Products and services innovation is crucial for SME competitiveness and internationalization enhance. Due to the crisis, SME are facing a weak internal demand and constraints within national funding programmes. Additionally, the absence of SME experience and resources make unfeasible the access to European funding to achieve their objectives.

The objective is to promote innovation and expansion of SME and regions of Atlantic Area with assistance in projects funding capture including support in the entire life cycle, from the idea development to project execution.

The intention is to create a one-stop counter for SME innovation access that use the Atlantic Are universities scientific-technique experience, management and capture of funding for their benefit.

The University of Cantabria (UC) is one of the 8 Spanish International Campus and has been able to join regional agents (research centers, administrations, enterprises) around a single innovation regional project, continued in the Smart Specialisation Platform RIS3. http://goo.gl/sSU7Sf

We look for expert universities in promoting entrepreneurial innovation with close collaboration with local Confederation of Employers and local and regional administrations.

Specific objectives
- Technique assistance, guidance, identification, preparation and project management
- Establish multidisciplinary cooperation services between partners for SME accessibility to resources
- Increase of employment
- Engage transnational resource