Projects

Promotion of ICTs usage by SMEs as an enabler of Value Networks

All around Europe regions have implemented different strategies to promote Information Society in SME’s convinced about the ICTs usage benefits to favour business sector. Those actions have contributed to the widely use of e-business as an opportunity for SME’s growth.

ICT-VN wanted to go one step further and introduce a new challenge on information society promotion policies for SMEs. Today’s business environment tend toward more networked forms of organization and ICT’s development is one of the main drivers to facilitate interactions and value networks creation.

The project relied on the cooperation among 10 partners, from 9 countries willing to increase the impact of regional strategies for the Information Society and ICT promotion and development in SMEs in order to promote networking and contribute to the improvement of their regional economic competitiveness. New strategies were proposed focusing on three key sectors: agrifood, commerce/services and tourism.