SME Internationalisation Exchange
Value of EU Grant - £230,000
Name of funding programme - Interreg Europe
End date - 30 September 2022
The SME Internationalisation Exchange (SIE) project will enable us and local partners to evaluate and improve business support services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kent, specifically related to exporting and internationalisation.
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- Molise Region (Italy)
- Usti Region (Czech Republic)
- Nbank (Germany)
- Torun Development Agency (Poland)
- Aquitaine Chamber of Commerce (France)
- Cantabria Chamber of Commerce (Spain)
- Assessing barriers to exporting in Kent
- Examining the effectiveness of current policies and programmes supporting businesses
- Identifying innovative business support programmes from partner regions
- Adopting new support programmes in Kent to help tackle barriers to international trade and boost Kent’s export levels
- Report produced identifying barriers to international trade faced by Kent firms
- Recommendations developed for tackling barriers to exporting
- New business support initiatives implemented based on innovative solutions in partner regions
- Companies in Kent better equipped to do business internationally
- Up to date information made available about barriers to international trade among Kent firms which highlights gaps in the business support landscape
- An opportunity to test new approaches to help local companies grow internationally
- Improved business support services in Kent
- Formal reciprocal trade links established to facilitate market entry for Kent firms as well as inward investment