The objectives of this pilot project are to identify and link-up with collaborative economy platforms, exchange experience with all relevant stakeholders and help European SMEs and social enterprises with high-growth potential and other relevant actors to use the possibilities of the shared economy.
The objectives of this pilot project are to raise awareness among women entrepreneurs of the Horizon2020 SME Instrument, to provide them with information and advice, and help them to better prepare for successful participation.
On 6 December a high-level conference was held in Brussels on IT professionalism. It underlined the need to further develop the IT profession in the face of rapid change in our societies and economies due to digital transformation.
Europe's satellite navigation system Galileo will start offering initial services to public authorities, businesses and citizens on 15 December 2016.
Business Planet goes to the SME Assembly 2016 in Bratislava, where they learn about one of the drivers of innovation and competitiveness in Europe - Key Enabling Technologies (KETs). These technologies include nanotechnologies, nanoelectronics and advanced materials.
The Cluster Manager of the Year 2016 Award went to Bianca Dragomir, General Manager of AVAESEN (Spain) and Energy in Water (EnW) won in the category EU Cluster Partnership 2016 Award.
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) have signed the first COSME agreement in Ireland.
As part of the Single Market Forum, and in cooperation with local partners, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a series of workshops in several European cities on the professionalisation of public procurement.
Today was the launch of the second phase of Watify, the European Commission campaign to promote the technological transformation and modernisation of industry that will run until the end of 2018.
The European Commission is launching a new, second phase of the Watify campaign to boost the technological transformation of European SMEs. The primary objective is to encourage SMEs to transform their business by taking up advanced technologies (digital and other Key Enabling Technologies) and to connect them with the stakeholders which can help.
The European Commission and the European Startup Network are hosting the 'Monitoring of national startup ecosystems - How to take data collection to a European level' workshop on 7 December at the Residence Palace in Brussels.
The fifth edition of the European Cluster Conference was held in Brussels on 1-2 December 2016. The conference focussed on the theme 'Clusters 4.0: Shaping Smart Industries'.
The European Cluster Observatory has published the European Cluster Panorama 2016 on the occasion of the European Cluster Conference held in Brussels on 1 December 2016.
The European Commission’s Directorate General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs and the European Cluster Observatory team are organising the European Cluster Conference 2016 that will be held in Brussels from 1 December to 2 December 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Brussels, Le Palace Hotel.
Policy preparation at the European Commission is supported by both retrospective evaluations and forward-looking impact assessments.
Small businesses from the EU are increasingly confident about their access to finance, according to a joint survey published today by the European Commission and the European Central Bank.
The 7 winners of the 10th edition of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPAs) were announced at the SME Assembly in Bratislava, with the Grand Jury Prize being awarded to a Swedish project from Gothenburg.
EU SME recovery continues but at different speeds.
The SME Assembly, a 3-day conference, co-hosted by the Slovakian Presidency, is the go-to event for SMEs in Europe and those who support them.
The Commission's Start-up and Scale-up Initiative aims to give Europe's many innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It pulls together all the possibilities that the EU already offers and adds a new focus on venture capital investment,insolvency law and taxation.
