The tasks will involve supporting the European Commission in the implementation of the European Enterprise Awards and organising 2 award ceremonies together with 2 SBA conferences/SME assemblies in 2012 and 2013.
The annual SBA conference aims to take stock of progress in implementing the SBA, and to highlight and publicise good practice examples. The European Enterprise Awards recognise successful initiatives by public authorities to promote entrepreneurship and SMEs at both national and regional level.
The tasks required from the contractor will include: promotional and communication activities, secretariat functions, event organisation, management services, graphic design, documentation and Web management. The event organisation functions for the EEA ceremony and SBA conferences (tentatively scheduled for the autumn of 2012 and 2013 in Cyprus and Lithuania respectively) will involve: organising the logistics for the events in coordination with the EU Presidency country and the European Commission, managing the invitations and registrations of approximately 450 participants.