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Additional activities' results...

01/03/2023

Revealing the importance & impact COVID-19 pandemic on individual policies

UpGradeSME video summary

24/01/2023

Short info-video about our 1-year extension work

Final event and interregional...

25/11/2022

Presentations of the the final event of UpGradeSME | 22.09.2022 Budapest

International COVID-19...

10/05/2022

Interregional Analysis of COVID-19 impact on SME internationalization

UpGradeSME | Int Learning...

05/04/2022

Online event | SME internationalization perspectives in the pandemic

5th interregional meeting |...

06/06/2018

12-13 APRIL | echange of experience work shop and study visit

Dissemination 5th period

19/12/2018

Articles and news published between 01/01/2018 - 30/09/2018

Dissemination 4th period

14/06/2018

Articles and news published between 10/10/2017 - 31/03/2018

4th interregional meeting in...

14/12/2017

5-6th October 2017 | Pitesti Exchange of experience | Study visit

Dissemination 3rd period

28/09/2017

Articles and news published by the UpGradeSME team between 04/2017 and 09/2017

3rd Interregional meeting in...

28/04/2017

3-4 APRIL 2017 | Stuttgart Steering Commitee meeting | Exchnage of Experience...

Dissemination 2nd period

16/12/2016

Articles and news published by the UpGradeSME team between 10/2016 and 03/2017.

2nd interregional event in...

26/07/2017

Exchange of experience work shop | study visit | peer review

Dissemination 1st period

16/12/2016

Articles and news published by the UpGradeSME team between 04/2016 and 09/2016.

Interactions with stakeholders

31/03/2017

Here you can read local news from Partners about their cooperation with local or...

Policy instrument fact sheets

19/05/2017

Dear Visitor, in this folder you can find basic information about the policy...

UpGradeSME Method

02/10/2017

Our work METHOD invented and used for the upgrade of our policy instruments.

Scientific papers | TOPIC...

29/09/2017

Collection of studies in the topic. These studies are free available on Internet

UpGradeSME brochure

31/03/2017

Dear Visitor! In this little booklet you can read basic information about our...

Videos

16/12/2016

Digital memories of the UpGradeSME Team

1st interregional meeting KoM

06/06/2018

Kick-off event of the UpGradeSME partners in Budapest | May 2016

UpGradeSME mid-term brochure

21/02/2019

Short information material about the achieved results.

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Additional activities' results presentation

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POLICY INSTRUMENT SURVEY RESULTS
highlighting interesting findings

Additional activities' results presentation
Revealing the importance & impact COVID-19 pandemic on individual policies

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SME challenges
UpGradeSME SME SURVEY RESULTS

New measures developed due to COVID-19 crisis
UpGradeSME SME SURVEY RESULTS

Study visit at Fomento San Sebastian

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BECAS
International Mobility Programmes FSS 2022

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DONOSTIA | SAN SEBASTIAN
Innovation hub and a talent-based strategy

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UpGradeSME video summary

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UpGradeSME results in 2022
Focusing on post-COVID effects on regional economy, policy measures and internationalization challenge of SMEs

Final event and interregional peer-review event

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Group photo
22.09.2022 Budapest

AGENDA
Agenda and travel kit

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BDF and Municipality of Leeuwarden
Regional Report on Covid-19 IMPACT on SME Internationalization

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Fomento San Sebastian
BECAS | International Mobility Programmes FSS 2022

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Fomento San Sebastian
Ekin+ Program

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Prime Minister's Office Hungary
EDIOP | Internationalization activities

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Prime Minister's Office Hungary
Flexibility in implementation of international activities in support to clusters

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Prime Minister's Office Hungary
Services for SMEs to exploit their export potential in COVID times

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CIM do AVE Portugal
Guimaraes Marca Fashion Film Festival

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CIM do AVE Portugal
Regional report on COVID-19 IMPACT on SME internationalization

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South Muntenia Regional Development Agency
SME internationalisation solutions in South-Muntenia

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South Muntenia Regional Development Agency
South Muntenia Support mitigation of the effects of the crisis COVID-19

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South Muntenia Regional Development Agency
South Muntenia Supporting SMEs in response to the COVID -19 pandemic

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International COVID-19 analysis

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UpGradeSME Interregional Analysis
of COVID-19 impact on SME internationalization

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UpGradeSME | Int Learning Event

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Speakers
Invited speakers of the event

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UpGradeSME regional example Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden Example for COVID-19 challenges by Lennard Drogendijk

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EIS project survey on the impact of Covid-19
on internationalising SMEs & Business Support Organisations, March 2020-September 2021by John Fitzgibbon

