IP support to SMEs: Provide understanding- What is IP, Why is IP relevant and important, Support and create capacities. To know what IP is owned, To protect, to safeguard, To make use of IP information, To make business with IP, To enforce IP rights. IP support to SMEs- AIDA Audit (LU): I.Evaluation of positioning of IP practices by translation of answers into scores 0 – 10 for each category of practices and each IP-title II. Generation of different graphs, allowing : 1. To position SME’s IP practices.2. To define objective(s) of improvement. IPorta project- IPorta project - 12/2011 – 12/2014 (3 y.): Follow up IPeuropAware, Participants: NIPOs from 30 countries, Improvement of IP-support for SMEs in Europe, Network of National IP Offices (NIPOs).IPorta- Activities: Creation and up-grading of IP support services, IP toolbox Capacity building for NIPOs and their local partners: workshops and working groups: Experience exchange, Transfer of tools and services, Network of NIPO helpdesks, Link to major IP stakeholders and local business intermediaries, Mapping of IP stakeholders coordinated signposting. Target: very small SMEs, Method: Personalised evaluation of IP practices, Recommendations, coaching, 1 meeting (2 hr) / 1 report / follow up, 100 enterprises (3 years). Conclusions- Focus services/tools on the needs of SME, IPeuropAware / IPorta: Transnational cooperation and coordinating mechanisms, Mechanisms to involve local business intermediaries, Human network.

1. Building Sustainable IP Support Services for SMEs in Europe
Description: IP support to SMEs: Provide understanding- What is IP, Why is IP relevant and
important, Support and create capacities. To know what IP is owned, To protect, to safeguard, To
make use of IP information, To make business with IP, To enforce IP rights. IP support to SMEs-
AIDAAudit (LU): I.Evaluation of positioning of IP practices by translation of answers into scores 0
– 10 for each category of practices and each IP-title II. Generation of different graphs, allowing : 1.
To position SME’s IP practices.2. To define objective(s) of improvement. IPorta project- IPorta
project - 12/2011 – 12/2014 (3 y.): Follow up IPeuropAware, Participants: NIPOs from 30
countries, Improvement of IP-support for SMEs in Europe, Network of National IP Offices
(NIPOs).IPorta- Activities: Creation and up-grading of IP support services, IP toolbox Capacity
building for NIPOs and their local partners: workshops and working groups: Experience exchange,
Transfer of tools and services, Network of NIPO helpdesks, Link to major IP stakeholders and local
business intermediaries, Mapping of IP stakeholders coordinated signposting. Target: very small
SMEs, Method: Personalised evaluation of IP practices, Recommendations, coaching, 1 meeting (2
hr) / 1 report / follow up, 100 enterprises (3 years). Conclusions- Focus services/tools on the needs
of SME, IPeuropAware / IPorta: Transnational cooperation and coordinating mechanisms,
Mechanisms to involve local business intermediaries, Human network.
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ustainable-ip-support-services-for-smes-in-europe