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DURATION: 30 months Start date January 2013 End date June 2015

TOTAL BUDGET: € 2.525.746,00 ERDF € 2.292.142,00

PROGRAMME: Transnational Cooperation Programme – Mediterranean

The The REASONREASONSS for the projectfor the project

The European population is getting older which means that the number of people over 65 is increasing.

This ageing trend presents numerous social changes and challenges, for which adequate solutions need to be found

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES - NEW EMERGING MARKET

More attention needs to be given to the special health and safety needs of an ageing population at home so they can live independently for as long as possible.

WIDER wants… WIDER wants…

WIDER wants to IMPROVE THE POSITION OF NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES of SMEs all along the supply chain of eco smart housing for active and independent living of the ageing generation.

ELDERLY ENERGY MSMEs

The The REASONREASONSS for the projectfor the project

WIDER’s WIDER’s MMETHODOLOGYETHODOLOGY

WIDER WIDER PILOT PILOT REGIONSREGIONS

Activities in 7 territories – pilot areas:

Algarve, Portugal, Cataluna, Spain, Rhone-Alps, France, Marche, Italy; The Heart of Slovenia, Slovenia Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Macedonia, Greece

INNOVATION MEASURES: Training workshops addressed to local SMEs regarding the general concepts of innovation, market repositioning, supply profile, new design for the product, projecting together eith end users.

WIDER WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES PILOT ACTIVITIES

WIDER WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES PILOT ACTIVITIES

SCENARIO WORKSHOPS:

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IMPLEMENTATION OF A

INNOVATION VOUCHER TRANSNATIONAL SCHEME

NNETWORKING ETWORKING to favour to favour transnational thematic transnational thematic synergiessynergies

Innovation Fairs: Barcelona, November 2013 & Civitanova Marche, June 2014

WIDERWIDER RESULTSRESULTS

THE WIDER TRANSNATIONAL THEMATIC NETWORK

Connections with private and public key players, intermediary bodies acting as project facilitator between demand/supply, national/international institutional networks, professional networks in order to share knowledge and experiences, coordinate activities and create synergies.

The main result: constitution of a TRANSNATIONAL THEMATIC NETWORK.

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10 partners from 7 MED countries:

SVIM - Sviluppo Marche S.p.A., Development Company of the Marche Region (Italy) – lead partner ACCIÓ - The Catalan Company Support Agency (Spain) MEDICALPS - World-class centre for smart medical technologies (France) TCCI - Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Greece) CRES - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (Greece) Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia (Slovenia) CRIA - University of Algarve (Portugal) SERDA - Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency (Bosnia and Herzegovina) CEI - Central European Initiative (Italy) IASP - International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (Spain)

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