ISMEF is an acronym for ‘Increasing international sales in the intelligent and sustainable mobility sectors of Estonia and Finland’. The project’s aim is to support Finnish and Estonian mobility companies and related Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service providers to develop competitive cross-border service and product offers for three international target markets: North America (Canada and the US), the Gulf region, and the UK.
Our supporting services include collecting market information about the project target markets, connecting project partners and companies with local experts and one another through match-making events, skills development activities, and communication about Estonian and Finnish mobility and related ICT service capabilities.
Expected results
The project will include a range of internationalisation support activities tailored to the needs of companies in the ITS Finland and ITS Estonia networks.
The project aims to engage and provide internationalisation services or non-financial support to at least 90 Finnish and Estonian mobility small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and supporting ICT service providers. We expect that by the end of the project at least 15 SMEs from Estonia and Finland will have introduced marketing or organisational innovations as a result of the project and at the latest one year after the end of the project implementation period at least 15 SMEs will have achieved sales or contracts to new markets.
ISMEF key numbers:
- Duration: 01.03.2023 – 28.02.2026 (36 months).
- Total budget: 1 394 219€.
- Programme priority: Innovative Business Development.
- Programme objective: PO1 – More exports by SMEs.
- Lead partner: Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Project background
Finland and Estonia both have small domestic markets for transport and logistics solutions. Both countries have numerous SMEs with excellent know-how in providing world-class mobility services and to seek growth, we are looking outside of our national borders.
The ISMEF project focuses to facilitate the development of competitive, joint mobility product and service offerings by Estonian and Finnish mobility companies and related ICT service providers. The project targets three international markets: North America (Canada and the US), the Gulf region, and the UK.
Project activities
The project will include a mix of internationalization support activities tailored to the needs of the companies in the Finnish and Estonian mobility networks:
- Awareness raising of Finnish and Estonian know-how and case examples of top-tier mobility solutions.
- Market information and research regarding the project target markets.
- Skills development activities for SMEs’ targeting to grow internationally.
- Networking Finnish and Estonian mobility SMEs’ and development of joint offerings that target the needs of project target markets.
- Branding and marketing of Finnish and Estonian mobility companies, including joint participation in key industry events.
- Sales support activities including joint business delegations to the target markets.
The ISMEF team
The teams of ITS Estonia and ITS Finland at Finnish and Estonian mobility companies’ service:
Contact information
Jana Silaškova
ITL
jana.silaskova@itl.ee
Sanni Remonen
ITS Finland
sanni.remonen@its-finland.fi
