Enterprise Policy Group
The European Commission has set up a consultative committee called the 'Enterprise Policy Group' (EPG).
The group is made up of two chambers, the first comprising high-level representatives from national ministries dealing with industrial and enterprise policy issues (EPG Directors General), the second comprising eminent persons from business (EPG Business Chamber).
Directors General
The EPG Directors General consists of Directors General of Industry and high-level administrators responsible for SMEs. There are two representatives per Member State. Once a year representatives from EEA countries as well as Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are invited to participate as observers.
This section of the EPG meets approximately four times a year.
Business Chamber
The EPG Business Chamber consists of senior representatives with substantial management experience in private enterprises. The members of the Business Chamber have been selected following an open call for applications according to a set of criteria (recent work experience in a senior management function in a private company, the capacity to consider issues concerning the competitiveness of companies at a European or international level, experience with the work of business associations or similar bodies, a good understanding of the particular needs of small and medium-sized enterprises and a good understanding of the role of policy instruments in helping foster innovation in the private sector).
The group brings together substantial expertise from a broad range of sectors across the European Union.
Its members are appointed in a personal capacity and are expected to contribute their own views, based on their own professional experience. Members are not supposed to represent the positions of business associations.
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