Nowadays, there are a lot of European cooperation networks who promote innovation and SME competitiveness increase. One of those is the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) formed by business support organizations with services of technology transfer, access to finance, advice on EU law and standards, Intellectual Property Rights, research funding, dissemination newsletters and workshops promotion.
Likewise, there are private entities who promote support for European funding programmes which works with a high cost and a high success rate for SME.