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EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
The EC-BIC label & the European Business Innovation Centre Network
EBN
Kosice, 3 June 2011
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
1984First BIC created in Liege, Belgium
EBN Created
1991First non-EU BICs created in the Czech & Slovak Republics
1999Positive independent evaluation of the BIC instrument
BICs integrated into mainstream Structural Funds
2002Outsourcing of the EC-BIC Label to EBN by the EC
2010Over 250 Members (EC-BICs and Associate)
Deployment of the ESA-BIC label in partnership with ESA
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2000 – 2002Re-engineering of the EBN Association
The Story Line
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Launched in 2004 and revised in 2008 The BIC Quality Mark Criteria the main characteristic
that distinguishes the European BIC Network from
others around the globe… they relate to the General Mission… innovative, innovative and innovative
entrepreneurship, the Organization… visible, adequate, ppp, sustainable independent...
Services... To entrepreneurs, SMEs, Signposting...
Quality, tracking, benchmarking, improving...
Performance and Efficiency... of the services, performances and processes
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
General Mission:
innovative, innovative and innovative local and
sustainable entrepreneurship!!!
Professional Innovation Incubation BSO
TerritoryRegional/local Economic development
GrowthCompetitivenessSectors
Technological innovationR&D EntrepreneursSMEs
TAGs:
The
EC
-BIC
Crit
eria
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Organization:
visible, adequate, ppp, represented,
sustainable, independent!!!
Catchment area Public sector Strategies
Adequate
CoordinationPremises Visibility
StaffAutonomous
Private sectorFinancially Sustainable
PositioningTAGs:
The
EC
-BIC
Crit
eria
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Services:
To SMEs, to entrepreneurs, to start-ups...
Signposting!!!
The
EC
-BIC
Crit
eria
Incubation Start-ups Pre-incubation
Post-incubation
Financial planningCoaching NetworkingIPR
Access to financeBusiness model MentoringTraining
TAGs: Business plan
HostingFollow-up Diagnosis Projects
Innovation profiling Signposting
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Activity measurement and evaluation of
performance:
Tracking, Benchmarking, continuous
improvement
The
EC
-BIC
Crit
eria
Review Common indicators Observatories
ReputationBenchmarking
TAGs:Self-evaluation questionnaire
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Quality:
Giving to the community of entrepreneurs and
BICs to get positive returns!!!
The
EC
-BIC
Crit
eria
Quality systemTQM Compliance Process
BQMCOn-site visits
TAGs:Self-evaluation questionnaire
Customer satisfaction surveys
Management information systems
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
The portrait of a BIC
• A light and flexible structure (10 to 15 staff + outsourced experts)
• Predominantly a public body, but highly representative of the private sector as well! (Legal status: 51% public, 14% mixed private-public, 35 % private)
• A regional and international “networker” :• Universities, Science Parks and R&D institutions• Chambers of Commerce & Regional Development Agencies• Large Companies and Investors• Public Institutions
• Highly focused on innovative entrepreneurship, increasingly in:• ICT, Telecom and Mobile Apps• Energy, Environment and Cleantech• Life Sciences and Biotech• Mecatronics and Software Apps
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
The portrait of a BIC
• Providing added-value services to entrepreneurs:• Business planning and modeling• Scenario building and financial simulation • SME Financing, Seed capital and venture capital, growth financing• International cooperation and partner search• Hands-on customized support to high-growth gazelle (post-incubation)• Legal business advice, commercial contracts, Intellectual Property Rights• Stimulating the eco-system
• Offering “incubation facilities” (average of 30 companies, creating 155 Jobs,
living together in 3000 m2)
• Animating clusters and helping collaborative projects to succeed (poles of
competitiveness, local clusters, etc.)
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Managing the Network
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
• Management of the EC-BIC trademark on behalf of DG Enterprise (quality
process)
• Deployment of Technical Assistance Programmes
• Data collection and Elaboration of statistics:
• Network Observatory
• Country and Regional Observatories
• Customized benchmarking report
• Publications (i.e. The Smart Guide to Innovation-Based Incubators; quality
eMag)
• Membership Development
• Helpdesk
What does the Quality team do?
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
• Management of European projects (for and with EBN members)
• Proposals’ development (including supporting BICs biding)
• Tender Watch (selected opportunities for BICs and their client SMEs)
• Advice (in depth assistance for BICs in preparing, implementing and
reporting EU projects)
• Consortium building (Partner searches, connecting stakeholders)
• Promotion of opportunities for BICs’ client SMEs
• Thematic working groups: ESINET, Maritime BICs, FOOD-BICs,
Cleantech BICs
What does the Project team do?
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
Organization of EBN Events:
• The Annual Congress (www.ebn-retistoulon2011.com)
• The Annual Conference
• The training workshops
• BIC Master Classes
• Project Seminars
• The Thematic Working Group meetings
What does the Event team do?
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
...powered by dream teams, guided by visionaries, endorsed by leading stakeholders,
totally credible to the private sector, mandated by the public sector, sustainable
and politically independent, making impact on the civil society, stimulating the
entrepreneurship culture, embedding innovation by all means and with all (from
academic sources or not) , serving a multi sectors entrepreneurs communities,
open to external partnerships and a connectors of small businesses to the global
landscape, acting as an idea-lab and development centre for growing firms,
providing knowledge and creativity centres facilities, finally an interactive cross-
road for people, projects, know-how, technologies, IP, Investment, researchers
and entrepreneurs.
The Perfect BIC
EBN – European BIC Network Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74 E-mail: [email protected] – Internet : www.ebn.eu
EBN-European Business Innovation CenterAv. De Tervuren 168 -1150 Brussels
Phone: 0032 2 772 89 00
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ebn.eu
Quality DepartmentGiordano Dichter
Projects DepartmentRobert Sanders
Events DepartmentSilvia De Pasquale