Objectives of the CEED ISSUE project are:• on EU level to evolve the technological developments and trials taking place in FI-PPP phases one and two into seed-type activities generating actual take-up of innovative Internet services and applications.• on the CEE level to radically improve the adoption rate of the FI-PPP Generic, Specific Enablers and use case platforms across the CEE region, focusing mainly on Social connected TV, Smart city services, Virtual Factory and Smart buildings Usage Areas.Actions to be implemented within the CEED ISSUE project are:1. Bring together startup ecosystem of accelerators, mentors, investors, piloting partners, technology partners, other FI-PPP 1.8 projects and innovation actions to publish widely the FI-PPP and CEED ISSUE initiatives and support successful implementation of the startup ideas during acceleration2. Scope, organise and manage 2 open calls 3. Implement twice acceleration programmes to support the start-up teams in all aspects related to successful innovation and delivery of products and applicationsDuring 24 months CEED ISSUE project will deliver the following outputs:• 200 000 web entrepreneurs informed on CEED ISSUE Open Calls • Further 400 000 stakeholders informed on FI-PPP and CEED ISSUE project• 2 CEED ISSUE Open Calls with altogether 1200-1600 applicants (600-800 per call)• 80-100 selected web-entrepreneurs in total (40-50 per Call) • Seed funding of € 10.000 - 30.000 (EC) + up to 10% venture funding delivered to each beneficiary for participation in acceleration programmes (Business Acceleration Package). Up to € 15 000 EUR of financing delivered to the startups developing their applications within the FIWARE Package. € 30 – 250 000 of follow-up funding delivered to the teams demonstrating the most potential• 2 x 4-month acceleration programmes in 5 incubators with 8-10 teams participating in each • 80-100 innovative products and applications developed by the accelerated start-ups. Spill-over effects and impacts of these seed-type activities to other regions are ensured by delivery of 80-100 innovative products and applications that target and establish their businesses in EU and further markets.