Since January 1st, Innosuisse, the newly formed Swiss Innovation promotion agency, took over the Swiss EEN team and the delivery of EEN services in Switzerland.

The EEN services perfectly fit into the Innosuisse international mission, which is to help companies work together across national borders and start-ups who want to gain a foothold in the international market.

The lastest SME instrument Phase 1 results are in and once again this programme has proven extremely successful for Swiss companies. From the February 8th cuttoff 22 Swiss SMEs have won funding for their project.

All SME instrument winners receive a 50k€ cheque to develop their business plan and 3 days of business coaching with top-class experts pre-selected by their local EEN advisors.

Swiss companies can now fully benefit from the SME Instrument programme where projects can be awarded funding of up to € 2.5 million as well as being given access to world-class coaching.

The programme provides about €3 billion in funding in the period over 2014-2020. The 2017 budget is almost € 440 million for 13 topics - see more here.

Over 600 partner organisations in more than 60 countries in Europe and beyond have joined their competences under the umbrella of Enterprise Europe Network. They offer you an integrated, personal brokerage service giving access to new European markets and partners. In Switzerland, Euresearch and Switzerland Global Enterprise offer you professional support services to find technology partners or market your innovation, to find new business opportunities and new markets within Europe and beyond.