BRIDGESMEs is a project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme

The project aims to support SMEs from five different ecosystems to facilitate and build alliances between pilot and tech-savvy companies, helping them to re-think their business models and operations in order to become more resilient, sustainable and human-centric.

  • Project name: “Boosting resilience in five industrial ecosystems through adoption and deployment of advanced technologies among SMEs”

  • Acronym: BRIDGESMEs

  • Project reference: 101138897

  • Duration: 36 months

  • Total funding: 2,499,991.25 €

  • Call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-42 (Resilient value chains 2023)

  • Coordinator: Iniziativa Cube SRL

    Supporting SMEs in five industrial ecosystems

    Our goal is to identify needs, disruptions, challenges, and opportunities related to technology adoption and help these five industrial ecosystems transition towards Industry 5.0.

    1

    Explore collaboration opportunities among pilot SMEs and tech-savvy SMEs

    2

    Increase the adoption of advanced technologies in pilot SMEs

    3

    Collaboration among the project partners for business opportunities, lessons learnt and policy recommendations

    4

    Support tech-savvy SMEs in market deployment of advanced technological solutions

    5

    Share the project knowledge to foster technology uptake across Europe

    Deliverables

    The deliverables of the project are displayed here. 

    Deliverable name

    Delivery date

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    D1.1 Report on the Five Industrial Ecosystems Needs Assessment

    M6

    D2.1 Services catalogue for SMEs business transformation

    M13

    D2.2 Technological services for Industry 5.0 uptake

    M18

    D2.3 Upskilling and reskilling Industry 5.0 programme and materials

    M30

    D3.1 Report on the results of the hackatons

    M34

    D3.2 Report on the results of the matchmaking events

    M34

    D4.1 Questionnaire on services provided by cluster management organisations for their SMEs

    M2

    D4.2 List of relevant projects, networks and international complementary industrial ecosystems

    M4

    D4.3 Guidelines and lessons learned report

    M34

    D4.4 Industrial policy recommendations

    M34

    D5.2 Communication channels and promotional kit

    M4

    D5.3 First progress report on communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities

    M18

    D5.4 Second progress report on communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities

    M36