EASME - Executive Agency for SMEs

The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has been set-up by the European Commission to manage on its behalf several EU programmes in the fields of SME support & innovation, environment, climate action, energy and maritime affairs.

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SME support & innovation

COSME

The EU programme for the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). It runs from 2014 to 2020 with a planned budget of €2.3bn.

EIC SME Instrument

The SME Instrument is part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot and supports market-creating innovation in small companies with significant growth potential and global ambitions.

EIC Fast Track to Innovation

Fast Track to innovation (FTI) is part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot and helps close-to-the-market innovations jointly developed by small companies and their industrial partners get on the market faster.

Horizon 2020 INNOSUP

Horizon 2020 INNOSUP aims to test new approaches for better innovation support through funding opportunities for innovation actors across Europe.

Enterprise Europe Network

Enterprise Europe Network helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make the most of business opportunities in Europe and beyond.

European IPR Helpdesk

The European IPR Helpdesk offers free-of-charge, first-line support on Intellectual Property matters to beneficiaries of EU-funded research projects and EU SMEs involved in transnational partnership agreements.

International intellectual property helpdesk

The helpdesks support European small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to both protect and enforce their Intellectual Property rights in or relating to China, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Your Europe Business

Practical guide to doing business in Europe.

Environment

Energy

Maritime

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

EASME supports the European Commission in developing and implementing the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy.

News

  • 14/02/2019

    Nanoparticles against heavy metals in contaminated groundwater

    Clean water is one of the top key challenges of the 21st century. Groundwater is one of mankind’s major freshwater reservoirs, but global ground water resources are strongly impacted by anthropogenic contaminations. This imposes a serious threat to the sustainable use of groundwater and its ecosystems services.
  • 13/02/2019

    Bioclimatic buildings in Africa – Experts wanted
    Do you have experience with bioclimatic building design and construction in Africa and Europe? We are looking for you!
  • 01/02/2019

    NextGEOSS Release 1.0 now available
    NextGEOSS, the European Data Hub and Platform funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme, is now available. It provides access to Earth Observation (EO) data to the European users’ communities.Together with a suite of platform services and Cloud resources that are seamlessly connected, it provides an integrated system for supporting applications, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
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