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.

EASME is in the process of updating some of the content on this website in light of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. If the site contains content that does not yet reflect the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, it is unintentional and will be addressed.

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 Accelerator (SME Instrument)

The EIC Accelerator (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

  • 27/03/2020

    Innovative services and products for the circular economy – insights from Horizon 2020 projects
    Taking the momentum of the European Commission launching the new EU growth strategy, the European Green Deal, over 120 project representatives and policymakers gathered at the Workshop “Innovative services and products for the circular economy” organised by EASME in Brussels. This workshop gathered important insights to feed the current policymaking, days before the publication of the new Circular Economy Action plan and the New Industrial Strategy for Europe.
  • 27/03/2020

    Inside a good LIFE proposal: tips, insights, experiences – part II
    What’s it really like to apply for LIFE funding? Does it take a lot of effort and time? How can it help your business? We caught up with Kai Hempel who is managing director of LIFE Waste2Protein to find out.
  • 24/03/2020

    AFRIMED: Restoring macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea
    Macroalgae and sea grasses are central to healthy coastal ecosystems. They sustain coastal food chain and biodiversity. Currently, coastal algae habitats are under increasing pressure, due to human activities and climate change. EMFF funded project AFRIMED is mapping historical and current presence of Cystoseira macroalgae with the aim to restore damaged underwater forests and contribute to advancing international ocean governance along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
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