Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Consultation on Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan

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Policy field(s)
Target groups
Period of consultation
Objective of the consultation
How to submit your contribution
Contact details
Number of responses received to this consultation
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Results of consultation and next steps

Policy field(s)

Enterprise and industry, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship

Target groups

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are particularly sought from public administrations and private sector organizations and individuals who support entrepreneurs in starting up businesses and in helping them face challenges, particularly during the first years of life of the business, individual entrepreneurs and businesses.

Period of consultation

From 09.07.2012 to 01.10.2012

Objective of the consultation

Europe lags behind its competitors in entrepreneurial attitudes and at the same time we know that SMEs are the biggest source of new jobs and related growth. A European Entrepreneurship Action Plan is therefore needed to address areas where entrepreneurial potential can be unleashed and where key bottlenecks can be overcome and obstacles to entrepreneurial activities removed. This consultation seeks reactions to a variety of possible measures which could be brought together under this Action Plan so as to bring together the best practices for the broadest impact across Europe.

How to submit your contribution

We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities.

Received contributions will be published on the Internet. It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.

In the interests of transparency, organisations (including, for example, NGOs, trade associations and commercial enterprises) are invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct.

If you are a Registered organisation, please indicate the name and address of your organisation and your Register ID number on the first page of your contribution. Your contribution will then be considered as representing the views of your organisation.
If your organisation is not registered, you have the opportunity to Register now.
Then return to this page to submit your contribution as a Registered organisation.
Responses from organisations not registered will be published separately. Non-registered organisations, please submit your contributions here.

The Commission asks organisations who wish to submit comments in the context of public consultations to provide the Commission and the public at large with information about whom and what they represent. If an organisation decides not to provide this information, it is the Commission's stated policy to list the contribution as part of the individual contributions. (Consultation Standards, see COM (2002) 704, and Communication on ETI Follow-up, see COM (2007) 127 of 21/03/2007)

Contact details

responsible service	DG Enterprise and Industry, Unit E/1, Entrepreneurship
e-mail	Entr-entrepreneurship@ec.europa.eu
postal address	Rue de la Loi 200, BREY 06/290, Brussels B-1049

Number of responses received to this consultation

Aggregate information on responses

Final report pdf - 181 KB [181 KB]

View the contributions

In the interests of transparency, organisations have been invited to provide the public with relevant information about themselves by registering in the Interest Representative Register and subscribing to its Code of Conduct. If the organisation is not registered, the submission is published separately from the registered organisations.