COMPETE IN

COMPETE IN ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES 2021 - 2023 COMPETE IN focuses on SMEs competitiveness by improving regional policies to support the internationalization of territories, leveraging on the local system of actors and regional distinctive competencies. The COVID-19 has had a significant negative impact on global economic activity and global supply chains. The sudden outbreak of the pandemic has caused a severe economic disruption among European SMEs, also having significant policy implications at the local and regional levels. In the initial stage, SMEs have dealt with logistical issues and demand/supply shocks. Subsequently, repeated lockdowns have deeply affected SMEs growth and investments, interrupting international business networks and exchange opportunities with key stakeholders on international issues. COMPETE IN ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES will help to shift from the initial emergency solutions to a medium/long-term structural strategy based on innovation, internationalization and networking to contribute to SMEs renewal and growth and to improve related regional policies. The additional activities will address the topic of SMEs internationalization analyzing the innovative measures adopted by territories to enable business to be more robust, developing ability to cope with future shocks.
PPs will present GPs related to: smart and digital investments, green and circular solutions, supply chain and logistic restructuring, new innovative services/tools for SMEs. In particular PPs will focus on: digital skills and digital export, e-commerce, mentoring programs for exporting SME’s, digital tools in the international communication, supply chains/target countries/service tools implemented through a digital platform for businesses, inucubators exchange and internationalization of start-ups, sustainability for competitiveness, attraction of talents.
COMPETE IN 2016 - 2020
Seven partners around Europe, work together for 5 years to strengthen the support to Small and Medium-sized companies in their attempt to go global. Compete In looks to improve the effectiveness of regions and cities as facilitators of internationalisation processes. Cities and regions promote international relations and act as governance actors and enablers for a range of local stakeholders who cooperate to make regions as better able to pursue internationalisation. A new approach    The project deploys a new methodology: approaching internationalisation not by addressing uniquely SMEs, but by addressing the regional systems’ of distinctive territorial competences, always bearing in mind that the final objective is to support SMEs going global.

The interregional learning

The interregional learning process will be developed through study visits, transfer workshops, meetings and interregional events during the entire length of the project. Partners will exchange their local best practices on internationalisation, focusing on three main areas: the attraction of investments, the penetration of new markets and territories and the creation of international partnerships.