Openlimits is taking part in the RYME+ project (Reactivation of SMEs, Innovation and Internationalisation) as an associate partner. The project was approved in the first call of the Interreg V-B South-West Europe Cooperation Programme.

Out of a total of 496 applications, RYME+ came 9th among the 36 approved projects. The project falls under priority axis 2: SME Competitiveness, where it obtained the 2nd best score.

The project, led by Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), where Openlimits has its Head Office, has a consortium of 19 partners from 8 countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Israel, Brazil, Uruguay and the United States of America).

RYME+ aims to build on the results of its predecessor (the RYME project), also led by IPN under Interreg IV-B SUDOE, which ran from 2012 to 2014 and in which a methodology was developed and tested for the internationalisation of SMEs in the Sudoe area (Portugal, Spain and France) in cooperation with partners from Brazil and the USA. A total of 100 technology companies from the 5 countries involved took part in RYME, from the information technology, renewable energy and biotechnology sectors.

The main objective of the project is to develop and energise the productive structure of the Sudoe area by increasing the competitiveness, resilience, wealth creation, innovation and technological development of its SMEs, steering them towards international markets, the sharing of best practice, benchmarking and the establishment of commercial relationships. The project aims to support the internationalisation of 200 technology companies over the next 3 years.

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