Environmental service for SMEs

The Enterprise Europe Network projects

Seven projects funded through a 5.75 million EU contribution and involving 55 different Enterprise Europe Network partners are going to provide pro-active services to help SMEs turn environmental challenges into economic opportunities.

These two-year projects, starting in March and April 2010, cover 8 different sectors of activity:

  • food,
  • chemicals,
  • beverages,
  • metal processing,
  • textile,
  • surface treatment,
  • electronic components,
  • building materials.

GECKOS

The GECKOS project aims to facilitate the uptake by SMEs of methods and tools reducing their impact on the environment. Besides providing local websites or workshops to promote the most relevant know-how, the core of the GECKOS project is the delivery of individualised environmental services to SMEs, which are the most efficient means to achieve the implementation of good practices by SMEs. This project will target mainly SMEs belonging to three common priority sectors: production and processing of metals, surface treatment and waste management, food industry.

Leading Enterprise Europe Network contact point 

Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Région Basse-Normandie – France (Caen)

Rémy Dufour
CCIR Basse-Normandie
1 rue René Cassin - Saint Contest / 14911 Caen Cedex 9 – France