Are you an EIC beneficiary on the lookout for services tailored to your needs? Or perhaps an EIC Ecosystem Partner looking to better understand and meet the real-world needs of EIC innovators?
Join the EIC ACCESS+ Peer-Learning Workshop #2, taking place online on 24 June 2025, 11:00-13:00 CEST. Building on insights from our first peer-learning event during the EIC Partners Day’ 2025, this session will bring together service providers and beneficiaries to further align the services available via the EIC Service Catalogue with the needs of innovators, and explore how to enhance their visibility.
Register here to secure your spot!
Stronger connections for tailored support
The EIC ACCESS+ initiative aims to facilitate clearer, easier access for deep-tech start-ups and SMEs to critical services essential for scaling their innovations. Recognising that effective support hinges on visibility and alignment with beneficiaries' actual needs, the workshop will foster direct dialogue between innovators and ecosystem service providers, mutual understanding and tailored matchmaking.
Part of a broader EIC ACCESS+ effort that includes thematic info days and future learning events, this session will explore educational marketing as a key tool to build trust and improve service visibility.
Through interactive discussions, participants will:
- Identify the highest priority needs of EIC beneficiaries;
- Clarify how service benefits can be communicated effectively to innovators;
- Co-create engaging and informative sessions addressing real-world scaling challenges;
- Enhance visibility through shared experiences and knowledge exchange, with focus on trust-building and educational engagement.
Who should attend?
- EIC beneficiaries and Seal of Excellence Holders looking to optimise their growth journey through strategic service access;
- EIC Ecosystem Partners aiming to refine their offerings through deeper insights into innovator needs;
- Organisations interested in becoming part of the EIC Ecosystem Partnership and featuring in the EIC Service Catalogue.
Why join?
- Collaborate in shaping a supportive ecosystem according to your scaling needs;
- Engage in meaningful dialogue and networking with trusted service providers;
- Ensure future services closely aligned with specific growth challenges;
- Contribute to and benefit from a collaborative, community-driven approach to deep-tech innovation.
Event details
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Date: 24 June 2025
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Time: 11:00 – 13:00 CEST
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Location: Online
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Format: Brief insights presentation, interactive small-group discussions, where thematic challenges will be explored in small group sessions, each facilitated by a rapporteur who will summarise and share outcomes with all participants.
🔗 Register now to secure your spot!
EIC ACCESS+: Supporting Europe’s deep-tech Innovators with co-financed access to specialised services
The EIC ACCESS+ project, an initiative of the EIC Business Acceleration Services, launched an open call offering up to EUR 60 000 in grants, covering up to 50% of the costs to access specialised services from the EIC Service Catalogue. Companies can use the funds to access resources to accelerate their growth and scale their innovations. The call is open until 31 May 2026.
Who can apply?
The open call is open to EIC Awardees (from the EIC Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator schemes) and Seal of Excellence holders (under the Horizon Europe Programme). The EIC Awardees from the EU countries or the Associate Countries are encouraged to apply. Check the eligibility criteria for the Open call on the EIC ACCESS+ website.
Learn how to apply for funding on the EIC ACCESS+ website or watch the guide🎥.
Read the Open call launch details on the EIC Community.
About the EIC Service Catalogue
The EIC Service Catalogue is brought to you by the EIC Ecosystem Partnership Programme, part of the EIC Business Acceleration Services. This programme is creating a network of partner organisations to address one of the greatest challenges for EIC innovators: accessing specialised sector-focused services. By forging new strategic partnerships with key actors such as business accelerators, incubators, and research and training organisations, the EIC helps its innovators access their resources, facilities and expertise so that no individual need is left unaddressed. These offers are then listed in the EIC Service Catalogue, a searchable platform through which EIC beneficiaries and Seal of Excellence holders can explore the service offers from the EIC Partners.
For any questions or technical issues concerning the programme, please contact us through the EIC Community’s contact page with the subject ‘EIC Ecosystem Partnership Programme’, or contact our helpdesk at eicpartnerships-helpdesk@eic-bas.eu.
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DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.