[NetWorth] Enterprise Europe Network Newsletter ***NetWorth October 2014***

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser NetWorth News and insights for SMEs Issue 28 / October 2014 Follow us In this issue Helping European SMEs expand across the Atlantic For SMEs: Public procurement traps to avoid Tips for public procurers The Network works! Agenda Facts and figures Focus on Helping European SMEs expand across the Atlantic The future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will create new opportunities for European SMEs in the U.S. by breaking down tariff and non-tariff barriers. To find out more or to report any problems that should be addressed, SMEs should contact the Enterprise Europe Network. MORE For SMEs: Public procurement traps to avoid Don’t try to find suitable partners abroad on your own, contact your nearest Enterprise Europe Network branch today for assistance! Not knowing the legal framework abroad can pose a major hurdle to answering a foreign public tender. Network experts are ready to answer all your questions! Don’t let administrative red tape discourage you from applying for public tenders abroad. Network support can help you to overcome this burden. Tips for public procurers Attract more innovative offers by making it easier for foreign SMEs to access published tenders. Where practical and feasible, divide contracts into lots. This will encourage more SMEs to apply and attract a wider range of offers to your tender. Do you want better offers to your calls for tenders? Then give constructive feedback to unsuccessful tender applicants so that they know how to improve their offers. The Network works! Prescription for growth A visit to a research lab in Germany arranged by the Enterprise Europe Network opens new doors for a Finnish health technology SME. The wine analysers The Network matches a small biotech firm in Spain’s La Rioja region with a Slovak maker of measuring instruments for the wine industry. Agenda Smart Mobility Match 2014 Italy 13/11/2014 Brokerage event Creative ideas, successful enterprises Hungary 18/11/2014 Brokerage event at RENEXPO® Energy Efficiency Romania 20/11/2014 Science For Business – BioWin Day Belgium 26/11/2014 Baltic Business Arena 2014 Estonia 26-27/11/2014 MORE Facts and figures 17 Sector Groups In the Network From agrofood to ICT, they give companies specialised advice and services to help them seize business, technological and research opportunities in Europe and beyond. Check out more on Enterprise Europe Network! This newsletter is published by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME). Neither the European Commission nor the EASME nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use to which information in this newsletter may be put, or for any errors which, despite careful preparation and checking, may appear.