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As MobiliseSME’s latest edition concluded after an impactful 32 months (from August 2020 to March 2023), the resounding success echoes through the collaborations of over 560 companies, creating a thriving network across the European Union. Thus, more than 790 companies have become part of this expansive network, with over 560 actively participating in international collaborations, joint projects and training initiatives. As a result, we have gathered 30 inspiring experiences that show the transformative impact of cross-border collaborations, which you can discover through the MobiliseSME Success Stories Booklet. Looking ahead to new horizons Although the latest edition of MobiliseSME is no

At the heart of MobiliseSME lies a commitment to nurturing skills and fostering cross-border collaborations among professionals across Europe. As an initiative launched by the European Union, MobiliseSME significantly contributed to enhancing the expertise and capacities of staff members from various companies, including employees, managers, and business owners. Over the 32 months of its implementation, spanning from August 2020 to March 2023, MobiliseSME facilitated a remarkable 286 cross-border secondments involving 572 SMEs across different EU countries. These secondments have empowered CEOs, managers, and employees to exchange knowledge, refine their skills, expand their competencies, and explore new markets. Yet, behind these impressive

– The MobiliseSME Final Conference highlighted achievements, barriers, and next steps for boosting SMEs competitiveness and enhancing employees mobility – Experts, policy makers, and business leaders discuss challenges and opportunities for improving the EU Single Market On 14 March, the MobiliseSME programme held its final conference in Brussels, gathering 76 attendees, among whom were representatives from different sectors to discuss the benefits and challenges of cross-border partnerships in Europe. The event “SMEs’ Collaboration and Employee Mobility in the European Single Market” kicked off with the speech of Pablo López-Alvarez, President of the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and

On March 14th from 10:30h to 12:30h (CET), the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg and Fundación Equipo Humano will held the event “SMEs’ Collaboration and Employee Mobility in the European Single Market”, the Final Conference of the MobiliseSME programme. The event will take place at the Renaissance Marriott Hotel in Brussels, but will also be available online for all those interested in the topics to be discussed but unable to travel to the venue. A MAJOR EVENT IN THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EUROPEAN SINGLE MARKET For the last 2 years, the MobiliseSME programme has given

Janis Naglis and Arnis Melbardis are the sports director and technical director, respectively, at the football club FK Priekuli (Latvia), which has participated in MobiliseSME as a Sending Company. Hans Eklund is a Swedish former football player who is currently the academy sports director at Helsingborgs IF (Sweden). Helsingborgs IF hosted FK Priekuli for 1 month in Sweden thanks to the financial support of MobiliseSME. – Hi, Janis and Arnis! Please, tell us a bit about your organisation and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? We are a Latvian football club founded in 2005 in

You are registered in the MobiliseSME programme but have not yet participated? Or you have heard about it but you have not yet registered? We have prepared a survey for you, which will help us to improve the MobiliseSME pilot programme so that we can better adapt to your needs. The survey consists of 5 short questions, which will take you no more than 2 minutes to answer. ACCESS THE SURVEY HERE! We have had many success stories and best practices from all our participants, but we also want to hear from those who have not participated yet. If you

Isabella Mavellia is the CEO of GreenerEU, an SME based in Germany that has recently collaborated with Sergio Pascolo and his organisation, Venice Urban Lab, which has hosted GreenerEU for 6 months in Italy thanks to the support of MobiliseSME. – Hello, Isabella, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? Our mission is to create a greener European Union. The defining task of our time is to address inequality and environmentally related challenges. GreenerEU multinational team of experts is passionate about contributing to this dynamic, by providing education and

Myriam Dehmous is a freelance translator from France who has participated in MobiliseSME in order to collaborate with Marcello de Bartolomeo, Board Advisor in the company DBA Consulting srl, based in Italy. Thanks to MobiliseSME, Myriam has spent 6 months in Rome working together with Marcello. We interviewed them to find out what benefits and results they have gained from their participation in our programme: – Please, Myriam, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? I come from a linguistic background and have a master’s degree in Translation and

This time we bring you the interview with two of our SMEs participating in MobiliseSME, belonging to the sustainable tourism and audiovisual industries. Andrej Curk, owner of the Slovenian SME Videoprodukcija, Andrej Curk s.p., has participated in MobiliseSME as Sending Company. For 6 months, Andrej has been collaborating with Barbara Visintin, Sales Manager of the Croatian company Apartmani Barbara Split, which has participated in the programme as Host Company. Read on to find out how their time at MobiliseSME went and what benefits can be gained from joining forces between these two fast-growing industries! – Please, Andrej, tell us a bit

