Events

At this workshop the draft mid-term strategy of the European Regulators Group for Postal Services (ERGP) will be developed.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Commission (Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Directorate-General for Environment) is organising a workshop on socio-economic analysis in applications for authorisation and restrictions under REACH on 29 June 2016.

The event 'EU-Advanced mining countries RMD event 2016 - Exchange of best practices on mining policies and technologies: challenges in the current state of the global economy' takes place on 28 and 29 June in Brussels.

The IPR Enforcement Conference provided a forum to discuss the latest developments in the area of IPR enforcement following the announcements made in the Digital Single Market Strategy of May 2015 and the Single Market Strategy of October 2015, as well as the Copyright Communication of December 2015.

The European Space Expo is coming to Paris from 20-29 June. Over 950 000 people have already visited the Expo as it continues its tour of major European cities. The free exhibition highlights the many ways in which EU space programmes help Europeans 'on the ground' every day.

More than 100 participants shared their experiences with biological medicines, including biosimilars, at national level. They discussed the information and communication needs of patients and healthcare professionals.

The European Commission organised the conference, 'Single Market for Products: Fresh ideas to unleash the full potential' as part of the Single Market Strategy.

The high-level stakeholder conference 'Working together to strengthen the Single Market for EU businesses and consumers' has been presented by the Netherlands EU Presidency and the European Commission on 13 June 2016 in Amsterdam.

This year's edition of the Polish Single Market Forum (SIMFO) will consist of two discussion panels focusing on support for start-ups and on making an Internal Market for services without borders a practical reality.

This high-level event will highlight the key role of regions in developing new growth dynamics for Europe, based on bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovation. It will mark the mobilisation of this potential for transformation in priority areas such as energy transition, digital growth, circular economy, agro-food and industrial modernisation.

The 2016 European Space Solutions conference will showcase the essential role space plays in our everyday lives, and help European industry better understand – and access – its business potential.

This European Innovation Week is being organised on the occasion of the Industrial dialogue between the European Commission and Taiwan. It will see a delegation of over 100 European companies and 24 clusters from 15 EU countries, led by Deputy Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Antti Peltomäki.

From 30 May through 3 June, the 2016 European Space Solutions conference will showcase the essential role space technology plays in our everyday lives, and help European industry better understand – and access – its business potential.

Over 900,000 people have already visited the European Space Expo as it continues its tour of major European cities. The free exhibition highlights the many ways in which EU space programmes help Europeans 'on the ground' every day.

As part of the Single Market Forum, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs will organise a conference on 19 May in Tallinn, Estonia on Getting the award criteria right in public procurement ('Best price/quality ratio' versus 'Lowest price' : how to get best value for money ?)

This workshop will focus on selected aspects of the Single Market Strategy of interest to enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, as well as respective policy makers and other stakeholders in Austria.

This conference focused on the work EU countries have done in the last two years to review their national regulation and on what they propose in terms of regulatory reform.

The life of an enterprise isn't always rosy; we tend to forget that some entrepreneurs may not be initially successful and their businesses may face serious problems or even collapse. At the same time, learning from mistakes and negative experiences can help make people better entrepreneurs and succeed in the future.