Expertise, contacts and events to connect you with appropriate foreign partners and grow your business
The network with its expertise and the breadth of its contacts helps you identify the right partner for, for example:
- manufacture or distribute your products
- access new markets or represent foreign companies in your country
- find the technology you need to innovate in your business
- integrate your innovative solution (product/service) into a portfolio of technological solutions to make it more competitive
- cooperating in research and development projects
Client journey: personalised support to meet the needs of the SME. Here are the steps:
1. Contact us
Get in touch with Enterprise Europe Brussels. One expert will:
- learn about your needs and objectives
- assess whether you are ready to develop international partnerships
- advise you on how to better prepare for the internationalisation of your activities
- identify the best way for you to find a partner that fits your needs
2. Search for partners
The experts from Enterprise Europe Brussels will be looking for potential partners for you. They will:
- contact appropriate experts in more than 60 countries
- exploit the Network’s online business opportunities platform
- organise your participation in international matchmaking events and trade missions
Partnering plateform
The network manages a platform to connect online with business opportunities around the world. It contains offers and requests from companies and universities for business, technological and research cooperation. The platform is accessible free of charge. With the support of your Enterprise Europe Brussels expert, you can disseminate your company profile with a description of your activity and your cooperation offer/request. You can also register to receive alerts with new requests or offers.
Discover current opportunities or register for personalised email alerts.
3. Follow-up
Once you have found an appropriate partner, an expert will advise and accompany you throughout the process leading up to the partnership. Their task is to ensure that you meet your goals and that your business becomes more competitive, resulting from your collaboration with the network. Throughout your client journey you will be able to contact your expert for specific advice and adapt your needs according to the evolution of your international development strategy.
4. Measuring the impact of services
By benefiting from a personalised action plan, you are committed to evaluating Enterprise Europe Brussels’ services in order to measure their impact on the development of your activities (turnover, employment, cost reduction, quality improvement, innovation).