Sending Company Yepso Solutions SL is a training company that aims to help people pass the EU competitions and get a job in the institutions. It uses technology and educational tools of its training programme to help the candidates boost their performance. Carlos Gil, CEO of Yepso!, knew about MobiliseSME through a collaborating entity. From a couple of years, the company wanted to explore distance learning, but it could not advance in this field due to various circumstances. However, the pandemic was the perfect scenario to fully use the potential of distance and online learning – Carlos and his team

From August 2020 until now, 435 collaborations between European companies have taken place in the framework of the MobiliseSME programme. This means that we have achieved 85% of our objectives! Do you want to be part of the remaining 15%? If so, do not wait any longer! You can benefit from the programme until 31 March 2023. From MobiliseSME we can finance your secondment so that you can carry out that business collaboration, business idea, product and service development, internationalisation process, skills development, research activity that you have been thinking about for a long time and for which you have

Sending Company Turiart SL is a travel agency and a small private company based in Valencia (Spain), which has offered cultural, family and agricultural tourism services in the Valencian Community for more than 20 years. Turiart heard about MobiliseSME thanks to Fundación Equipo Humano, the Local Contact Point in Spain and the co-coordinator of the programme. Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 that led to a serious crisis for Turiart, its CEO, Marta Templado, thought of looking for an opportunity to invest in the future of her company by looking for clients abroad. In that regard, she found the

Zuzana Palovic is an academic whose work focuses on migrations in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the founder and co-director of Global Slovakia, which has participated as Sending Company in MobiliseSME. Thomas Willomitzer is the founder and CEO of Snapscreen, a company based in New York with offices in Austria, which has participated as Host Company. Zuzana and Thomas have been collaborating for 6 months in Austria thanks to the opportunity provided by MobiliseSME. Here you can find the interview we had with them following their participation in our programme: – Please, Zuzana, tell us a bit about your

From January to April 2022, Susanne Jorde Lunde, from the Norwegian company Storm Communications, and Angelo Marina, from the Italian company Telemaco s.r.l, have worked together in Florence thanks to MobiliseSME. How did their collaboration go? And what did they get from this experience? They told us in the following interview: – Hello, Susanne. Please, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? Storm Communications is a Norwegian communications and public relations agency, specialised in corporate and crisis communications, and established in 2018. Our goal is to be the

Dejan Viduka is the representative of the Serbian company Konsalting agencija FAMACOM, which has participated in MobiliseSME as Sending Company. Davor Vrandečić is the owner of the Croatian company Grimizni cvijet, which has participated as Host Company in our programme. Dejan and Davor have been collaborating for 6 months in Osijek (Croatia), thanks to their participation in MobiliseSME. We interviewed them to find out how they have been doing in our programme: – Hello, Dejan! Could you tell us a bit about your company and your professional path? Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? We are a company

Today, we bring you the interview with Margit Altenburger from Euregion Travel GmbH (based in Austria) and Sofia Kalfopoulou from E. STATHOPOULOU S.A. (based in Greece), who have collaborated through MobiliseSME as Host and Sending Company, respectively. –Margit, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? How did you find out about our programme? Our company Euregion Travel was founded in 2010. Euregion Travel is a fully licensed travel agency with a main focus in outgoing tourism. We do organize individual and group tours to various countries, including Greece. I

Branko Sekulić is an architect and co-owner of the Serbian company SEKULIĆ-ATTAR ARCHITECTS, which has participated in MobiliseSME as a Sending Company. Daniel Lorenzo is an architect and co-founder of the Spanish firm LoCa Studio, which has participated as Host Company in our programme. Branko and Daniel have been working side by side for 6 months in Barcelona (Spain), a collaboration that has been possible thanks to MobiliseSME. Read on to see what this half-year experience has been like: – Hello, Branko! Could you tell us a bit about your company and your professional path? Why did you decide to

This time we share with you an interview with Hervé Francois and Fátima Oliveira, two representatives of SMEs participating in the MobiliseSME programme. Hervé is the manager of the French company Mitwill Textiles Europe, which has participated as a Sending Company in MobiliseSME. Fátima, on the other hand, is the CEO of the Portuguese company VSG – Confeção e Comércio de Têxteis Lda, in this case the Host Company of this business collaboration. Both have been collaborating for 3 months in Portugal, thanks to our programme. Below, you will find the interview we conducted with them after their participation. –

