Centre of Entrepreneurial and Technological Development of Central Macedonia (KETA  KEMAK)

The aim of the centre is to support companies increase their competitiveness, monitor their competitiveness, specifically of the  SME’s  as well as initiate and support business initiatives in the sectors of Processing, Trade, Tourism and Services in general.

KETA KEMAK was established by the nine Chambers of Central Macedonia,  thw Chambers of Kilkis, Serres, Chalkidiki, Imathia, Pieria, Pella,  the Small Industry Chamber of Thessaloniki and  the Professional Chamber of Thessaloniki KETA KEMAK comprises a long term vision of the existing development institutions of Crete, which had acknowledged the need to create a mechanism to  support the SME’s of the region of Crete.

The “Center for the Entrepreneurial and Technological Development of Central Macedonia” (KETA  KEMAK) is a decentralized regional  structure funded by the Operational Programme “COMPETITIVENESS” of the Ministry of Development of Greece and it particularly belongs to the ‘Priority Axis 1: Improving the Business Environment’ and “Measure 1.4: Structures for the support of SMEs”. KETA KEMAK belongs to a network of 13 regional structures, so as to serve the needs of businesses in the best possible way on a regional level.

Business Information

The activities of this field aim to provide the local enterprises with all the necessary information on various issues that are essential for the improvement of their knowledge of the business operations, skills, the business environment, the evolving opportunities and the use of grants for their modernisation etc, as well as to encourage the growth of the entrepreneurial spirit in schools, colleges and universities.

Individual Enterprise Support

Each enterprise faces more specific dilemmas and challenges, so as to support each one we provide a more personalised approach of the individual enterprise. The personnel of KETA KEMAK visit the enterprises in their spots in order to have a more direct understanding of the organizational requirements, the problems and the opportunities they face.

KETA has also developed tools that cover areas such as the technological development, the modernisation of the production line, the introduction of computer and network technology within the enterprises, the improvement of strategy, marketing, financial performance etc.

All these tools are available free to the enterprises.

Benchmarking

In order to take rational decisions, it’s important to depend on accurate data regarding the development of the market. In this way, the continuous recording and following up of the competitiveness of the regional enterprises is one of the key factors for the enhancement of the knowledge of the businesses. Benchmarking has been considered as one of the most powerful tools towards this direction and KETA KEMAK is in the process of organising and accomplishing this task in cooperation with the coordinating institution that will develop all the tools and the systems to safeguard objective and representative results.

Networking

KETA KEMAK operates as a hub to provide support in various ways. It takes advantage of the network technologies and brings together businesses from the same or different sectors.

It offers for free a continuously updated database with the data of all the consultants and service providers to business operations like quality management, e-commerce, marketing development, operations and many others.

Consulting in Financing

KETA KEMAK is also operating as a mediator between the enterprises and the various state and private sector funding institutions. It informs local enterprises about initiatives concerning the regional funding opportunities for the reinforcement of the entrepreneurial, technological and innovative activities as well as the best possible use of loans and other lending opportunities available by the financial sector.

Exporting Opportunities and Support

KETA KEMAK provides services to support businesses prepare and develop an exporting strategy for a better presentation of regional products and services in the national and international markets.
It also enhances the dissemination of best practices of businesses from around the world in all possible forms so as to develop a culture of openness to the developments of the global market and exploit all the opportunities that are available.