The EIC Community Programme, one of the EIC Business Acceleration Services, is an initiative born from the need of the EIC Community members to network in a space where they can share their experiences and learn thanks to upskilling initiatives. EIC beneficiaries have access to peer-learning workshops and tailor-made training activities. Keep reading to learn more!
The programme is open to beneficiaries from: EIC Accelerator applicants (2nd stage), Seal of Excellence (Horizon Europe), EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, EIC Accelerator, and Women TechEU.
In this context, the EIC Community Programme has several initiatives.
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Learn: how the EIC Community Programme is leveraging upskilling activities
EIC Winter/Summer Schools
Dedicated intensive school sessions where the EIC community has the opportunity of receiving in-depth training about a certain business topic (e.g.: marketing, GDPR & IP, negotiations skills). At the EIC Winter or Summer School, EIC beneficiaries are invited to learn, in a cooperative setting, with open discussions between speakers and participants.
When is it planned to have the next one? Fasten your seat belt! The EIC Summer School will soon be organised again on the 5th and 12th July 2024.
The EIC Community Programme is organising a new edition of the EIC Summer School, focused on a topic essential to innovation, namely Access to Finance. Divided into two online sessions, the EIC Summer School will offer EIC Pathfinder, Transition and Accelerator beneficiaries the opportunity to secure their innovation or scaleup's financial future.
It will offer you the opportunity to secure your innovation or startup's financial future by mastering how to approach VCs and boost your fundraising efforts. Find more information in the links below. Registrations are open until Tuesday, 11th of June 2024.
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Session 1: Build a crisp and convincing pitch deck - More here: https://eic.eismea.eu/community/events/eic-summer-school-2024-session-1-build-a
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Session 2: Learn about investors and their investment terms - More here: https://eic.eismea.eu/community/events/eic-summer-school-2024-session-2-learn
EIC Community Talks
These are one-time events dedicated to different horizontal topics such as internationalisation, fundraising, intellectual property rights, human resources and similar, helping participants to gain insights that they can take and apply to their businesses. Usually, these sessions are joined by speakers that provide testimonies and share their knowledge from different angles.
EIC Welcome/Coordinators Days
The Welcome or Coordinators Days are annual events dedicated to welcoming all the new organisations that have been awarded in the past year within the EIC funding schemes.
EIC beneficiaries are offered the opportunity to network, discuss and learn more about the management of their grant, meet the responsible EIC Project and Financial Officer and discuss any operational aspect of their project. On these occasions, the EIC team also showcases all the benefits and programmes under the Business Acceleration Services.
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Knowledge & interactions: how the EIC Community Programme connects the beneficiaries
To make sure that all the beneficiaries can network in an effective and collaborative way, the EIC Community Platform has been created, with a public section and a private one, dedicated to only members. In the platform, where you are navigating now, you can find:
Stories
See highlights of the most relevant news, impact stories, open calls for events and others.
As an EIC beneficiaries,once you are logged in the Members Only area, you can also add their own success stories through the help desk or the add content function.
Topics
Find relevant information by a thematic or horizontal taxonomy of all areas of the EIC Community in one page.
Groups
Find information, events and group discussions under a specific theme.
Organisations
A comprehensive and searchable list of all EIC-funded companies and the network around it. In fact, organisations can look for other organisations using a comprehensive filter search box.
Events
A list of curated Events promoted by the EIC Community, or events directly promoted by the EIC Community members in Groups.
People
A comprehensive and searchable list of the EIC Community members, by topics of expertise or interest, and regions. Members can foster interactions between themselves by a direct contact through the EIC Community.
The public section includes the most relevant news, success stories, open calls and events promoted by the Business Acceleration Services. So the stories you will be sharing within the platform, are visible also outside of it.
Instead, the following sections remain reserved for the members:
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The groups with a space to connect, share ideas and foster opportunities in public or private groups, between members with shared interests and purposes.
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The searchable list of all EIC-funded companies.
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The profiles of people and organisations who share relevant information about their activity (team, products or services, target markets).
We look forward to interacting with all the beneficiaries and stakeholders! Visit the community platform homepage by clicking here and go trough the EIC Community Programme to get further details.
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.