ERMIS

Today, with the financial and economic downturn and resulting job losses in large enterprises, more than ever, the innovation capacity of SMEs is vital to achieve economic growth again.

ERMIS partners aim to enhance the leverage effect of their local innovation policies and systems by developing an effective systemic approach involving the whole value chain of political and economic actors dedicated to SMEs. ERMIS’ objective is to jointly develop effective and transferable governance models for Local Innovation Systems (LIS) dedicated to fostering value innovation in SMEs.

ERMIS brings together 15 European partners from 9 member states: public authorities, innovation centers, Chambers of Commerce and incubators from Spain, France, Italy, Romania, The Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Greece and Portugal. The project started in January 2010 and will run until December 2012 and has been made possible by the INTERREG IVC and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

In order to achieve the objectives of the project, ERMIS: 

  • exchanges effective local innovation system tools and methods
  • designs and exchanges a governance framework and methodology to manage local innovation systems,
  • designs a set of governance and management guidelines,
  • involves public stakeholders outside the project and policy makers to validate policy recommendations for implementation in the local and regional policies and Structural Funds.

Partners

Project information

Duration: January 2010 – December 2012
Total budget: 2,152,580 EUR