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SME Support Initiative

SME Support Initiative

As the backbone of the European economy, SMEs from all economic sectors should fully benefit from European investments in making available satellite information and services. Innovative satellite information and services can enable SMEs to better respond to the emerging demand in sectors such as transport, energy, building, insurance, agriculture and others.

Eurisy's Support Initiative for SMEs consists of:

  • Information events: insights into satellite information and services, their use and advantages; fora for good practice exchanges
  • Eurisy case-studies: operational support to SMEs' projects, by analysing and recommending opportunities for using satellite services to achieve the project's objectives
  • Free access to a network of multidisciplinary experts
  • Bottom-up feedback to European and national decision-makers in form of Position Papers and policy events focused on support for non-space SMEs to access the benefits of satellite services.
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Events

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Eurisy raises awareness and informs SMEs of innovative satellite solutions and how to implement them.

Thematic information events are organised on request from SME Associations and networks or as self-standing events.

Such events offer fora for pioneering SMEs already using the services to share their success stories with their peers. Experts and policy-makers involved provide insight into regulation issues and implementation support.

  • In a harsh economic context, European investment in satellite infrastructure benefits SMEs

    23 May Conference report

    In a harsh economic context, European investment in satellite infrastructure benefits SMEs

    29 May 2013

    The conference “SMEs and entrepreneurs: boosting business using satellite applications", gathered around 80 participants in Bratislava, Slovakia last 23 May.

    Keynotes provided insights into the challenges SMEs are facing both in Europe, and specifically in Slovakia. Among these: rude competition, fragmentation of economic activities (many SMEs have 9 staff and less), difficulties for SMEs to access public procurement, public funds and capital, sluggish development of the knowledge-intensive service sector and of difficulties to access international markets.

    The relatively pessimistic outlook on a macroeconomic level was however brightened up with many examples of SME success stories - almost half of which were from Slovakia, which took up satellite services improve and develop their business.

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  • imaGIne opportunities everywhere

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    imaGIne opportunities everywhere

    7 March 2013, Dublin, Ireland

    Eurisy has contribute to the programme of this conference organised by EUROGI (European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information) by inviting Shannon Development -- an end-user of a geographic information and satellite navigation for an on-line and mobile tourism application -- share their experience, from a value-for-money and implementation process point of view.

    This has brought forward the point of view of local authorities as an input to the main aim of the conference, which was to identify opportunities arising from the application of emerging geospatial data, services and technologies. Promoting job creation, achieving more efficient and effective public sector policy making and service delivery, as well as the creation of a more informed public, were all areas of focus.
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  • Promoting tourism through satellite technology applications

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    Promoting tourism through satellite technology applications

    31 January 2013

    The 34th edition of the International Tourism Trade Fair of Madrid (ifema.es) takes place in Madrid from the 30 January to 3 February.

    In this framework, APSAT (apsat.eu), Tecnalia (tecnalia.com) and Eurisy co-organised a workshop with the objective of debating the contribution of satellite applications to the tourism sector, both today - in terms of operational, commercial applications - and tomorrow, in terms of the most innovative applications in the making.

    The event has featured experience sharing by both tourism professionals who already use operational applications on the one hand, and application developpers on the other hand.


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    Eurisy raises awareness and informs SMEs of innovative satellite solutions and how to implement them.

    Thematic information events are organised on request from SME Associations and networks or as self-standing events.

    Such events offer fora for pioneering SMEs already using the services to share their success stories with their peers. Experts and policy-makers involved provide insight into regulation issues and implementation support.

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Good Practices

Satellite Success Stories

Pioneering SMEs already use satellite information and services in many sectors of activity...

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Case Studies

Case-studies support SMEs who wish to explore the added value of satellite services for their business.

Case-studies consist of a personalised analysis of the business. On this basis, a working group of multi-disciplinary experts gathered by Eurisy make recommendations on the most relevant and cost-effective satellite solutions for the business.

The originality of Eurisy’s case-studies resides in the lack of technology push. Technology is considered solely in terms of its solution, costs and benefits for the user. This makes this format relevant for decision-makers and practitioners, irrespective of their background.

  • Eurisy Case-studies: Operational Support for SMEs

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    Case-studies support SMEs who wish to explore the added value of satellite services for their business.

    Case-studies consist of a personalised analysis of the business. On this basis, a working group of multi-disciplinary experts gathered by Eurisy make recommendations on the most relevant and cost-effective satellite solutions for the business.

    The originality of Eurisy’s case-studies resides in the lack of technology push. Technology is considered solely in terms of its solution, costs and benefits for the user. This makes this format relevant for decision-makers and practitioners, irrespective of their background.





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