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Resilience via smart networking
Austrian regional example from Burgenland by Walter Schrittwieser

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SIE Project survey results
“SME Internationalisation Exchange” (SIE) Project How has SME Internationalisation Changed since the Pandemic by Steve Samson

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Regional example from Slovenia
New approaches for SME internationalisation support by Marko Močnik

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Lessons learnt from INTERVENTURES
Effective policy instruments supporting theinternationalization of SMEs by Tamás Lunk

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ENRICH initiatives
European Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs by Béla Kardon

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Approved Action Plans

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Action Plan BDF Leeuwarden
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Action Plan SMRDA_signed
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Action PLAN_FSS_Signed
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Action_Plan_CIM do Ave
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5th interregional meeting | Leeuwarden

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Presentation of the Watercampus
In Leeuwarden at the Watercampus

Parners arriving to the 5th interregional event
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Introduction of the new partner CIM do AVE
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Presentation of local actions by the LP
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Summary of Policy communication Analysis
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Summary of Policy INTEGRATION analysis results
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Presentation of the Dutch policy instrument
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

On the way to the study visit destination
In Leeuwarden at BDF headquarters

Arriving to JAMZONE
In Leeuwarden at JAMZONE

Presentation of the JAMZONE
In Leeuwarden at JAMZONE

Starting of the 2nd day
In Leeuwarden at the Watercampus

Presentation of the action plan concept
In Leeuwarden at the Watercampus

Presentation of the Watercampus
In Leeuwarden at the Watercampus

Dissemination 5th period

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BDF Newsletter
Next meeting in Leeuwarden | 04.2018

Local stakeholder event in Sinaia Romania
In the organisation of SMRDA | newsletter article

Partner meeting in Leeuwarden
SMRDA newsletter article

Dissemination 4th period

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Fomento San Sebastian
Hosting 3 partners on Staff exchange

Policy Instrument Information Seminar
South-Muntenia Romania

Dutch Article
In Ondernemend Friesland, business magazine province of Friesland

Fomento San Sebastian
Article about SME tools on internationalization on WeekInn

Fomento San Sebastian
Presentation about the UPGRADESME |WORKSHOP SME instrument

Business Development Friesland homepage
Fomento San Sebastian will be the staff exchange destination of BDF and Municipality

Ministry for National Economy
INTERREG DAY in Budapest 10/2017

4th interregional meeting in Pitesti

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4th interregional meeting | Day 2
Study visit at MGC Topoloveni

4th interregional meeting | Day 1
Welcome of Mr. Constantin Dan MANU | Arges County Council

4th interregional meeting | Day 1
Andrea from PBN presents 3rd period achievements

4th interregional meeting | Day 1
UpGradeSME colleagues discussing the task in policy INTEGRATION

4th interregional meeting | Day 1
End of the work for today

4th interregional meeting | Day 1
Get together program

4th interregional meeting | Day 2
Welcome of the hosting partners

4th interregional meeting | Day 2
Peer review of the Romanian policy instrument

4th interregional meeting | Day 2
Study visit at GIC Industrial Group of Components

4th interregional meeting | Day 2
Study visit at MGC Topoloveni

Dissemination 3rd period

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BDF article
BDF coordinates policy IMPACT analysis

Arges Businessmen Association Newspaper
Article about the Stakeholders Event organized by SMRDA on 5th July 2017 in Ploiesti

EXPORTINITIATIVE GESUNDHEITSWIRTSCHAFT
EU-Förderserie: UpGradeSME

Donostia WeekINN
UpgradeSME

BDF article
Interregional meeting in Pitesti

3rd Interregional meeting in Stuttgart

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Stuttgart Day 1 COMMUNICATION wsh
Just explaining the work shop method

Stuttgart Day 1 COMMUNICATION wsh2
Group work

Stuttgart Day 1 IMPACT presentation
Presentation of the policy IMPACT survey results

Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute presentation
At the end of a very intensive two-day team work

Stuttgart Open Innovation Congress
Parallel event on Day 1

Stuttgart our Team
UpGradeSME

Visit at Steinbeis-Transferzentrum Mikroelectronik
Study visit, Göppingen, Germany

UpGradeSME Team
In front of the Old Castle in Stuttgart

Dissemination 2nd period

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Steinbeis Europa Centrum
Newsletter

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Newspaper South Muntenia
South Muntenia RDA Information Caravan on financing oportunities for SMEs, ROP 2014 – 2020, in Ploiesti, Prahova County

