Cyprus and Malta, being small islands with similar needs, will leverage on the work that they have been doing with EIT Climate-KIC to bring all the relevant partners together, exchange ideas, organize workshop and prepare action plans in the innovation field of their National Energy and Climate Plans.

This proposal addresses the growth-oriented business support services that will result in improved competitiveness and access to markets for EU enterprise. These services are as stipulated by the H2020 Consultation call for EEN H2020 services recently issued by the European Commission and will be implemented throughout 2017-2018 by the Network's consortium in Malta, in full synergy and complementarity with the other work packages supported by the relevant and concurrent COSME call for Enterprise Europe Network services. The objective behind the MELIITA 2 proposal is to support the smart growth of the Maltese SMEs by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and to contribute to a better and more efficient connection of stakeholders and players along the innovation chain. By combining the actions under this H2020 programme with the support being offered under COSME, the Network will be best positioned to offer both business and innovation support along the entire value chain. Services are thus being provided to clients in the wider contest of, and in line with, the Europe 2020 strategy. The MELIITA 2 proposal namely aims to: • Enhance innovation management capacity, thus rendering more efficient the full innovation process of Micro and SMEs, irrelevant of benefitting from the SME Instrument, and to help potentially good ideas effectively reach the market. • Strengthen innovation capacity and to ensure Maltese beneficiaries of the SME Instrument receive the most appropriate support services based on identified weaknesses in their innovation capacities and so encourage the successful exploitation of their innovation project and to induce sustainable growth beyond the programme period, and most importantly, • Create a more innovative, competitive business community.

BACKGROUND AND BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT.GREEN-APP responded to the development needs of the GREEN ECONOMY of Umbria, Marche, Tuscany and Emilia Romagna and specifically in the territories of the Apennine arch where the 9 sending Institutes are located, which due to the fragility of some territories affected by the earthquake they are closed to 8 institutes in the implementation phase. In these territories over the last few years strategies for the enhancement of natural resources, the maintenance and protection of the territory, the promotion of sustainable tourism, quality agri-food systems, local branches and renewable energy from different sectors, have been implemented. orientation of young students or newly graduated and newly qualified studentsAIMS:Through the implementation of mobility, students and graduates within 12 months of graduation have acquired TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, SOFT SKILL and have strengthened their language skills. Through the application of the ECVET procedure the RECOGNITION OF THE ACQUIRED SKILLS was guaranteed.Indirect objective was the INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SCHOOLS AND PARTNERS, but the encounter between the world of VET and the world of work was encouraged and the DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKILL OF EDUCATION TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS FOR PROFESSIONALISM AND SKILLS EXPRESSED BY THE MARKET OF GREEN WORK.NUMBER OF PARTICIPATE PROFILES106 STUDENTS / ESSE of the IV classes of which 44 females and 62 males from the above mentioned addresses (against the 90 provided by the project) carried out the mobility experiences between 35 and 37 days in destinations such as: Spain (La Coruna and Jerez) , Germany (Leipzig), Portugal (Braga), England (London), Malta,16 graduates / QUALIFIED, (against the 30 planned by the project) who have earned a degree consistent with the theme of the green economy within the last 12 months. The group consisted of 8 females and 8 males performed 92-day mobility experiences in the following destinations: Spain (distinct in La Coruna and Jerez) and Portugal (Braga). The ACTIVITIES implemented were the following: START-UP -Publication of project mobility opportunities and MOU drafting; PREPARATION, information and selection, matching participants - host companies, linguistic, intercultural and professional preparation IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILITY ACTIVITIES welcome in the territory, hospitality at the host companies, monitoring of internships and training experience, ongoing assessment of the learning path, assessment of learning outcomes and certifications. follow –up, recognition of learning outcomes.ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVITIES and DISSEMINATION.METHODOLOGIES applied in all activities have been in line with the EQAVET principles and the European Quality Charter for mobility and have been defined in the Management Plans, assessment of learning, monitoring and evaluation and communication and dissemination shared by the Consortium.It is emphasized that the ECVET system has been applied to all mobility with the use of European instruments (Europass mobility) and national / local ones (recognition of ASL credits).RESULTS AND IMPACT Participants:Acquisition of competences foreseen in the Learning Agreements (Soft and Hard Skilss) under posse to evaluation and validation processes and recognition of training credits. VET system Insertion of innovative contents and methodologies in EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS also in planning PON School alternation abroad. Application of the ECVET SYSTEM to MOBILITY PATHS and ALTERNATION EXPERIENCES Acquisition by the school staff and management of skills essential to pursue internationalization strategies with presentation by the partners of the Consortium of new projects (Erasmus KA1 and KA2) JOB MARKET Raising the quality of human resources entering the labor marketSharing of procedures and certification tools and making skills transparent in a perspective of recognition in the production and mobility context SOCIAL FABRIC participants' mobility has an impact on the family system, allowing the use of processes and tools to be disseminated ( Europass Mobility) through the creation of a new generation of European citizens.

The excellence hub EXCEL4MED is an initiative to strengthen Mediterranean innovation excellence in innovation ecosystems focusing on the production of nutritious food products and the valorization of food industrial side-streams. It is a cross-border collaboration between Greece, Malta and France on a common strategy on strengthening the Mediterranean food added-value chains. EXCEL4MED innovation ecosystems will be interconnected with umbrella company organizations, research institutions, governmental bodies and societal actors that will be mutually reinforcing each other in a Mediterranean context and together will raise the level of innovation excellence in their regional fabric.

The MELIITA proposal will support the smart growth of the Maltese SMEs by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and to contribute to a better and more efficient connection of stakeholders and players along the innovation chain. It namely aims to: • Strengthen innovation capacity and to ensure Maltese beneficiaries of the SME Instrument receive the most appropriate support services throughout Phase 1 / Phase 2 based on identified weaknesses in their innovation capacities and so encourage the successful exploitation of their innovation project and to induce sustainable growth beyond the programme period. • Enhance innovation management capacity, thus rendering more efficient the full innovation process of Micro and SMEs, irrelevant of benefiting from the SME Instrument, and to help potentially good ideas effectively reach the market. • Stimulate an inter-disciplinary approach between cross-cutting technologies and transnational R&D cooperation, and • Create a more vibrant, innovative, competitive business community.