Rita Silva
Bilateral Meetings
- 09-00 am - 12.00 am
- 14.00 pm - 17.00 pm

ANI – Portuguese National Innovation Agency
ANI (the Portuguese National Innovation Agency) mission is to support companies, bringing value to their innovation activities, and being recognized as key element in the innovation support system. It plays a central role in the science-economy relations, partnering with the relevant stakeholders.
The Enterprise Europe Network is an international network of close to 600 partners from over 60 countries with 3000 local experts ready to help companies and innovators to find the right partners and support businesses to grow, innovate and internationalise.
ANI is partner of the Network since its inception in 2008. It is specially devoted to support technology-based partnerships and the exploitation of results from R&D and innovation projects.
SUPPORT TO PORTUGUESE SMES TO FIND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND EU PROJECTS.
You have developed an innovative product or technology and want to find the right partner to go international?
Do you need to find partners for an EU project?
Are you looking for a partner abroad to expand your business?
Are you interested in improving your innovation management systems?
ANI may help you to establish the right contact!
ANI supports companies to internationalise their businesses and technologies through the EEN (http://een.ec.europa.eu/ ) by helping disseminate their competencies, products and services through the network and to find the right partners for comercial and technology transfer agreements.
It also provides assistance to companies and R&D institutions wishing to participate in Horizon 2020 projects and PT2020 consortia and provides specialised technical support to companies willing to improve their innovation management capacities.
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