Work packages

In four thematic work packages, i.e. SMART will carry out the following concrete activities:

Work Package	Activities
3: INITIATING PHASE: The regional SMART points and the transnational SMART network	Preparing for, initiating, and implementing regional SMART centres of competence (SMART points) and establishing the transnational SMART network
4. DEVELOPING PHASE: The transnational SMART training programmes	Developing the transnational SMART training programmes including a knowledge management tool for SMART trainers and entrepreneurs with an emphasis on the ‚transformative business approach‘
5. IMPLEMENTING PHASE: The transnational Train the SMART Trainers and the SMART campus	Implementing the transnational SMART trainings (Train the SMART Trainers and the SMART campus) to comprehensively train entrepreneurs with an emphasis on the ‚transformative business approach‘
6. INSTITUTIONALISING PHASE: The SMART plan	Compiling and implementing the SMART joint transnational strategy and action plan to institutionalise the i.e. SMART concept, approach, and outputs after project lifetime

The four thematic work packages will produce eight concrete core outputs that will have a sustainable impact on the CENTRAL EUROPE programme area:

Work Package	Core Outputs¹
3: INITIATING PHASE: The regional SMART points and the transnational SMART network	1. Transnational ‘SMART network’ developed and implemented
4. DEVELOPING PHASE: The transnational SMART training programmes	2. ‘SMART site’ (ICMS) developed and implemented 3. ‘Train the SMART Trainers’ joint transnational strategy and action plan compiled 4. ‘SMART campus’ joint transnational strategy and action plan compiled
5. IMPLEMENTING PHASE: The transnational Train the SMART Trainers and the SMART campus	5. Transnational ‘Train the SMART Trainers’ programme to train ‘SMART points’ staff in a new multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship implemented and evaluated 6. Transnational ‘SMART campus’ to train business idea owners in a new multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship implemented and evaluated
6. INSTITUTIONALISING PHASE: The SMART plan	7. ‘SMART plan’ joint transnational strategy and action plan compiled 8. Permanent regional ‘SMART points’ and the transnational ‘SMART network’ institutionalised

i.e. SMART glossary

‘SMART points’ = regional centres of competence in the seven i.e. SMART regions (integrated into regional policy and institutionalised by project closure) to train business idea owners (emerging entrepreneurs) in a new multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship by merging thinking styles, and competences across economic sector-specific borders.
‘SMART network’ = a transnational management structure (integrated into regional policy and institutionalised by project closure) that will link the regional SMART points to spread and share the new multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship to six CENTRAL EUROPE Member States.
‘Train the SMART Trainers’ = a transnational training programme for staff members at the regional ‘SMART points’ so that they can deliver the new multi-disciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the ‘transformative business approach‘ to regional business idea owners (emerging entrepreneurs).
The programme will be developed and run by internationally renowned trainers/coaches/experts.
The programme will be evaluated and a joint transnational strategy and action plan for future training programmes will be compiled.
‘SMART campus’ = a transnational training campus for regional business idea owners in the emerging sustainable economic sectors: Creative Industries, Green Economy, and ICT.
The campus will bring together regional business idea owners (emerging entrepreneurs) with their counterparts in other partner regions, as well as with existing entrepreneurs, advisers on EU legislation and financial legislation, and potential business stakeholders.
The campus will be developed and run by internationally renowned trainers/coaches/experts.
The campus will be evaluated and a joint transnational strategy and action plan for future campuses will be compiled.
‘SMART site’ = a multi-lingual, interactive, transnational knowledge management tool (ICMS) containing state of the art information on the ‘transformative business approach‘ to innovation and entrepreneurship as well as state of the art information on the three emerging sustainable economic sectors.
‘SMART plan’ = a joint transnational strategy and action plan that will lead to the institutionalisation of the i.e. SMART concept, approach, outputs (the ‘SMART points’, the ‘SMART network’, ‘Train the SMART Trainers’, the ‘SMART campus’, and the ‘SMART site’) by project closure.

1 cf. page 6 for SMART i.e. core outputs glossary