INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs INSME INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMEs 1st INSME Promoting Committee Meeting Milan 7-8 July 2003 1st INSME Promoting Committee Meeting Milan 7-8 July 2003

INSME Organisation INSME Road Map 2003-2004 INSME Services INDEX INSME Process Background INSME Organisation INSME Road Map 2003-2004 INSME Services INSME Portal INSME Pilot Projects 2

INSME Road Map 2003-2004 Consensus Building INSME Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Consensus Building Promotion and political sensitisation Set up of the INSME Promoting Committee Fine-tuning of the INSME Business Plan INSME Community Model Set-Up Launch of the INSME Association Drafting of the INSME Association’s Statute Creation of the INSME Observatory Implementation of the new INSME Portal Technical Activities Identification and Launch of Pilot Projects Follow up to the 3rd INSME Steering Group Meeting 2nd OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs (Istanbul 2004) – INSME Association Kick-off 24

INSME Secretariat’s Activities 2003-2004 The INSME Secretariat’s work in 2003-2004 is concentrated on: Launching the INSME portal (www.insme.info) so as to encourage Community building among INSME Members Consensus building at international level for transforming the informal networking activities of the INSME Steering Group into a formal Network as a legally recognised non profit Association (by 2004) Drafting of the INSME Statute and Inner Rules Identifying the INSME core services 25

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