
The Project
Koiné is an output of the EU Interreg project ENISIE. It was made to create a bridge between all the realities in the Mediterranean area operating in the fields of Innovation and Social Innovation.
Overview
Priority Axis 2
Promoting the competitiveness in the cross-border area
Goal
To promote the creation and the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of enterprises (micro, small and medium-sized).
To support the employment in the cross-border area and in those sectors with a positive social and environmental impact.
Duration
24 Months
Deadline project
March 2020


Key areas
Circular mobility
The circular mobility of qualified young people and the processes of internationalization and consolidation of innovative SMEs on both sides of cross-border territories.
Asymmetries and Complementarity
The success of the project is based on the ability to exploit the asymmetries and complementarities that are still little valued by cross-border territories, to accelerate innovation in crucial areas such as Food, Digital health and sustainable tourism.
Project approach
Process innovation
Not only in its prevailing subject of intervention, social innovation, but also in the novelty of its approach which is four times innovative.
Bottom-up derived from the direct experience of practitioners
Differenziato in its work on policies, practices and enabling factors
Mirato to incubators for business and social innovation
Holistic able to maintain an overall view and a balance between the side of “enterprise” and the one of “social” to get to a true Social Enterprise
Innovation as a service
Attraverso l’impollinazione incrociata tra pratiche di innovazione sociale, servizi di Open Innovation per le imprese e spazi di innovazione.


Expected results
INNOVATIVE SERVICES
Experimental delivery of innovative services to companies that promote social impact also through social innovation practices
SPACES FOR INNOVATION
Enhancement, updating, connection and incentive for the establishment of collaborative spaces devoted to social innovation (co-working spaces, fab-labs, etc.)
DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR NETWORKING, EXECHANGE AND SYNERGIES
Creation of a platform that supports and promotes a stable system of networking, exchange of services and good practices, cross-border synergies, internationalisation in the EU-Med space among the realities that bring about social innovation
LEGISLATIVE REFORMSAND INSTITUTIONAL AWARENESS
Strengthening of the debate in Sicily and Malta on social enterprise legislation and the third sector aimed at improving legislation and institutional awareness
Activities

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION

SCOUTING

TUTORING AND MENTORING

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

ACCELERATION AND INCUBATION

ONLINE AND OFFLINE INFRASTRUCTURE

EVENTS AND NETWORKING

COMMUNICATION AND LOBBY
Outputs

CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS OPERATIONS ACTIVATED

NEW CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYEES STARTED

COMPANIES SUPPORTED WITH INNOVATIVE SERVICES

SMES WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OTHER THEN GRANTS

IMPROVED INNOVATION SPACES

CROSS-BORDER NETWORK OF SERVICE PROVIDERS

DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR CROSS-BORDER SERVICES CREATED

AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR POLICY IMPROVEMENT
Partners