CIUDADES) ES/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/149019 1
Project Information Title: Project Number: SMALL CITY COMMERCE (EL PEQUEÑO COMERCIO DE LAS PEQUEÑAS CIUDADES) ES/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/149019 Year: 2008 Project Type: Status: Marketing Text: Summary: Transfer of Innovation granted The Small City Commerce Project aims to transfer and adapt innovative training programmes and material in the small commercial companies sector. In the last few decades and due especially to the continuous transformation of the economy, small businesses have found themselves having to take great efforts, often without results, to achieve an improvement in competitiveness. This situation is even more difficult for the small companies that exist in small towns, and which have to compete with the larger retailers in neighbouring cities, absorbing almost the total demand of the consumers. On the other hand, most of the training programmes and materials are focused on the large companies, especially the more complex ones, related to quality management systems, knowledge management systems and business networks. The result is a lack of these specially designed tools catering to the specific needs of small town businesses. The Small City Commerce Project, thus, aims to develop a training plan that covers these three basic pillars jointly and globally, three pillars which are not only of importance to large companies. This project will be seen to cover all these needs offering small businesses the opportunity to understand the advantages of training their personnel and the advantages of applying quality control systems, knowledge management systems, and especially, the advantages of the business networks based on the on-line company model. The consortium of the project consists of 8 partners from 5 European countries. The leader is the Ayuntamiento de Vila real. The Federacion de comercio de Vila-real represents the interest of the target group in Vila-real. There are two other Spanish partners, the Fundación Comunidad Valenciana with a major role in dissemination and exploitation activities at European level and FUNDECYT from Extremadura, one of the disadvantaged areas of Europe. Fundecyt is the promoter of the two previous projects KNOWMAKERS and MENS. Other partners are: IDEC from Greece a consulting company, extert in quality management systems and leader of the project Quality management systems training for SMEs, Link from Germany a company expert in e-working and e-learning systems, INIMM, the Romanian Institute for small and medium companies and KMI an experienced consulting company in Turkey. The consortium consists of private companies experts in the issues of the project, organisations representing the target group of small commercial companies, foundations and institutes for the development of companies and local development. The main results of the project will be an integrated training plan and the relevant training material for quality management, knowledge management and companies networks in the small commercial companies networks. A web-platform will support the creation of companies networks and provides the facilities for on-line networking and e-learning. The training plan will be piloted in the partners countries. Results in the dissemination field include the production of brochures, leaflets, development of a web-site, distribution of newsletters, publication of articles, organisation of local conferences and a large translational conference in Brussels. The project impact will be in the acquisition of skills and competences in the small commercial companies in the fields of quality management, knowledge management and companies networks. Through the training courses and the creation of companies networks, the project will have an impact in the development of local enterprises and thus in local development and employment. Description: Le consortium du projet comprend 8 partenaires de 5 pays européens. Le leader est la mairie de Vila real. La Federacion de comercio de Vila-real représente l intérêt du groupe cible à Vila -real. Il y a deux autres partenaires espagnols, la Fundación Comunidad Valenciana avec un rôle majeur dans les activités de diffusion et 2
Project Information exploitation au niveau européen et FUNDECYT d Estrémadure, une des régions désavantagées d Europe. Fundecyt est le promoteur de deux projets précédents KNOWMAKERS et MENS. D autres partenaires: IDEC de Grèce une entreprise de conseils, experte dans les systèmes de contrôle qualité et leader du projet Formation aux systèmes de contrôle qualité pour les moyennes et petites entreprises, Link d Allemagne une entreprise experte dans les systèmes de travail et apprentissage en ligne, INIMM, l Institut romain pour petites et moyennes entreprises et KMI une entreprise de conseil très expérimentée en Turquie. Le consortium est composé d entreprises privées expertes dans les domaines du projet, organisations représentant le groupe cible of de petites entreprises commerciales, fondations et instituts pour le développement d entreprises et le développement local. Themes: Sectors: Product Types: Product information: Projecthomepage: Les principaux résultats du projet seront un plan de formation intégré et le matériel de formation nécessaire pour le contrôle qualité, le contrôle de connaissances et réseaux d entreprises dans les réseaux de petites entreprises commerciales. Une plateforme web soutiendra la création de réseaux d entreprises et fournira l infrastructure pour le travail et l apprentissage en ligne. Le plan de formation sera expérimenté dans les pays partenaires. Les résultats dans le domaine de la diffusion incluent la production de brochures, prospectus, développement d un site web, distribution de newsletters, publication d articles, organisation de conférences locales et une grande conférence internationale à Bruxelles. L impact du projet sera dans l acquisition de savoir-faire et compétences dans les petites entreprises commerciales dans les domaines de contrôle qualité, contrôle de connaissances et réseaux d entreprises. Grâce aux courses de formation et à la création de réseaux d entreprises, le projet aura un impact sur le développement des entreprises locales et donc sur le développement et emploi locaux. http://www.smallcitycommerce.eu 3
Project Contractor CITY COUNCIL Comunidad Valenciana public institution http://www.vila-real.es Contact Person Address: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: AMELIA DELCAMPO CARDA PLAZA MAYOR S/N 0034-964547017 0034-964547019 adl@ajvila-real.es 4
Coordinator CITY COUNCIL Comunidad Valenciana public institution http://www.vila-real.es Contact Person Address: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: AMELIA DELCAMPO CARDA PLAZA MAYOR S/N 0034-964547017 0034-964547019 adl@ajvila-real.es 5
Partner Partner 1 Kavrakolu Consulting (Kavrakolu Management Institute-KMI) Istambul www.kavrakoglu.com Partner 2 SME s asottiation Casellón www.pymec.com Partner 3 VALENCIA REGIONAL OFFICE IN BRUSSELS Valencia www.uegva.info Partner 4 Foundation for the development of science and technology in Extremadura Badajoz www.fundecyt.es 6
Partner Partner 5 LiNK MV Rostock www.mvlink.de Partner 6 IDEC SA PIRAEUS www.idec.gr Partner 7 National institute for small and medium enterprises Bucharest www.inimm.ro 7