Newspaper South Muntenia
Information Caravan on investment oportunities from ROP 2014 – 2020 took place in all the major cities in South Muntenia Region

Newspaper South Muntenia
The seminar regarding the investment oportunities took place in Alexandria, Teleorman County, in the presence of South Muntenia RDA staff

Newsletter | South-Muntenia, Romania
South Muntenia RDA Information Caravan on financing oportunities for SMEs, ROP 2014 – 2020

Innovation week In October 2016 | San Sebastian
BUILDING INTERNATIONAL ECOSYSTEMS | International Strategies for SMEs |Gather information from SMEs to have a better picture about instruments in place for them

UpGradeSME Team in Vila Nova de Famalicao
Facebook post of our partner ADRAVE

UpGradeSME Team in Vila Nova de Famalicao
Article on LinkedIN written by the colleagues of ADRAVE

UpGradeSME Team in Vila Nova de Famalicao
Article on ADRAVE homepage

2nd exE meeting Vila Nova de Famalicao
Article 2 about Porto meeting

2nd exE meeting Vila Nova de Famalicao
Article 1 about Porto meeting

2nd interregional event in Vila Nova de Famalicao

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2nd interregional event
Policy IMPACT work shop | Colleagues from Fomento San Sebastian and ADRAVE

2nd interregional event
Start of the meeting

2nd interregional event
Introduction of the participants

2nd interregional event
Table of Stakeholders

2nd interregional event
Presentation of the company Alma de Luce | SME export experiences

2nd interregional event
Presentation of the company INJEX | SME export experiences

2nd interregional event
Study visit on MadeINCUBAR in Vila Nova de Famalicao, Portugal

2nd interregional event
Presentation of the GERMAN Policy instrument by Prof. Hoeptner Commissioner for Europe of the Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing Baden-Württemberg

2nd interregional event
Policy IMPACT work shop | Representatives of the Ministry for National Economy Hungary Dr. Anikó Kabai and Mr. Péter Keller and PBN colleague Balázs Barta

2nd interregional event
Policy IMPACT work shop coordinated by Business Development Friesland

2nd interregional event
Policy IMPACT work shop coordinated by Business Development Friesland | BDF

Dissemination 1st period

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Homepage appearance | South-Muntenia Regional Development Agency | Romania

BDF newsletter July 2016
UpGradeSME project introduction

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Inspiring cooperation of the UpGradeSME partners
Short article on PBN homepage about the results of the KoM

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Publication about UpGradeSME
on website by Municipality Leeuwarden

UpGradeSME project
on Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum homepage

UpGradeSME project
on Pannon Business Network homepage

UpGradeSME project
Homepage appearance

Über das Projekt UpGradeSME
Artikel EU Massnahmen für KMUs

Good Practices

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UpGradeSME
List of identified good practices

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Interactions with stakeholders

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Policy instrument fact sheets

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Policy Instrument Fact sheet PORTUGAL
Development and implementation of new business models in SME, especially in what refers to internationalization

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Policy Instrument Fact sheet Hungary
EDIOP 1.3.1 Supporting (international) market access of micro, small and medium sized enterprises (Hungary)

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Policy Instrument fact sheet GERMANY
Policy Instrument fact sheet GERMANY

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Policy instrument fact sheet ROMANIA
Supporting the creation and the extension of advanced capacities for product and service development

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UpGradeSME Method

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UpGradeSME
work method

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UpGradeSME work method
4 pillars of analysis

Scientific papers | TOPIC Internationalization

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Support Services for SMEs in InternationalBusiness
ECSIP Consortium | Compiled by Paul Wymenga; Nora Plaisier; Jurgen Vermeulen;

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Top Barriers, Drivers to SME Internationalisation
Prepared by Prof. Lester Lloyd-Reason, Brynn Deprey, Prof. Kevin Ibeh, Mariarosa Lunati

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MAKING SMEs INTERNATIONAL
Alumni Magazine IESE | JANUARY-MARCH 2014

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The internationalization of family SME
By Sami Basly | The internationalization of family SME: An organizational learning and knowledge development perspective

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Internationalization profiles of Portuguese SMEs
By Pedro Oliveira and Aurora A.C. Teixeira Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Port

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UpGradeSME brochure

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UpGradeSME Brochure
In this little booklet you can read basic information about our cooperation. Please contact for detailed ones.

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UpGradeSME Brochure
4 pages in one

Videos

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UpGradeSME Kick-off meeting
Inspiring 2-day work shop with our international partners, the invited Managing Authority representatives and Hungarian small and medium sized enterprises.