Six of the EBN Special Interest Groups met at EBN Congress in Enghien-les-Bains on 5 July 2017.

Set up to allow members with a special interest in a particular area to jointly explore that area with colleagues from other countries, the SIGs are an integral part of the EBN service offering.

Internationalisation SIG participants

As at each Congress, members of the SIGs invest their time and energy in the hours before the official opening to discuss areas of common interest, identfy project opportunities or further their activities in support of their SIG.

The meetings  took place of the following sector-based SIGs:

• Green Economy
• Bio-Economy
• Creative, Cultural & Digital Industries

And the following cross-cutting thematic SIGs:

• Entrepreneurship & Education
• Acceleration, Funding & Growth
• Internationalisation

There was also a meeting of the new FIBIA project (the focuses on incusive incubation and acceleration), and the SIG focused on:

• Social Innovation

If you are an EBN Member and you are interested in participating in any of those Interest Groups contact EBN Team for further information.