Singapore SME Innovation Support Schemes - PRO INNO Europe

Summary
This report describes the results of the research and study visit which was conducted to investigate
aspects of the SME innovation support in Singapore as part of workpackage 5 activities.
As outlined in the body of the report the study found several approaches used by
Spring Singapore, the agency in charge of the development of indigenous Singapore enterprises,
which were considered good practices and which could be considered for transfer to
a European context. The report describes the Enterprise One scheme, which is considered
good practice in the delivery of basic information and advice to a very large number of SMEs.
This programme which consists of a web-portal, hotlines and a network of advice centres is
aimed at providing a single portal and point of access for SMEs to access basic information
and advice services provided by large number of different government agencies. The report
also describes the approach used in Singapore to the support of youth entrepreneurship,
where Spring Singapore run programmes to support the development of entrepreneurship
education programmes in schools and funding programmes to support start-up companies
established by young entrepreneurs.
Dissemination level:
The dissemination level set for this report is PP i.e. restricted to program participants
(incl. the Commission Services).
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