The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
Grand Est Développement is a partner of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). With 3,000 experts from 600 organisations across 65 countries, EEN is the biggest European support network for European policy on innovation, internationalisation, digitalisation and the ecological transition.
Grand Est Développement is part of the EEN TREND EAST FR Consortium alongside the CCI Bourgogne Franche Comté and the CCI Grand Est.
Industry expertise
Under the aegis of EEN, we support providers of solutions and other SMEs in the following:
- Managing innovation,
- Supporting innovation and European development for providers of greentech, digital and industrial solutions, and other SMEs,
- Identifying technological and commercial partners both within and outside of Europe,
- Joint organisation and promotion of technological meetings and cross-border and European business conventions: KETs, Tomorrow in Motion, KTUR Innovation Day, etc.,
- Access to European research and innovation funding schemes,
- Webinars and meetings to increase awareness of European R&I funding schemes,
- Identifying opportunities for European funding that is appropriate for your business and your projects,
- Access to European research and innovation funding schemes (Horizon Europe, Eureka Eurostars, LIFE, Interreg, EIT, EIC Accelerator, etc.) for providers of solutions, businesses, and ecosystem stakeholders,
- Identifying European partners for submitting collaborative European projects,
- Digitalisation of SMEs, providing information and advice prior to other regional ecosystem services and initiatives related to the digital future of Industry 5.0,
- Sustainable development: supporting European development for providers of Green Tech solutions.
Grand Est Développement presides over the GR.EEN (Greater Region EEN) working group that comprises EEN teams from Wallonia, Flanders, Luxembourg, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland, each one led by innovation agencies including Luxinnovation, Saaris, Awex, Hub.Brussels, IMG Innovation, Inno Suisse and the Chambers of Commerce of Luxembourg, the Grand Est and Bourgogne Franche Comté regions.
To find out more:
EEN Est de France https://estdefrance.een-france.fr/enterprise-europe-network-est-de-france
EEN France https://een-france.fr/
