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The overall objective of MINI EUROPE is to elaborate through its international partnership a set of regional politic instruments and strategies to sustain the development of small and medium enterprises, their capacities of innovation and technological transfer with universities, knowledge institutes.

The first stage of the project is devoted to map and then make a Catalogue of Experiences documenting existing good practices in the partner regions and results from relevant projects.

At the heart of the project are the exchanges of experience which will involve an intensive transfer of one specific instrument, approach or tool from one partner region to another. The precise tools to be transferred will be decided in the early stages of the project. However, the initial analysis of existing good practice already identified a range of valuable practical instruments to be transferred.

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Last 5 good practices

  • Tameside Enterprise Strategy & Rationale for the Tameside Business Family
    The Tameside Enterprise Strategy sets out the rationale for the creation of the Tameside Business Family, a network of SMEs in the area which work to offer support to other SMEs to assist them to grow. The Business Family also works with individuals thinking of starting a business and acts as a mentor and a coach. The Business Family concept has had a significant impact on the numbers of people starting a business in the area, which has historically suffered from low levels of business creation.
  • PARK OF ENERGY AWARENESS (PENA)
    The Park of Energy Awareness (PENA) was created by the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving to give everyone a chance to see the various forms of renewable energy operating at full scale, to learn about the technologies used to harness them, and the resulting benefits for the environment and the humanity in general.
  • Energy Upgrade of the Administration Building of C.R.E.S
    The Energy Upgrade of the Administration Building of C.R.E.S addresses the issue of energy upgrading the existing building stock. Specifically the project focuses on retrofitting techniques for the external envelope of buildings.
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Growth and Sustainability (COGS) 2009: A focus on women entrepreneurs
    UK based research from 2009 on the current experiences and needs of women entrepreneurs. The report gives some indication of the issues and challenges currently facing women in business.
  • Local Innovation Award for Local Government
    The UK’s Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), which supports improvement and innovation in Local Government, has named Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) in the North West of England as the winner of a national competition – the prestigious Local Innovation Award – for “building economic resilience”. The national award has been granted in recognition for [...]