Earlier this year, we gave you a preview in one of our posts about the professional collaboration through MobiliseSME between the Belgian organisation EUAbout (Sending Company) and the Italian cooperative Melograno Vita (Host Company). Paolo Sospiro (director of EUAbout) and Mauro Picardo (representative of Melograno Vita) tell us about their 6-month experience after their passage through the MobiliseSME programme with this short interview: – Hello, Paolo. Please, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? EUAbout is an Umbrella Organisation set up in 2016 by experts specialised on economics,

In one of our previous posts, we already told you about Beáta Vlnková and Rudi Verhoest, the owners of two companies in the wine business sector, who started collaborating through the MobiliseSME programme at the end of March 2021. Beáta travelled from Slovakia to Belgium to partner up with Rudi for 6 months. After their participation in MobiliseSME, we have interviewed them to find out how they have been doing: – Please, Beáta, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? My name is Beáta Vlnková and I am

Yes, that is right! Our European programme, MobiliseSME, was expected to end in July 2022. However, given the resounding success it is having, its extension has been approved! What does this mean? We will continue supporting European SMEs for another 7 months, so until 31 March 2023 you will be able to benefit from the MobiliseSME programme. This is very good news not only for those of us behind the programme who are striving to make it happen, but above all for the European SMEs, freelancers, self-employed or liberal professions who will be able to continue to take advantage of

After almost two years of working on the programme and meeting exclusively virtually due to the pandemic, the MobiliseSME consortium was finally able to meet face-to-face for the first time! The Transnational Project Meeting, which took place on 27-28 April in Valencia (Spain), was a great success and a key event for the proper continuity and management of MobiliseSME. Apart from that, it was a pleasure to be able to meet in person after almost 2 years of trying without success. Key aspects of the meeting The meeting focused on: – Improving effectiveness in coordinating and supporting SMEs and other

Barbara Fellgiebel is a Swedish entrepreneur, owner of the company Magiska Författarresor, who has participated in MobiliseSME as a Sending Company. Thanks to the programme, Barbara has been able to collaborate for 6 months in Berlin with Dr. Clara Mavellia, founder and head of the Cultural Entrepreneurship Institute Berlin, who has participated as Host Company. After their mobility period through MobiliseSME, we have interviewed them to tell us about their participation: – Please, Barbara, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? My company Magiska Författarresor organises trips for

Mattia Tedeschi is an Italian freelance lawyer who has participated in MobiliseSME as a Sending Company, which has allowed him to collaborate for 6 months with Ricardo Moreno Iraola, owner of the Spanish law firm Iraola Advocatorum. We interviewed both of them to see how their participation in the MobiliseSME programme has gone: – Please, Mattia, tell us a bit about your company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? As a freelance lawyer, I provide legal services (in Italian and English) to natural and legal persons in Italy. My areas of specialisation are immigration

Sandra Grabowska is a Polish freelancer specialising in marketing strategy, digital media, consumer behaviour, brand awareness, and omni-channel marketing campaigns, who decided to join MobiliseSME as a Sending Company. Anacleto and Lisa Balasso are the owners of D33 sas di Anacleto Balasso & C. Lisa Balasso (D33), an Italian company based in Venice (Italy), which offers services as a communication agency. D33 has participated in MobiliseSME as Host Company. Sandra and D33 have been collaborating through the MobiliseSME programme for 6 months. Do you want to know how it went? Then don’t miss the interview we have conducted with them,

Gonzalo Palenzuela is a self-employed specialist in reparation and restoration of pianos and owner of Silentium Piano, who recently participated in the MobiliseSME programme as Sending Company. Gonzalo came to learn and exchange his experience to a Belgium based company for 3 months. He describes his participation in MobiliseSME as very enriching – thanks to it, as he says, he was able to reach many new potential partners and acquire skills related to his profession. How did the collaboration with Queen’s Pianos, as the Host Company, go? And why would he recommend the programme to other SMEs as well? Find

Mar Sánchez (Marax) has joined the MobiliseSME programme as a Sending Company, working together for 6 months with the Berlin-based Host Company MotorSkins. Discover the highlights of this collaboration below. Who are our protagonists? Mar Sánchez is a Spanish entrepreneur and founder of Marax, a technology-based startup of 3D design, strategy and marketing, specialised in content and digital transformation which accompanies companies in digitization throughout its value chain. Juan Opitz-Silva is co-founder of MotorSkins, an interdisciplinary company specialised in textiles with embedded fluidics for human-machine interaction. While Marax deals with business communication, specializing in robotics and technology, MotorSkins develops soft-robotics

