Do you want to increase your tender win rates and win government contracts?
If so, then the two forthcoming InterTradeIreland “Upping Your Game” tendering events are for you. These free half-day events will highlight the new public procurement opportunities for SMEs in a changing economic environment. Companies will also benefit from practical advice and support from buyers and procurement experts on how to ‘up their game’ to win public sector contracts.
This is the first time that all the procurement and development agencies North and South will come together to make SMEs aware of the public procurement opportunities on the island.
Why should you attend?
- Learn about public sector business opportunities from key buying organisations both North and South
- Refine your tendering skills on the day – take part in interactive workshops and hear from other companies and their experiences. Find about the practical supports available from agencies across the island for companies seeking to win public sector contracts.
Register for event at:
http://www.gototender.com/news/5-upping-your-game
You may have seen this already in the National newspapers, but given that so many software and service companies are moving into ‘Recruitment mode’ the Job Expansion Fund (just launched by EI) may be of interest to you.
The fund provides support for the recruitment of new employees. The Job Expansion Fund is open to existing small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are:
- In manufacturing and/or high growth potential traded services (this includes Software companies)
- Have 10 or more full time employees at the time of application
- Have been trading for at least 2 years.
This is a competitive fund and there are calls for proposals on a monthly basis. The frst closing date for applications in 2011 is 30th June. You may be eligible to apply for fnancial support from Enterprise Ireland’s Job Expansion Fund if you are implementing a development plan with signifcant growth potential that will increase employment in your company.
For further detailed information, please contact Enterprise Ireland on (01) 727 2799 or check out the website at www.enterprise-ireland.com/jobexpansionfund
Enterprise Ireland is hosting a half-day information seminar on Tendering Opportunities with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday AM, 13 June 2011.
The seminar will include presentations on the:
- Structure of the EBRD and how it operates
- Geographic markets in which the EBRD operates
- Procurement process and requirements
- Categories of goods and services purchased by the EBRD
- How Enterprise Ireland can support companies with a strategic focus on markets where EBRD invests
Date: Monday 13 June
Venue: Enterprise Ireland, East Point Business Park, Dublin
Time: 09.30h
To secure a place at this seminar, please register on-line https://www.eventsforce.net/enterpriseireland/212/register
For further information, please contact evelyn.smith@enterprise-ireland.com T 01-727 2717
EBRD, Potential Exporters
The next Enterprise Ireland Social Media Club will take place on the morning of Friday, June 17th. The theme of this free seminar will be around the challenges of developing a “Corporate Voice” on the social web. For many companies this is the most difficult aspect of embracing social media: enabling the technology is trivial (anyone can create a Facebook Page), but figuring out what you want to talk about, and who in the company could and should say it, can be the downfall of many well-intentioned social media initiatives.
Thankfully, there’s plenty of good examples of innovative Irish SMEs who have dipped their toes into social media and lived to tell the tale: we’re delighted to announce that the June Social Media Club will feature a case study of how the team at TicketSolve (along with their partners at Steak) have harnessed the power of their staff as social ambassadors to build a thought-leadership platform and enhance the reputation of the company. (more…)
Malaysia spends $6.2bn on Software, Services and Hardware each year (IDC), and that number is expected to grow to $8.1bn over the next 2 years. With a population of over 28 million (Economist),and the use of English in business, Malaysia is a country that Irish companies find to be very accessible and we feel that more Irish companies should be looking to Malaysia as a market in itself- and as a base for regional marketing activities.
Even with these opportunites, it can be intimidating for Irish companies to start out in the Malaysian market. Which is why the Malaysian Irish Business Network (MIBN), in cooperation with us Enterprise Ireland are leading a business delegation of key Malaysian buyers and decision makers to Ireland on June 6th to 11th.
The mission will cover a range of sectors including ICT, Software, Telecoms, Medical devices, Cleantech and Education. There are interesting participants joining the delegation and Enterprise Ireland will be involved in arranging individual schedules for the visitors during the week in Ireland to allow them to meet with Irish companies and explore opportunies.
More details on the people you could meet are below; If you’re interested get in touch via your EI Development Advisor.
