The SME Office

Next project have organized the SME Office to connect external industrial SMEs to the NEXT project through the provision of specific services.

This office will become a Contact and Enquiry Point for SMEs which, on request, will provide information on available, useful and usable expertise, developed in the NEXT Integrated Project.

It will support, also, set-up Collaboration Agreements between SMEs and NEXT partners.

The main goals for this office are:

• To attract SMEs with technology to contribute to NEXT or exploit technology
• To manage Relationship between SME and NEXT research partner
• To offer Financial support for SME from NEXT partner budget
• To facilitate the participation of SMEs in Open call for proposals

The SME Office will be a permanent feature of NEXT, hosted and operated by CECIMO.

There are two different points to contact with the office:

• Through the webpage of the project (http://www.nextproject.eu)
• Requesting from SMEs for technical and business information addressed to CECIMO.