Mariana Figueira da Silva is the CEO of Mondeguitta Produçoes, a Portuguese company that provides audio-visual communication services, and Iván Carnota is the technical director of the Spanish training company Yepso! Together these companies decided to participate in MobiliseSME from July to October 2021. How did their collaboration go? And what did they get from this experience? They told us in the following interview: – Tell us a bit about your Company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME?  I am Mariana Figueira da Silva, CEO at Mondeguitta Produçoes, a company that provides audio-visual communication

Marc Armand, graphic designer from Parisian studio Tu Sais Qui, and César Rodríguez from Spanish publishing house Fulgencio Pimentel, collaborated for one month (October – November 2020) under the MobiliseSME programme. Their collaboration was such a success that they decided to repeat it also in 2021 and switch the roles of Host and Sending Company. What did the programme bring to them and what did they achieve? They told us in the following interview: – Tell us a bit about your Company and your professional path. Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? I am Marc Armand from Tu

In the framework of the MobiliseSME programme, Paolo Sospiro (EUAbout) and Mauro Picardo (Melograno Vita) decided to join forces to participate in EU calls for projects and tenders. Who are our protagonists and what are their objectives? Paolo Sospiro is the director of EUAbout, a Belgian organisation that supports SMEs in the search for projects and tenders at European level. In March 2021, Paolo registered his association in MobiliseSME, since he was looking forward to sharing his experience and expertise in European tenders and projects with other SMEs, as well as to expanding his network of contacts in the agribusiness sector

Vladimir Rajičić from Belgrade (Serbia) and Jordi Arribas del Peral have decided to start their collaboration through the MobiliseSME programme for 6 months in Barcelona (Spain). Today we share with you a short story about their collaboration and reveal how they are progressing so far! Who are the protagonists? Vladimir Rajičić is the director of PR Home Expert, a microenterprise founded in 2019. He is a passionate web developer, web designer and webmaster specialised in WordPress and Joomla Content Management Systems, who joined MobiliseSME as a Sending Company.  Jordi Arribas del Peral is the director of Leadmee, a platform founded

MobiliseSME is the first mobility programme specifically designed for SME staff whose main purpose is to encourage the internationalization of SMEs (including microenterprises) in the EU and improve their competitiveness. Elena Zala and Philip Rossen have decided to start their collaboration through MobiliseSME for 6 months in Kolding (Denmark). Who are the protagonists of this successful story? Elena Zala is the founder of Zala Elena PFA, a Romanian microenterprise founded in 2018. Elena is a constant learner, connector, and facilitator of influential projects, with immense experience in copywriting, SEO, email marketing, social media management, market research, and PR. She is a

Do you remember the very first MobiliseSME secondment? To refresh your memory, you can read one of our previous posts about the first joint collaboration between SMEs in the framework of the MobiliseSME programme.  This time we want to share with you the interview we had with Claudio Cristofori, owner of Jabalito & Karma, an SME based in Bolonia (Italy) regarding his participation in MobiliseSME from October 2020 to January 2021, period during which he has been collaborating as a Host Company with Marta Templado, owner of Turiart (València, Spain): – Tell us a bit about your company and your

Recently, we had the opportunity to interview two SMEs dedicated to rural tourism, which are taking part in MobiliseSME: Salvatore Greco, from Sikanamente, and Yoselin Chicasaca, from AIE International Business. Previously, we already told you in one of our posts about how these two SMEs are collaborating throughout their participation in the MobiliseSME programme. Read on and find out all the details about their collaboration: Yoselin, can you tell us a bit about your SME and your professional path? Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME? How did you find out about the programme? I studied international trade and

Last June, we introduced you to the collaboration between Gonzalo Palenzuela, Spanish freelancer and owner of Silentium Piano, and Queen’s Pianos, an SME from Belgium specialised in importing pianos. Both companies expected to have acquired enough knowledge to complete the restoration of a total of 20 grand pianos, and learnt new techniques on mechanics of pianos, the installation of silence systems, keyboards, as well as the regulation and intonation process to optimize the sound qualities of instruments. And what has happened to this collaboration? Well, they have taken advantage of a remarkable feature of the MobiliseSME programme: the fractioned stays. Fragmented secondments

