SMEi SME MATCH EU Initiative Antonio Caamao Apro

- SMEi SME MATCH EU Initiative Antonio Caamaño Apro. TECH ANIEL

What is ANIEL? • ANIEL is the Spanish Association of Telecommunication Industries • Groups more than 200 SMEs in the telecommunications sector • Has direct feedback of the needs and possibilities of IST Spanish SMEs

What is Apro. TECH? • Apro. TECH is an ANIEL initiative to – Encourage Spanish IST SMEs to get involved in FP 6. – Support SMEs that have no time or resources to get into FP 6 single-handed (not even to search IDEAL-IST). – Propose and Manage new initatives that are interesting to the affiliated industries. – And furthermore, match the different affiliated industries with new or existing initiatives. • We can do it because of the existing extensive database of our affiliates and continous feedback. – The initiative is 1 month old and more than 40 Spanish SMEs are already involved in Apro. TECH (and more coming. . . )

What is SMEi? • SME MATCH EU Initiative is aimed to replicate the Apro. TECH initiative at a European level. • More than 10 sister associations to ANIEL in different countries of the EU have been already contacted for possible partnership. • Looking for more potential partners.

Key points of SMEi • 3 year span initiative. • Building a dynamic database of EU IST SMEs – To enable accurate information of both industries and existing and possible initiatives. • Provide support form simple assessing to management of proposals. • Quick response to SMEs demands.

Thank you • Meeting in Madrid, ANIEL Building – March, 17 , 9: 00 a. m. (confirmation pending) • Contact: – Antonio Caamaño – aprotech@aniel. es