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• EEPA 2020 National Winners – Improving the business environment August 6, 2020
  The European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) reward projects from across participating countries that work to promote entrepreneurship and small business at the national, regional and local level through a variety of initiatives. The EEPA have now moved to the European level of the competition and the national winners from each participating country have been selected […]
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• Expression of interest – Interregional innovation projects to support coronavirus response and recovery August 4, 2020
  The original press release is available in the Commission Press Corner. On 27 July 2020 the European Commission launched a call for expressions of interest for thematic partnerships to pilot interregional innovation projects that support the response and recovery following the coronavirus pandemic. This call serves to assist regions in identifying opportunities emerging from the […]
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• EEPA 2020 National Winners – Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills July 30, 2020
  Time to meet some more EEPA national winners! Today on the Promoting Enterprise News Portal we will be introducing the top national projects competing in “Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills”. This category recognises initiatives that improve entrepreneurial, managerial and employee skills. Belgium: Het internet. Ook uw zaak. Cyprus: The Entrepreneurial Journey Estonia: Mobile Workshops France: Le […]
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• EEPA 2020 National Winners – Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit July 28, 2020
  The National Coordinators have run their national competitions and submitted the best entries to the European jury to consider for the shortlist. But which projects are competing this year? What initiatives will the jury be judging? Today on the Promoting Enterprise News Portal we would like to introduce the projects competing in “Promoting the Entrepreneurial […]
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• EEPA 2020 – The European phase of the competition July 23, 2020
  The European Enterprise promotion Awards (EEPA) are moving into the European phase of the competition. The EEPA Secretariat has received the vast majority of national winner projects from the National Coordinators for the jury to consider for the European shortlist. The remaining projects will be submitted in time for the jury meeting due to exceptionally […]
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• SME Week Youth Essay Competition 2020 – 5th edition launch July 17, 2020
  Do you have an opinion on the role that entrepreneurs can play in reshaping our future economy? Perhaps you have interesting ideas about what the EU needs to do to help entrepreneurs? Then this is the opportunity for you! The SME Week Youth Essay Competition is launching for the fifth time with a brand new […]
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• Meet the EEPA 2020 Jury – Kristin Schreiber & Thomas Wobben July 14, 2020
  The European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) have moved into the next phase, the European level competition! Up until now the EEPA National Coordinators have been working hard to collect and select their top two national entries for the consideration of the EEPA 2020 Jury. The EEPA 2020 Jury will now take the time to review […]
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• INNOSUP funded open call DIGI-B-CUBE – SMEs against COVID-19 July 9, 2020
  The original article can be found on the EASME website. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives and presented new challenges across different sectors. One sector in particular that has had to endure, react and innovate is healthcare, and healthcare systems in particular have been under significant strain. In response to this […]
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• Acts of solidarity – How a Belgian seamstress supported the medical sector and general public July 2, 2020
  We are back with part two of the first of our ‘COVID Stories’ which look at how companies and people have been affected by the current pandemic and how they have adapted to their new business environments. In this interview Catherine Lorent, a Belgian micro SME owner who has used her sewing business to aid […]
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• SME Week Newsletter 2020: Issue #4 June 30, 2020
  Welcome to the June edition of the SME Week Newsletter. Over the past months, Promoting Enterprise has been working to bring you the latest COVID related policy updates, exciting developments from the EEPA 2020 competition and news from the world of SMEs. In this issue, we wanted to bring you something more and share stories, […]
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