Intensive dialog with Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) takes place in Baltic Sea Region with the aim to explore needs, barriers and potential for development and cooperation of SMEs regarding internationalization process, smart specialisation and innovation by conducting in-depth market research. “Companies are always looking for new opportunities that would allow them to create even [...]

“Due to size, resources and specialization in specific research and development (R&D) areas, the Baltic Sea Region countries do not fully exploit their competitive potential in international markets. To increase their competitiveness, it is necessary to foster transnational cooperation and strengthen smart specialization in the region”, at project “GoSmart BSR” meeting in February in [...]

GoSmart BSR project was introduced to public authorities, higher education representatives, research institutes and SMEs from Vidzeme region, LATVIA. Project GoSmart BSR regional opening conference was held on 7th of February. 60 participants joined GoSmart BSR session to hear about planned project results and generating practical solutions for regional development issues. GoSmart BSR opening [...]

Kick-off to generate success. “We aim at making our enterprises successful, but how? We can achieve this through a competitive regional and / or national smart specialization strategy, an efficient cross-border innovation mediation system, technology transfer, networking and collaborating”, says Tautvydas Pipiras, project coordinator at Lithuanian Innovation Centre. Potential [...]

First regional kick-off conference was held in Bialystok, Poland. In the venue of Bialystok University of Technology more than eighty participants were listening and discussing the assumptions, aims and planned activities of GoSmart BSR project. It was an honor to host regional authorities of Podlasie, such as the Marshal and the Regional Representative of Central […]

Even though entrepreneurs already have a seemingly significant range of support tools to develop their ideas and intentions, it has been concluded that some support systems and tools are no longer available, funding of several previously proposed funds has come to an end, or the available support systems don’t fulfil the expectations. The circumstances call […]