Marketplace and Matchmaking services offered by the SMART4ALL project
We are very happy to present the new Marketplace (https://marketplace.smart4all-project.eu/) and Matchmaking (https://matchmaking.smart4all-project.eu/) services, offered by the SMART4ALL project. The aim of both services is to bond European stakeholders and facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaborations.
SMART4ALL Matchmaking service, without any registration requirement, offers a user friendly and efficient way to find potential partners towards a completive SMART4ALL Open Call proposal preparation and not only. Through a carefully selected set of questions the user can describe its own as well as the ideal’s partners characteristics. In the context of the current version of the offered service, by leveraging the SMART4ALL partner’s local ecosystem as well as the rapidly expanding network of more than 470 members, SMART4ALL is able to provide accurate feedback it a timely manner.
SMART4ALL Marketplace aims to become a unique one-stop-smart-shop for experts and non-expert third-parties seeking (open-source mainly) ICT technologies that will reduce the development time of startups/SMEs/mid-cap that are doing business in one of the four SMART4ALL thematic areas. Currently, SMART4ALL Marketplace offers access and information to cloud services, related platforms, tools and middleware frameworks and educational which is continuously expanding on a wide range of technologies. Through a user-friendly environment, the end user without any registration requirements can browse thought the Marketplace resources and information. Then, following a typical registration procedure he/she can enjoy the benefits of accessing the resources, contributing resources, becoming a member of the SMART4ALL network as well as enjoying the continuously extending set of services and facilities that SMART4ALL Marketplace will provide.
During the next period this will include services customized to the four thematic pillars of the project e.g. personalized links to relevant events, customized web pages, funding opportunities, innovation space area, forums, information regarding the SMART4ALL network members, and most importantly multifaceted Matchmaking activities. The latter will include a set of useful information related to his domain. A user will be able to find the tools and software he needs, the partners that could help him, the events he must participate to find the necessary information, the appropriate educational material and the Funding Opportunities to be approached. All this information will be suggested to the user taking into consideration the user’s domain, interests and geographic area, and ranked based on their relevance to the user.