì-Cesena Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Forlì-Cesena (CISE) - IT

Giulia Bubbolini | gbubbolini@ciseonweb.it 

 

Project partners:

• First Hungarian Responsible Innovation Association - HU
• Agency for the Support of Regional Development Košice - SK
• Czech Centre for Science and Society - CZ
• Bautzen Innovation Centre - DE
• Municipality of Nova Gorica - SI
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry Slovenia - SI
• City of Šibenik - HR
• Institution for development of competence, innovation and specialization of Zadar County - HR
• Innovhub SSI - IT
• Lubelskie Voivodeship - PL

 

Associated partners:

 

• Kosice Self-governing Region - SK
• Ministry of Regional Development and EU funds - HR
• District of Bautzen - DE
• Metropolitan City of Milan - IT
• Liberec Region - CZ

 

Project website: www.interreg-central.eu/ROSIE

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RosieProjectRRI/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13551279

 

      

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