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• MSME Day 2018 – The Youth Dimension July 17, 2018
  This year the annual MSME (Micro, Small-Medium Enterprises) Day was celebrated on 27 June and was dedicated to youth. This year the main event focused on youth entrepreneurship and youth employment, and aimed to advocate for the importance of MSMEs in youth employment, raise awareness around the skills needed by youth to acquire decent jobs […]
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• EEPA National Winners 2018 – Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit July 12, 2018
  EEPA – The European Enterprise Promotion Awards, recognises outstanding projects from across Europe that are working to support entrepreneurs and small businesses across six different categories. The “Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit” category has once again proved to be the most popular category, receiving 14 entries for the 2018 edition. This category recognises initiatives that promote […]
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• EEPA 2018 European deadline – National Coordinators submit top national projects July 10, 2018
    The European level of the EEPA competition closed last week on 3 July 2018. National coordinators have been submitting their top national projects for consideration by a European jury for the EEPA 2018 shortlist, and a total of 56 entries were received. This year the national winners will be evaluated by a jury with […]
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• Don’t delay and subscribe today! – SME Week Newsletter July 5, 2018
  The European SME Week Newsletter, a one stop shop for entrepreneurial news, SME updates and the latest on the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) and the SME Assembly. This monthly publication is a chance for you to get an insight into Promoting Enterprise activities, particularly in relation to EEPA and the SME Assembly. Former EEPA […]
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• Catching up with Andri Pandoura – Youth Essay Competition June 28, 2018
  Today on Promoting Enterprise we are catching up with 2016 Youth Essay Competition winner Andri Pandoura! At the age of 16 Andri won the competition two years ago during the first edition with her answer to “What can the EU do to encourage more young people to become entrepreneurs?”. Read on to find out what […]
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• EEPA 2018 – Meet the Jury! June 26, 2018
    The European EEPA deadline is approaching, but who will be judging all of the national entries this year? Who is responsible for creating the EEPA 2018 European shortlist? Meet your 2018 EEPA jury! On this year’s jury we have some familiar retuning faces and some new members. This year seven jurors from different disciplines […]
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• EEPA 2017 – Business Generator showcases female entrepreneurs June 21, 2018
  EEPA 2017 winner Business Generator from Sweden may be on a temporary pause, but they still have many company success stories from the people they helped. Today, project director Anette Rhudin tells us about some of the women involved in Business Generator and their entrepreneurial stories. A local food application connecting farmers and customers Kicki […]
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• Corporates and investors to look out for at #EICSummit18 June 19, 2018
  The European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot is inviting the small companies it funds to Berlin on 10-11 September to meet investors and big corporate players. Further investors and corporates will be announced but here are the 10 first names not to be missed in Berlin! The EIC Innovators Summit will bring together small companies, start-ups, innovators and […]
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• European Innovation Council Fast Track to Innovation: 216 proposals seek funding June 14, 2018
  The European Commission received 216 proposals for Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) before the latest cut-off date on 31 May 2018. Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) is a fully-bottom-up measure that promotes close-to-the-market innovation activities that is open to all types of participants. As there are no set topics, proposals are classified according to the keywords introduced […]
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• Ready to grow with Enterprise Europe Network June 12, 2018
  The Enterprise Europe Network is a support network that helps small and medium-sized business (SMEs) grow and innovate internationally. Active in over 60 countries worldwide, the network draws on the skills and services of 3 000 experts from over 600 member organisations to offer business support to SMEs. Members of the network are varied and […]
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