1. Business support at your doorstep 1
European Commission Enterprise and Industry 1

2. What is Enterprise Europe Network?
Network of regional/local business support organisation in all EU member states
Launched in 2008 by the European Commission under the CIP programme
Builds on its predecessors Euro Info Centre (EIC) and Innovation Relay Centre (IRC)
Co-financed by the European Commission  Services free of charge for SMEs
Offers service and support to SMEs in their aim to access new markets

3. Where can you find us? 15 partner organisations (offices) in Sweden
Coordinated and co-financed in Sweden by Tillväxtverket (The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth)
550 partner organisations in 44 countries
In all EU member states
And in: Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Turkey, Macedonia, Armenia, Chile, Egypt, Russia, Switzerland, USA, China

4. The network in the Mälar region in Sweden
SMEs in the Mälar region in Sweden find their network partner organisation at:
Europa Institutet in Västerås
Acreo in Kista

5. For whom and why does the network exist?
The idea behind the Enterprise Europe Network is to encourage small and medium sized enterprises to get better use of the internal market and the EU membership
The services of the network are free or charge for SMEs

6. What do we do for the SMEs?
Information and advice on EU regulation, internationalisation and market expansion, EU funds and grants Helpdesk through / telephone | Individual company visits
Access to new international business contacts  Partner search databases/tools and brokerage events
Service in technology transfer  Advice on patents, licenses, cooperation agreements and access to finance Brokerage event, partner search
Feedback to the European Commission  Surveys and panels, report trade barriers

7. Example: Partner search and brokerage event
HTC Sweden AB, Söderköping, attended a brokerage event in Frankfurt 2007 organized by the network. Found a Greek supplier and initiated a cooperation.
Together, the Swedish and the Greek company have set up a pilot project, and have also been approved Eurostars funding for a larger R&D project.

8. Example: CE marking
An advertising and marketing business were planning on importing air mattresses and putting their client's logotype on them. The company turned to the network helpdesk and asked if the air mattresses needed CE marking.
According to the toys directive 88/378/EC and the guidance documents, air mattresses that are designed (length) for adults do not need CE marking. But if the product is marketed as such to children, CE marking is recommended  Principle of "better safe than sorry"

9. Contact details www.EnterpriseEurope.se 020-93 10 10
Europa Institutet i Västerås
Christina Söderström-Nilsson
Jenny Laine
Christer Stenström
Karin Wiberg
Acreo
Rolf Andersson
Stellan Granström
Håkan Sehlin

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