1. 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

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

3. INSME Road Map 2003-2004 Consensus Building INSMEQ1 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

4. INSME Secretariat’s Activities 2003-2004
The INSME Secretariat’s work in is concentrated on:
Launching the INSME portal ( 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

5. www.insme.info secretariat@insme.it secretariat@insme.it5