DEBUTING project
Adopt a more inclusive culture by developing new gender-inclusive business models, to improve business performance
Inequalities can result in a loss of attractiveness and competitiveness for regions and entire industries. More than 70% of companies in the European Union (EU) declare access to talent as an obstacle to new investment. The availability of qualified personnel and skilled executive staff remains the biggest issue that a quarter of SMEs have to face in the EU.
Inequalities are an obstacle to finding qualified employees and can hinder growth and competitiveness for small and medium-sized companies. This is partly due to a lack of inclusive business models and a gender-friendly work culture. It is crucial for innovators and companies to reduce inequalities in industry and make use of all the available talent and approaches.
Debuting, as its name suggests, kicks off a new topic to address in the European Union: gender equality as a competitiveness factor for SMEs. The topic is addressed in a new way, via clusters or company support structures.
Project goals
Overall goal
Debuting involves 11 partners and 10 European regions.
Debuting aims to improve ten policy instruments to better address gender equality in industry, helping at least 10% of clustered SMEs become more competitive by 2026.
Specific goals
We want to increase the business capacities of SMEs by enabling them to develop more innovative business models through a more inclusive culture.
- Raise awareness via clusters on the potential in adopting gender equality approaches.
- Increase the efficiency of existing measures, design new, more innovative ones, and improve monitoring and evaluation with adequate indicators.
- Increase the awareness and capacity of policy makers and clusters to address gender equality in industry as a critical factor for SMEs to grow and become more competitive.
Work involved in figures
33
interregional policy learning events
18
good practices
80
regional stakeholder group meetings
Our ambition goes beyond the project, aiming to put the learnings and the collaborative relations developed at the service of a smarter Europe.
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About the project: https://interregeurope.eu/debuting
About the programme: https://www.interregeurope.eu/
Partners
Coordinator
Region Värmland (Sweden)
https://regionvarmland.se/regionvarmland/om-regionen/om-webbplatsen/information-in-english-engelska
- Regional Development Agency North-West (Romania)
https://www.nord-vest.ro/en/ - VDI/VDE-IT/RegioClusterAgentur Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
https://www.clusterportal-bw.de/regioclusteragentur/ - ecoplus. Business Agency of Lower Austria (Austria)
https://www.ecoplus.at/en/ - Grand Est Développement, anciennement Grand E-nov+ (France)
https://www.grandestdeveloppement.fr - Prime Minister‘s Office (Hungary)
https://2010-2014.kormany.hu/en/prime-minister-s-office - ART-ER (Italy)
https://en.art-er.it/ - Lapland Regional Council (Finland)
https://www.lapinliitto.fi/en/information/the-regional-council-of-lapland/ - Pomorskie Voivodeship (Poland)
https://www.biuropomorskie.pl/en/information/about-pomorskie-voivodeship - SODENA Navarra Development Agency (Spain)
https://sodena.com/en/ - University of Karlstad (advisory partner, Sweden)
https://www.kau.se/
Political authorities involved
- Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism, Germany
- General Directorate for Knowledge, Labour and Enterprise Economy – Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
- Navarra Government – General Directorate on Business Policy, International Promotion and Labour, Spain
- Grand Est Region (France)
Funding
| Total project budget | €2,279,549 |
| FEDER Contribution | €1,807,617 € (80%) |
| Period | 01/03/2023 – 31/05/2027 |