Discover the story of these two European SMEs that are collaborating in the energy management sector through MobiliseSME. Who are the protagonists of this successful story? Luka Gabrić, owner of the Croatian micro company Domino Ltd., decided to participate in MobiliseSME programme as Sending Company to collaborate for 6 months with the Host Company FTN IDEEA Ltd., represented by Filip Kulić. What does it mean for them to participate in MobiliseSME? The main idea of this collaboration is to improve practical knowledge in the field of energy management. Luka is the owner of Domino Ltd., specialized in energy management, so for him this secondment

Do you feel that you and the SME you work for or manage are prepared to work in a hybrid way? Have the changes brought about by the pandemic in your work environment altered the way you work? Do you feel that you have adapted optimally to these changes? Would you like to continue teleworking several days a week? Or are you more of a daily office worker? Whatever your answer, EURES has published an article on how companies and their employees can adapt to this new hybrid work model, which -it seems- is here to stay. According to a

Here we bring you the interview that we conducted with Marta Templado, owner of Turiart – an SME based in Valencia (Spain), regarding her collaboration, from March to May 2021, with Claudio Cristofori, owner of Jabalito & Karma (Bolonia, Italy): – Tell us a bit about your company (services, sector, and projects) and your professional path. I am the owner of Turiart, which is a travel agency and a small private company based in València, that offers cultural, family and agricultural tourism services in the Valencian Community for more than 20 years. – Why did you decide to participate in MobiliseSME?

We welcome another secondment! This time it is about two companies that, thanks to MobiliseSME, are collaborating in the development of online training materials. Who are our protagonists? Carlos Gil, Iván Carnota and Mariana Figueira have decided to participate in the MobiliseSME programme for 6 months in Coimbra (Portugal). Carlos has a degree in Law and a degree in Legal Sciences of Public Administrations, as well as a solid background in European Affairs. Meanwhile, Iván holds a degree in Law and a master’s degree in European Law. Both are co-funders of Yepso!, a micro-enterprise in the education and training sector

Let’s introduce a new collaboration between European SMEs! Salvatore Greco, from Sikanamente, and Yoselin Chicasaca, from AIE International Business, have decided to work together in the field of rural tourism in Sicily (Italy) for 3 months, in the framework of the MobiliseSME programme.   Who are our protagonists? What are they seeking by participating in MobiliseSME? Yoselin Chacasaca is the CEO of AIE International Business, focused on the digital transformation advice related to online marketing, tourism and development of entrepreneurship projects, with high experience in the rural and cultural sector. Yoselin provides services to other companies in business management and

Christian Battiferro & Alberto Pla are two professionals from the audiovisual sector, who started collaborating through the MobiliseSME programme at the beginning of May 2021. Christian has travelled from Italy to Spain to partner up with Alberto, and they are currently working together in València. They decided to join their forces during this uncertain time in the audiovisual industry, and are taking this opportunity to develop their projects, each bringing their own expertise to the table.  Who are our protagonists and what are their objectives? Christian is a filmmaker and director from Coopspettacolo.it, a cooperative operating in the field of entertainment, show and multimedia which wants to collaborate with a Spanish partner who is

It is time to introduce you to a new collaboration between European SMEs in the framework of the MobiliseSME programme: Gonzalo Palenzuela, Spanish freelancer and owner of Silentium Piano, has decided to participate in MobiliseSME as Sending Company (SC) to collaborate for 3 months with Queen’s Pianos, a Host Company (HC) from Belgium and specialised in importing pianos. What are they seeking by participating in MobiliseSME? Gonzalo is a self-employed worker specialised in piano maintenance and restoration. For him, this collaboration primarily means expanding his client portfolio and being able to offer high quality services not only in his country

In one of our previous posts, we explained that there are tools such as Re-open EU that are very useful for labour mobility within the EU in times of coronavirus. Recently, the European Commission has approved a new system that will make it possible to provide health information in a simple and secure way, and which will allow for better mobility management in the context of the current health crisis.   What is the EU Digital COVID Certificate? It is a digital certificate that will facilitate safe free movement of citizens in the European Union during the COVID-19 pandemic. It

Beata Vlnková & Rudi Verhoest are the owners of two companies in the wine business sector, who started collaborating through the MobiliseSME programme at the end of March 2021. Beata has travelled from Slovakia to Belgium to partner up with Rudi during 6 months. They have joined forces to develop their projects, each bringing their own expertise to the table. Although it is not easy during the current situation, their collaboration is bringing out the best in both.   Who are our protagonists and What are their objectives? Beata is the President of the Association of Sommeliers of the Slovak Republic and

