Eu Initiatives

Filas, the Financial Investment Agency of the Regione Lazio, assists the Regional Government in innovation policy programming and provides tools for the modernization of regional SMEs.

As the reference agency for the European Research and Development Programmes, Filas presents proposals and projects to encourage regional SMEs to innovate, advances new models for international cooperation, and promotes strategic partnerships between university and industry.

Filas is actively involved in international cooperation programmes in order to give rise to processes of technology and know-how transferral, the creation of new start-ups and a tighter cooperation between enterprises in Europe and the new emerging markets, with particular reference to southeast Asia.

Filas assists SMEs to face the process of internationalisation of the economy, which has modified the existing factors for territorial competitiveness, and the enlargement of the European Union, which has introduced new issues, but also great opportunities that interest specific areas of Europe.

 

Seventh Framework Programme

In order to favour the creation of strategic international partnerships and allow Lazio SMEs to access advanced and innovative technological know-how, Filas, as the reference agency of the Regione Lazio, promotes the access and participation of small and medium-sized enterprises based in Lazio to the calls of the Seventh Framework Programme.
The Seventh Framework Programme (7PQ), which is operative from January 1,2007 to 2013, is based on the success of the Sixth Framework Programme and, in particular, the European Research Area and the knowledge society. The key objectives of this new programme include strengthening the participation of SMEs in FP7 and encourage the activities of young researchers and women in the scientific world.
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The Projects

ImMediaTe Project ImMediaTe aims to provide tools and services to assist the growth of digital media SMEs operating in the creative industries sector. [Continue]

CLUNET Project Clunet, which represents sixty-two global clusters, intends to adopt common transregional programmes to promote cluster innovation and development policies through the exchange of experiences. [Continue]

COSPACES The main objective of CoSpaces is to develop organizational models and distributed technology to aid innovative, collaborative work environments for individuals and groups operating in the virtual distributed manufacturing sector and establish partnerships, collaborations, increase creativity, improve product quality, reduce the duration of the creative cycle and introduce a holistic approach to the implementation of productive phases. [Continue]

E-SAFER The objective of eSafer is to increase knowledge about FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) and encourage its adoption by public administrations and institutions in the e-government, e-learning and e-business sectors. [continue]

FINNETSME FinNetSME will analyse the various financial tools that are available, at the regional level, to finance SMEs by examining all the regional actors that support SMEs, from the business idea to full project implementation. [continue]

INNODEAL Project INNO-DEAL, coordinated by Filas, intends to develop the necessary conditions to promote a systematic exchange of information and good practices on programmes supporting innovation and the development of SMEs and, in particular, the creation of spin-offs and start-ups. [continue]

OMEN The OMEN Project, coordinated by Filas, is designed to develop new, efficient and verifiable methodologies and tools for the evaluation and benchmarking of regional innovation policies. [continue]

SECUREFORCE The objective of Secure-Force is to promote the involvement of SMEs and SME groups in European research and development projects in the field of security via an innovative methodology based on diffusion and sharing of knowledge, support, training and matchmaking activities among the world leaders in this sector. [continue]

SIDEREUS The SIDEREUS project, coordinated by Filas, aims to increase economic cooperation between Europe and Asia, while encouraging growth and transnational agreements in the region and promoting mutually beneficial economic co-operation relationships between European and Asian SMEs and larger companies in the aerospace sector. [continue]

SILK AVENUE Project Silk Avenue, coordinated by Filas and cofinanced by the European Commission's Asia-Invest Programme, organized a major event to promote cooperation between European and southeast Asian SMEs operating in the audiovisual sector. [continue]