Vision Our vision is a world in which entrepreneurship drives sustainable development.We see SMEs as the backbone of sustainable economic development and as a catalyst of innovation, job creation and growth. Beyond generating economic benefits, SMEs are equally important for providing solutions to social and development problems, such as poverty, food insecurity, gender and social disempowerment, and for promoting the growth of a green economy.Mission Our mission is to share knowledge for vibrant businesses and better lives. Diverse 'missies' gedaan in o.a. Ecuador, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Peru en Ghana, m.n. in de metaal sector. Veelal geconcentreerd op verbetering productiviteit, efficiency en bedrijfsvoering.

opzetten lokale energie-cooperatie met als missie:schone, betrouwbare en betaalbare energie is essentieel voor onze toekomstige samenleving. De 'ECHT' werkt daaraan door met burgers, ondernemers en andere gebruikers in de Hof van Twente, kansen voor opwekking en slim gebruik van schone energie te ontwikkelen en verzilveren.Daarnaast wordt door het hecht samen werken in de cooperatie een bijdrage geleverd aan de sociale cohesie en leefbaarheid in de gemeente.

(interim-)management

setting up a project for large scale manure processing in order to recover essential minerals like phosphate and production of biogas

coaching various participants at VLT; help then to (re-)define their Business and develop adequate plans.

SETS (Smart Energy Technologies & Systems) is an an expertise centre for research and developments in small scale energy generation, local storage, usage and energy management (Smart Grids).A cooperation between the UT, Saxion and several industrial partners.SETS is dealing with projects like energy neutral buildings and neighbourhoods, energy autonomous quarters and the modelling and profiling of Smart Grids.Project organisation SETS stopped due to lack of up and running projects; will be continued in 2014 by dissemenation of current knowledge around Smart Grids especcially for SME's.

sti. BEP is realizing a plug & play facility for pilotplants dealing with the conversion of waste and biomass into energy and 'green' basic materials.Responsible for all legal matters as land use plan and environmental concession and the set-up of the facility.In October 2013 the project was stopped; in the end it was impossible to achieve a balanced operation.

feasibility study, in close cooperation with HOMA Software bv, into the possibilities of setting up a 'High Tech Facility' in which research will be done into the control of micro generation of energy in private homes, but in large numbers and over a geographical widely spread area.