As part of the Skills Agenda for Europe, the Commission has published an 'Entrepreneurship Competence Framework' to raise consensus about what entrepreneurship skills are.
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 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.
The 30 semi-finalists of the 2016 European Social Innovation Competition have been selected. They will now receive support to progress their ideas and compete for the 3 prizes of €50,000 to be awarded in October 2016.
The general objective of this call is to increase the number of Women Business Angels (WBAs) in Europe, and to facilitate the funding of Women Entrepreneurs (WEs) by Business Angels.
The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a new tool for policy-makers and practitioners to support industrial modernisation, SME growth and smart specialisation.
SMEs and entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will now be able to participate in COSME, the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Programme, under the same conditions as their counterparts from EU Member States and other associated countries.
Business Planet visits Sofia in Bulgaria to see how the eSkills for jobs campaign is helping young people develop the digital skills they need to support innovation in Europe.
On 24 May 2016, Galileo satellites 13 and 14 (codenamed Daniele and Alizée) lifted-off from the European Space Port of Kourou, French Guyana at 10:48:43 CET aboard the Soyuz VS15 flight.
Goods and technologies used for both civil and military purposes (dual-use) offer fantastic opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This edition of Business Planet looks at how to set up a project, networks and EU funding.
The COSME agreement will enable Diorama Investments to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), following the European Investment Fund's (EIF) EU-funded contribution of growth and expansion capital.
A high-level policy seminar on cluster cooperation with the active participation of over 70 EU and US clusters and economic development organisations made the EU-US Cluster Matchmaking Event at Hannover Messe on 25-26 April 2016 a great success.
Unleashing the power of the collaborative economy to fight food waste, while creating new business opportunities at the same time. This is already happening in Italy. Business Planet went there to find out more.
Clusters from the US and the EU came together at Hannover Messe to take advantage of this opportunity to set up industrial, trade and investment cooperation.
Crowdfunding is no longer just a niche; it's booming in Europe. In this edition of Business Planet, Serge Rombi travels to Finland to find out how platforms work and what makes a successful campaign.
The Access to Finance Day is taking place in Tirana on 19 April 2016. The event is organised by the European Commission and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship of Albania.
The overall objective of this call aims at establishing best practices in tackling youth unemployment by helping young people create and work in co-operatives and at creating dedicated programmes, schemes and training modules for young people to set up and manage co-operative enterprises.
An eLearning tool has been launched to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) learn about standardisation in a quick and easy way.
From 1 April to 30 June 2016, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) - the largest international competition for the commercial use of satellite navigation - will once again be looking for outstanding ideas and business models.
