Conference on the European Charter for Small Enteprises

The Conference Summary Report [87 KB] is now available.

Programme

Programme [196 KB] brochure EN/DE/FR including practical information

Press Package

On 12th June 2006, the content of press package 'A Guide to SME Policy' prepared for this conference became available in html format on the SME Policy website.

2006 Good Practice Selection

The exchange of good practice in the Charter context continues complementary to the Lisbon process. The good practices presented at the Charter conference in Vienna are published in this brochure and as an on-line catalogue.

Presentations

Tuesday 13 June

Learning from good practices

• SOCAMUT guarantees [481 KB]
  Mr Bruno Borremans, SOCAMUT, Belgium
• E-business in SME's [3 MB]
  Ms Helle Dam Sørensen, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark

Revisiting good practice from the 2004 conference

• Shannon Region Knowledge Network [96 KB]
  Ms Michelle O'Grady, New Enterprise Senior Executive, Shannon Development, Ireland
• Exchange programme between officials and SME's [28 KB]
  Ms Hanneke Bogaerts, Netherlands

Workshop 1 - More out of the Single Market, especially easy access to information on legislation and standardisation

• Mediation of EU public procurement to entrepreneurs by the EIC [77 KB]
  Ms Lea Aasamaa, Counsellor of Euro Info Centre, Estonian Chamber of Commerce, Estonia
• Raising Public Awareness on Standardisation [279 KB]
  Mr Brunonas Šičkus, Director, Lithuanian Standards Board, Lithuania
• EU comes to your home [194 KB]
  Mr Gábor Gérnyi, Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary
• Eulex database [495 KB]
  Mr Michal Polanski, Head of Unit, Euro Info Centre, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland
• Passport to Export [188 KB]
  Ms Anne Woodward, UK Trade International, United Kingdom
• Mediation Week to provide information on alternative dispute resolution schemes to businesses [204 KB]
  Ms Sevdalina Neykova Aleksandrova, Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bulgaria

Workshop 2 - Business support, especially for start-ups and business transfers

• One-stop-shop portal for enterprises [345 KB]
  Mr Carlo Wirth, Ministry of Economy and External Trade, Luxemburg
• Plan4You Easy [484 KB]
  Mr Rainer Ribing, Manager, Business Start-Up Service of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria
• Business support measures for start-ups [117 KB]
  Mr Dragisa Okolisanov, Director, Agency for Business Registers, Serbia
• Business transfer: Public Private Partnership to create a positive national environment [52 KB]
  Mr Toni Brunello, Studio Centro Veneto, Italy
• Passing the Baton - Programme preparing for SMEs' transfer to next generation [213 KB]
  Ms Sirpa Alitalo, Development Manager, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland
• National programme to facilitate the transfer of businesses [150 KB]
  Sigbritt Larsson, Project manager NUTEK- The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Sweden

Workshop 3 - Experiences in facilitating small business development in the Mediterranean

• Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Enterprise. The case of Morocco: process of adoption and challenges of implementation [124 KB]
  Ms Latifa Echihabi, Director General, National Agency for the Promotion of SMEs, Morocco
• Understanding the real needs of SMEs [115 KB]
  Mr Makram Malaeb, Senior SME Specialist, SME division Ministry of Economy and Trade, Lebanon
• Procedure facilitation through the one stop shop: the Tunisian experience [343 KB]
  Mr Mounir Zalila, Adviser, Agency for Industrial Promotion, Tunisia
• Experiences in technology transfer in Egypt: the case of the technology centres [73 KB]
  Mr Mohamed Hany Barakat, Undersecretary for Foreign relations and International Agreements, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry, Egypt
• Israel's national SME support framework [224 KB]
  Mr Eli Bentata, Deputy Director General, Israel SMEs Authority, Israel

Wednesday 14 June

Workshop 4 - Successful e-business models, especially measures to support the uptake of e-business by SMEs

• Promotion of e-business skills among SMEs through integrated processes and standards [2 MB]
  Mr Ralf Wiegand, Project leader PROZEUS, Institute for the German Economy, Germany
• Electronic commerce as a means for developing SMEs [263 KB]
  Mr Antal Nikodémus, Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary
• Austrian e-commerce trust mark [79 KB]
  Mr Gerhard Laga, E-Center, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria
• PME-Digital Initiative [51 KB]
  Mr Vitor Novais Goncalves, Innovation Agency, Portugal
• Meeting point Wermland - easier e-business for the municipalities and companies in Varmland [2 MB]
  Ms Ulrika Obstfelder Petersen, Wermland Chamber of Commerce, Sweden
• Assessment of the impact of e-Business policies: lessons to be learnt [634 KB]
  Mr Hannes Selhofer, empirica GmbH, Germany

Workshop 5 - Other Charter areas

• Enterprise in one hour (Charter area 2) [93 KB]
  Ms Ana Maria Moreira, Directorate General for Enterprises, Portugal
• One-stop-shop for start-ups - the Croatian experience (Charter area 2) [734 KB]
  Ms Tajana Kesic Sapic, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Croatia
• Seed and Venture Capital Programme (Charter area 7) [98 KB]
  Mr Denis Marnane, Manager, Venture Capital Programmes, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland
• The Seed Forum Process (Charter area 7) [377 KB]
  Mr Steinar H. Korsmo, Chairman, Seed Forum Norway, Norway
• National Council of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Charter area 10) [175 KB]
  Mr Efstathios Zafrantzas, Ministry of Development, Greece
• Forum for Entrepreneurship (Charter area 10) [206 KB]
  Mr Keith Psaila, Head of Secretariat to the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry for Competitiveness and Communications, Malta

Workshop 6 - One person enterprises - Recruiting the first employee

• Internet portal concerning all aspects of recruitment [288 KB]
  Dr Thomas Zielke, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
• Simplified Administrative Procedures for Recruiting in Ireland [14 KB]
  Ms Maria Callinan, Chief Executive Officer, Laois County Enterprise Board Limited, Ireland
• Enterprise job pass (titre emploi entreprise, TEE) [32 KB]
  Mr Thierry Mahler, Directorate for trade, crafts, services and the professions, France
• Online service for all employment-related duties for very small enterprises [403 KB]
  Mr Kalevi Heilio, Assistant Director, National Tax Board, Finland
• No-Nonsense Guide to Government rules and regulations - Comprehensive guide to recruitment and employment [278 KB]
  Mr Ian Kinder, Small Business Service, United Kingdom