On 6 May, Fundación Equipo Humano (FEH) attended an online event organised by the AEI cluster on Cybersecurity and Advanced Technologies to present MobiliseSME, as a partner and co-leader of the programme. During the event, FEH participated in a working group comprising companies in the cybersecurity sector from all over Spain, but especially from the region of Castilla y León. The working group discussed various local, regional and national initiatives that promote training and talent retention in companies. MobiliseSME can help the development of competences, skills and knowledge in the cybersecurity sector, through training stays in other EU companies. In

We continue sharing with you some of the interesting activities that the first participants in MobiliseSME programme, Marta Templado (Turiart) & Claudio Cristofori (Jabalito & Karma Viaggi), have carried out over the last few months.   Activity highlights A1- Meeting with the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bologna and delivering the MobiliseSME programme brochure to the City Council. The City of Bologna is very interested in the programme and has asked for a proposal to be approved before the end of the year. In the same way, Valencia’s City Council is also interested in collaborating. It should be noted

On March 10th, the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg and Fundación Equipo Humano, held the webinar “Boost your business in the EU: internationalization and capacity building for SMES”, as the launch event of the MobiliseSME programme. If you missed the webinar, check the Launch Event Press release of MobiliseSME for more details. You can also find other materials in the following links: – Video of the full session of the webinar. – Presentation used during the event, by Mr Crispin Waymouth of the DG GROW, and another presentation about the MobiliseSME programme. – Results of surveys at the end of the webinar. 70% of attendees recommend

The 10th of March 2021 was a key date in the consolidation of the European Single Market. On that day, the official launch event of the MobiliseSME Programme –a new European business mobility programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises– took place. What is MobiliseSME? Funded by the EURES Axis of the European Commission’s EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), MobiliseSME is the first mobility programme specifically designed for SMEs. Based on a successful pilot project implemented between 2015 and 2017, the programme fosters international collaborations between European SMEs by funding employee secondments in another European country. Thus, the

SAVE THE DATE! 10th March 2021 Webinar on “Boost your business in the EU: internationalization and capacity building for SMEs”. On March 10th from 9:15 am to 10:15 am (CET), the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg and Fundación Equipo Humano will organize a webinar on “Boost your business in the EU: internationalization and capacity building for SMEs”, as the launch event of the MobiliseSME Programme. ABOUT THE PROGRAMME MobiliseSME is a business mobility pilot programme that seeks to strengthen European SMEs’ skills and capacities development, by supporting short-term cross-border secondments for their staff. This programme follows an

The first secondment carried out under the Mobilise SME programme involves two companies: one from Spain and the other from Italy. The working relationship between our participants began in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. Both are taking advantage of the current situation in the tourism sector to create new synergies, collaborations and projects for the “post-COVID” stage, thanks to their participation in the Mobilise SME programme, which gives them the opportunity to continue growing professionally.  

Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by COVID-19, the MobiliseSME programme has decided to provide as much information as possible to secure all secondments and mobilities. In that regard, Mobilise SME will not define any new travel restrictions in addition to those that already exist at national level. Participants need to follow national advice and consult the website of their respective national ministries (Ministry of Health and/or Ministry of Foreign Affairs…), for up-to-date travel restrictions. In addition, participants need to make sure they have a valid medical insurance, whatever their destination, in accordance to the programme rules. For more information

Last 5th of October, the 12 partners of the new Mobility Exchange programme for SME staff (MobiliseSME) held an online meeting due to the current COVID circumstances. This is the first time the whole consortium meets in order to agree on the first steps of the new second pilot project launched by the European Programme of Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). Some of the first discussions covered topics such as the main rules: who can participate, under which circumstances and the working documents that the main target group (Small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs) should work on, etc. In that regard, one

MobiliseSME, a new cross-border business mobility scheme has been approved and will work for the following two years under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EASI). ABOUT THE PROGRAMME MobiliseSME is the second pilot project that will be implemented and will test intra mobility of employees and workers within the European Union over two years (2020-2022). The main objective is to support short-term cross-border secondments (from 1 to 6 months) for employees, managers, and/or (co-)owners, in particular from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Within these secondments, employees from SMEs will have the opportunity to develop skills and capacities