INNOSKILLS

Innovation Skills for SMEs

A Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation project, with partners from Austria, Check Republic, Germany, Italy and Portugal.

From October, 2008 to September, 2010

The InnoSkills project is based in the Guide for the Support to SMEs Innovation, developed by the European project InnoSupport, and updated with new materials and resources, added by partners.

The main goal of InnoSkills is the support to the innovation processes inside SMEs, through de reinforcement of management skills, allowing the identification, acquisition and reinforcement of their innovation techniques.

Products developed:
. Guide Innovation Management and resources for training and support to SMEs innovation
. Self Assessment Tool, for the support to the identification of the learning needs
. Web Portal that allows the exploitation of several cooperative and informal learning scenarios on creativity and innovation management

Target Groups
The target group of InnoSkills is composed by managers and experts, Human Resources managers and all responsible by design, development and production of new product and processes in SMEs, that require knowledge for the successful implementation of innovation.
The guide is also suitable for students, workers from Marketing departments and services… and to anyone interested in the management of innovation issues.

Partnership
Áustria
E-Learning Concepts Rietsch KEG

Czech Republic
University of West Bohemia

Germany
LiNK MV
Institute for Project Support and Competencies Development - pro-competence

Italy
Treviso Tecnologia – Special Agency for Innovation of the Chamber of Commerce
TINNOVA – Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence and Prato

Portugal
Parkurbis, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da Covilhã, SA.

If you want to know more about this project see www.innosupport.net

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CAIE - Centro de Apoio à Inovação e ao Empreendedorismo

Project CAIE – Center for the Support to Innovation and Entrepreneurship, developed under the Programme EQUAL, was developed from September 2005 to June 2009. As a result of this project, was created the methodological guide “B-TECH – Technical Resources to Support Technology based Entrepreneurship”. B-TECH is a package of several guides and resources aiming to support the promotion of entrepreneurship, both among young students from high school and university students, support to the creation of new technology based firms (NTBFs), creation a business angels club and training courses for entrepreneurs and technicians working in the support to the creation of NTBFs.
This project was developed in 3 phases:
Phase 1 – Needs assessment for the Region
Phase 2 – Project Development
Phase 3 – Dissemination

You can find B-TECH for download here. (At the moment, only the Portuguese version is available)

NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Parkurbis, Science and Technology Park of Covilhã
http://www.parkurbis.pt/

Municipality of Covilhã
http://www.cm-covilha.pt/


University of Beira Interior
http://www.ubi.pt/


Global Change, Consultores Internacionais
http://www.globalchange.pt/



AECBP – Business Association
http://www.aecbp.pt/


ANIL – National Association of the Wollen Industries
http://www.anil.pt/


ANJE – National Association of the Young Entrepreneurs
http://www.anje.pt/


CCI-LA – Portuguese-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
http://www.ccila-portugal.com/


TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

CAIE - Centro de Apoio à Inovação e ao Empreendedorismo


Ciudades del Acero–Un Espacio Emprendedor :: Áviles, Espanha
http://www.corredorsiderurgico.org/


E-Lab Empresa :: Barcelona, Espanha
http://www.uoc.edu/in3/elab/


New Chance–Praga :: República Checa

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COLDFIT

Partnership leaded by CITEVE, aiming the development of a special suite, with thermal isolation, and related activities for communication and dissemination of information. The suite, developed for workers operating under extreme cold, aims to reduce the negative impact, in these workers, of the thermal conditions.

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