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• Youth of Europe – Meet finalist Joakim Davidsson December 13, 2018
  Promoting Enterprise is back with exciting interviews from the 2018 SME Week Youth Essay Competition finalists and winner. Today we are getting to know Joakim Davidsson, who wrote a compelling essay on Cooperation and Competition: Steps towards sustainable innovation, in answer to this year’s question: “What steps should entrepreneurs and government take to become more […]
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• SME Week Newsletter 2018: Issue #8 December 4, 2018
  SME Assembly 2018 – The highlights That’s a wrap…for the SME Assembly 2018! Last week, from 19-21 November, the SME Assembly 2018 took place in Graz, Austria under the Austrian presidency of the EU. The theme for this year’s Assembly was ‘Connect.Share.Innovate’ and saw delegates, SMEs, startups and key policy makers bridging gaps, sharing skills […]
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• EEPA 2018 Compendium November 29, 2018
  The 12th edition of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) celebrated 6 individual category winners, 1 Grand Jury Prize winner and 4 Special Mentions.  All of these highly deserving projects are now available for you to read about in the 2018 EEPA Compendium in English available here. The EEPA compendium Every year, the EEPA compendium is produced […]
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• SME Assembly 2018 – Day 3 November 22, 2018
  The third and final day of the SME Assembly 2018 took place on Wednesday 22 November 2018, and featured numerous policy sessions, masterclasses, the youth essay competition final and the handover to the next EU Presidency. Day 3 started out with the Youth Essay Competition final, during which the three finalists, Ngaio Olsen-Stahl, Marija Elena […]
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• SME Assembly 2018 – Day 2 November 21, 2018
  Day 1 was great, but that was just the beginning of the Assembly. Day 2 of the SME Assembly 2018 certainly had just as much to offer and took place in this year’s venue the Helmut List Halle in Graz. This first full day of sessions, workshops and masterclasses opened with keynote speeches from Günther […]
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• European Enterprise Promotion Awards – ‘Class of 2018’ November 21, 2018
  The 12th edition of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) is now over, and after months of waiting we now know which projects were crowned best in Europe. Congratulations to all of the winners in the EEPA ‘Class of 2018’, your hard work has paid off! Have a look below to find out more about […]
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• SME Performance Review 2018 November 20, 2018
  The SME Performance Review is one of the main tools the European Commission uses to monitor and assess countries’ progress in implementing the Small Business Act (SBA) on a yearly basis. With an emphasis on the measures from the SBA Action Plan, the review brings comprehensive information on the performance of SMEs in EU countries and other […]
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• Barriers for SMEs on the Single Market November 20, 2018
  25 years after its creation, the Single Market is a vast success. It has improved the living standards for EU citizens and 56 million jobs within the EU depend on trade created by the Single Market. Furthermore, it has increased the competitiveness of the European businesses globally and made the EU the largest exporter of […]
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• SME Assembly 2018 – Day 1 November 20, 2018
  The SME Assembly 2018 is officially open! Yesterday on 19 November 2018, this year’s Assembly, taking place in Graz, Austria got started with the highly anticipated business tours and the Mind the Bridge SME Matchmaking session. Several Austrian enterprises opened their doors to the SME Assembly 2018 delegates, and welcomed them to learn about their […]
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• SME Assembly 2018 – The countdown begins November 15, 2018
  The SME Assembly 2018 is just around the corner! Next week we will all be in Graz, Austria for the next edition of the flagship conference of the European SME Week. Today we have some exciting news to share…the final version of the SME Assembly 2018 programme. Have a look at the latest version for […]
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