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Enterprise Ireland’s relaunch of the competitive Going Global Fund will take place at the end of May. The aim of the Going Global Fund is to assist domestically focused companies to explore, validate and internationalise business opportunities in a new market as well as for companies that are introducing a new service and/or product to an existing market. The fund is also designed for companies to examine possibilities for web-enabling its service offer for export markets and to undertake overseas market research.
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The fund is open to existing and potential clients of EI that engage in an eligible service activity or manufacture in the Republic of Ireland, and that have an annual turnover exceeding €1m and/or ten or more employees. In addition, only companies that have received less than €50k in funding from Enterprise Ireland in the last 5 years can apply.
Applicants must complete the Going Global Fund business plan application form (download from here). The completed application form, together with the most recent audited and/or management accounts, must be emailed to csugoingglobal@enterprise-ireland.com. The call close dates are June 20 and October 3.
For further information on the Going Global Fund, contact the International Services Team on 01-7272100 or email going.global@enterprise-ireland.com
This is a guest post from Jack Downey of Lero. Jack will be speaking at EI’s Software Architecture Recovery & Consistency event in EI Eastpoint Dublin at 9am on Friday 27th May. For more details and booking for this free event, email Mary.Heasley[at]Enterprise-Ireland[dot]com.
Software architecture is the structuring of software systems in a manner that achieves desirable qualities (modifiability, improved performance, security) for its owners. However, particularly in respect to legacy software systems, an explicit architecture may never have been put in place. Even if an explicit architecture was put in place during system design, often this architecture is violated during implementation or subsequent evolution. The overall result is that there are many software systems without an explicit architecture, or with an implementation that is inconsistent with its designed architecture. In either case the ‘desirable qualities’ that could have been achieved are lost.
This Lero seminar will present a number of strategies that can help redress these issues. Specifically, it will present a technique called Reflexion Modelling (and its associated prototype tool) which is aimed at recovering the architecture of software systems. Likewise it will present an approach (and prototype tool) that aims to heighten consistency between the implemented architecture and the designed architecture. It will illustrate the utility of these approaches by presenting case studies that we have performed at IBM Ireland and QAD Ireland.
Date: Friday, the 27th May 2011
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: Enterprise Ireland, Eastpoint
Admission is free but places are limited. If you are interested in attending this event please register by emailing mary.heasley@enterprise-ireland.com.
Potential Exporters, Technology
Clients, Potential Exporters, Social Media, Twitter
Delighted to see that Enterprise Ireland has been short-listed for the Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards, in the category “Use of Social Media by State Body/Org”. The full list of categories and finalists is available here.
I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate the other nominees in the category, in particular our close colleagues at Bord Bia and Tourism Ireland – best of luck!
We’re also delighted to see that a number of Enterprise Ireland clients have been short-listed for awards as well, as follows:
- Glenisk Organic – Facebook Page for a Business (Owner Managed), Integrated Facebook Campaign (Page, App and Ads)
- Jelly Bean Factory – Integrated Facebook Campaign (Page, App and Ads)
- Realex Payments – Best Business Twitter Account – Marketing and Sales
- Simply Zesty – Blog of a Business
- Neworld – Blog of a Business
- Flowers Made Easy – Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast), Online PR Campaign
- Wedding Dates – Video/Video Campaign (non broadcast), Online PR Campaign, Best Use of Social Media For A Sponsorship Campaign
Looking forward to seeing you all at the awards ceremony next Thursday – buy your tickets here.
The Forum on Public Procurement in Ireland (FPP) is hosting its annual conference in Dublin on Wednesday May 25th. The conference, which will be chaired by Mr Justice Frank Clarke, will gather key players in public procurement along with private sector expertise. The aim of the conference is to maximise the value for money achieved for expenditure on public procurement at national level, while also accommodating the requirement of Irish suppliers in an open and competitive market.
The one-day conference takes place at the O’Callaghan Alexander Hotel, Fenian Street, Dublin 2. Registration commences at 9am; included in the morning session are the conference’s Keynote Address by Phil Hogan, TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, a talk (Growth through Procurement) by Frank Ryan, CEO Enterprise Ireland, and a Q&A segment. After lunch, there will be a series of Breakout Sessions, followed by the Chairman’s Summary at 5pm.
Those interested in attending should contact Breda Byrne, Forum on Public Procurement in Ireland, 01-4020810 or by email at info@fpp.ie. You can also register to attend directly by visiting the FPP website.
Potential Exporters, Public Sector
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