SME 2.0 - Proactive Network of European SMEs

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December 2011 1st issue

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SME 2.0 – PROACTIVE NETWORKING IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN SMES LLP-LDV-TOI-2011-HU-012

Welcome Welcome everybody in our first electronic newsletter which aim is to inform about the SME 2.0 project activities.

This 24 months long project is a collaboration of 10 partners from four countries. The “transfer of innovation” will ‘valorize’ the results of two earlier successful LdV projects: SMELearning and TENEGEN.

Small and Medium Enterprises are acknowledged all over the world as the drivers of economic growth. The economic importance of SMEs is declared in the European initiatives, but their limitations regarding the innovations are reported in the related studies. In spite of this fact even the new generation of entrepreneurs (Net Generation) is not fully aware of the business potential of social networks, online collaboration, and communication tools.

The aim of the project is to transform the comprehensive methodology, the innovation of the LdV project SMELearning into a proactive networking of European SMEs, in which they will able to utilize the business potential of the newest web 2.0 and networking technology offered by the digital age.

CONTENT WELCOME ......................................................................... 1 KICK-OFF MEETING IN BUDAPEST .................... 1 TENEGEN PROJECT AS A BEST PRACTISE ..... 2 COSME PROGRAMME FOR THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES AND SMES ................................................................................................ 2 PROJECT BASICS ......................................................... 3

SME 2.0 project will transplant the methodology into living and sustainable e-learning practice by generating online, knowledge sharing community.

SME2 Team http://sme2.prompt.hu

This issue were published by: Prompt, Hungary

Editor: Mária Hartyányi Copyright © SME2 Consortium

Kick-off meeting in Budapest The Kick-off meeting of the project was arranged in Hungary, organized by the project coordinator (P0-Prompt) in Budapest at 18-20. November 2011. Key issues were as follows: • Partners introduction, and their interest in the project • Introduction of the donor projects SMELearning (DEIS), TENEGEN (Prompt) • WP-s general overview, presentations of the WP leaders •IPR issues – consultation and decisions on IPR (IPR issues have not been agreed yet, the next partnership meeting will clarify these issues) • Introduction of the project management methods, the rules of financial reports and the usage of the project portal • Discussion of WP2 activities (needs-analysis) and prepare for WP3 • Agreement of the survey target groups, purpose, number of questions, translations, participant countries and planned number of participant SMEs. • Determination the deadline for the following tasks: needs-analysis draft version, final version, translations, survey development on the portal, survey carry out among the SMEs, Needs-Analysis report. Following tasks: • Next meeting: 17-18 May 2012. • WP3: development of curriculum content





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Tenegen project as a Best Practise

TENEGEN, one of the donor projects for SME 2.0 was selected among the BEST PRACTICEs in the LLL Programme in the category of "Skills and competences of VET teachers, trainers and tutors" "These projects are helping Europe along the path to meeting its 2020 targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. They are fostering new ideas and innovations that are vital as Europe faces up to the challenges of a

competitive global environment. As Victor Hugo once wrote, "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." To learn more, please visit the "Education & training" website of the European Commission. The list of the selected projects in this category is available here. The project leader, Prompt is very proud of this result and thank for all members of the consortium who put the maximum of their professionality into the very heavy, two years long collaboration. TENEGEN community will continue this collaboration in order to "... connect the teachers to reach and teach the Net Generation" all over Europe.

COSME Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs The new Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) will run from 2014 to 2020, with a planned budget of €2.5bn (current prices). Objectives

• facilitating access to finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) • creating an environment favourable to business creation and growth • encouraging an entrepreneurial culture in Europe • increasing the sustainable competitiveness of EU companies • helping small businesses operate outside their home countries and improving their access to markets

COSME will:

• ensure continuity with initiatives and actions already undertaken under the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP), such as the Enterprise Europe Network, building on results and lessons learnt.

• continue the many successful features of the EIP, while simplifying management of the programme to make it easier for entrepreneurs and small businesses to benefit.

• support, complement and help coordinate actions by EU member countries. COSME will specifically tackle transnational issues that – thanks to economies of scale and the demonstration effect – can be more effectively addressed at European level.

Expected results

• easier access to finance for entrepreneurs and small businesses • more prominent role for self-employment and business development as important sources of growth and job

creation • in individual EU countries: a more competitive industry, more entrepreneurs and higher employment rates.

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Project basics Acronym: SME 2.0 Title: SME 2.0 – Proactive Networking in Business Management of European SMEs Duration: 1.October 2011 – 30. September 2013 Action type: Transfer of Innovation Programme: Leonardo da Vinci – LLL Subprogramme Participating countries: Hungary, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom Website: http://sme2.prompt.hu Contact: Mária Hartyányi, Prompt-G Educational Centre for Informatics, Hungary E-mail: [email protected], skype: hmaria718

Partnership PROMPT PROMPT-G Education and Training Centre for Information Technology HU www.prompt.hu DEIS Cork Institute Of Technology in Ireland IE www.cit.ie NYME University of West Hungary (Faculty of Economics) HU www.nyme.hu CAPDM CAPDM Ltd. EN www.capdm.com AICA Assotiation of Italian Information Technologie IT www.aicanet.it SZIGSZ Széchenyi István Secondary Grammar and Comprehensive School HU www.szechenyi.hu TREBAG TREBAG Ltd. HU www.trebag.hu LIBETRA Libetra Service Ltd. HU VART VisionArt Europe Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft HU WireSpider WireSpider Ltd. HU

Target groups ⇒ managers, employees, owners of European SMEs., ⇒ teachers and trainers of vocational education; ⇒ policy makers ⇒ European e-learning providers.

Objectives ⇒ SME 2.0 Multilingual Open Learning Platform with constructivist approach, with project based ìlearning

by doing methods. ⇒ e-learning course for SMEs that enables them to utilize the open source web 2.0 applications in their

business management ⇒ four e-learning modules (Information and knowledge management, Project management, Online

marketing Human resource management) for developing their advanced digital competencies in practice oriented approach.

⇒ proactive Networking Platform of European SMEs which supports a heavy collaboration and knowledge sharing among

⇒ disseminate the results all over Europe.

Work-packages WP1 Project management WP2 Systems Analysis and Design of the Transfer of Innovation, needs-analysis WP3 SME 2.0 Course design by adapting the donor products WP4 Implementation of SME 2.0 course content and the SME 2.0 Proactive Networking Platform WP5 Implementation of SME 2.0 modules WP6 Pilots WP7 Develop EU dimension of SME 2.0 PNP based on ECVET, EQF WP8 Evaluation WP9 Dissemination and valorisation

Impact The project would contribute to the general and specific objectives of LLL programme, to the LdV priorities by creating a sustainable community of practice of SMSs in order they should create successful business management motorized always by the newest information and communication technology

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