Cooperation guidelines between Enterprise Europe Network and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have complementary roles in supporting innovation, entrepreneurship, and growth within the European Union.
The cooperation between these two EU-funded instruments will increase their impact on the European innovation ecosystem.
Both networks will work together to guarantee services that are complementary, mutually advantageous, and seamless for the stakeholders of the EEN and the EIT.
A particular focus will be placed on enhancing the connections between EIT KICs and Enterprise Europe Network services, as well as broadening the regional and SME outreach of the EIT.
The goals of the cooperation include:
- enhance innovation and competitiveness of European businesses, and in particular SMEs, by maximising cooperation, cross-promotion and leveraging resources, networks, tools, and services
- promote knowledge and technology transfer and uptake by facilitating the exchange of knowledge, expertise, technologies, innovative solutions between SMEs, start-ups, and scale-ups to other private and public actors
- support scale-up, technology and innovation uptake by supporting SMEs and start-ups in scaling their operations and entering all relevant EU Member States’ and international markets by leveraging EEN’s and EIT’s regional presences
- foster sustainable growth and prosperity by encouraging sustainable practices within European businesses and innovations
To learn more about the areas of cooperation as well as the implementation mechanisms, please consult the cooperation guidelines document.
Source: een.ec.europa.eu
