1. WIDER project Transnational Capitalisation Event: Central European Transfer Seminar on ‘Eco-Smart Housing for Elderly’ Trieste, 14 May 2015

2. WIDER IDENTITY CARD DURATION: 30 months Start date January 2013 End date June 2015 TOTAL BUDGET: € 2.525.746,00 ERDF € 2.292.142,00 PROGRAMME: Transnational Cooperation Programme – Mediterranean

3. The REASONS for the project The European population is getting older which means that the number of people over 65 is increasing. This ageing trend presents numerous social changes and challenges, for which adequate solutions need to be found CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES - NEW EMERGING MARKET More attention needs to be given to the special health and safety needs of an ageing population at home so they can live independently for as long as possible.

4. WIDER wants… WIDER wants to IMPROVE THE POSITION OF NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES of SMEs all along the supply chain of eco smart housing for active and independent living of the ageing generation.

5. ELDERLY ENERGY MSMEs The REASONS for the project

6. WIDER’s METHODOLOGY WIDER’s METHODOLOGY

7. WIDER PILOT REGIONS Activities in 7 territories – pilot areas:  Algarve, Portugal,  Cataluna, Spain,  Rhone-Alps, France,  Marche, Italy;  The Heart of Slovenia, Slovenia  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Central Macedonia, Greece

8. INNOVATION MEASURES: Training workshops addressed to local SMEs regarding the general concepts of innovation, market repositioning, supply profile, new design for the product, projecting together eith end users. WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES

9. WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES SCENARIO WORKSHOPS:

10. WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES WIDER PILOT ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION OF A INNOVATION VOUCHER TRANSNATIONAL SCHEME

11. NETWORKING to favour transnational thematic synergies Innovation Fairs: Barcelona, November 2013 & Civitanova Marche, June 2014

12. WIDER RESULTS

13. THE WIDER TRANSNATIONAL THEMATIC NETWORK  Connections with private and public key players, intermediary bodies acting as project facilitator between demand/supply, national/international institutional networks, professional networks in order to share knowledge and experiences, coordinate activities and create synergies.  The main result: constitution of a TRANSNATIONAL THEMATIC NETWORK. www.wider-project.eu

14. 10 partners from 7 MED countries:  SVIM - Sviluppo Marche S.p.A., Development Company of the Marche Region (Italy) – lead partner  ACCIÓ - The Catalan Company Support Agency (Spain)  MEDICALPS - World-class centre for smart medical technologies (France)  TCCI - Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Greece)  CRES - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (Greece)  Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia (Slovenia)  CRIA - University of Algarve (Portugal)  SERDA - Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  CEI - Central European Initiative (Italy)  IASP - International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (Spain) WIDER PARTNERS

15. PROMOTION OF THE PROJECT Follow WIDER activities on: WIDER WEBPAGE: www.wider-project.eu WIDER FACEBOOK PAGE: WIDER project LinkedIn OPEN GROUP: WIDER project Twitter account: @WIDERproject

16. WIDER TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT