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• SME Week Newsletter 2019: Issue #5 August 15, 2019
  A Summer of Promoting Enterprise The summer is beginning, but that doesn’t mean that Promoting Enterprise is slowing down or not bringing you any news! In this edition of the newsletter you can have a look through what has been going on, upcoming activities, the ongoing events calendar and how you can get involved with […]
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• EEPA 2019 – Meet the National Winners: Investing in entrepreneurial skills August 13, 2019
  The European Enterprise promotion Awards (EEPA) are an opportunity for outstanding projects from across the European Union and COSME countries to be recognised for their work in supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. Austria: Corporate development programme (UEP) Bulgaria: Innovation Academy Croatia: Education for Success Cyprus: IDEA Innovation Centre & Incubator – Accelerator for Start-up Finland: […]
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• Youth Essay Competition 2019 – Marija’s Top Tips August 8, 2019
  The Youth Essay Competition 2019 deadline is approaching and it is time to start finalising those essays! Today on promoting Enterprise we are back with last year’s Youth Essay Competition winner Marija Elena Borg. Last week she told us about what she has been up to since winning last year and what she learnt from […]
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• EEPA 2019 – Meet the National Winners: Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit August 6, 2019
  The European Enterprise promotion Awards (EEPA) are an opportunity for outstanding projects from across the European Union and COSME countries to be recognised for their work in supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. The European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2019 have closed and the jury will deliberate over the outstanding national winners submitted by each National Coordinator. […]
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• Youth Essay Competition – Catching up with Marija August 1, 2019
  The SME Week Youth Essay Competition is an opportunity to make your voice heard and to take your ideas to a key SME stakeholders and policy makers on a European platform. Today on Promoting Enterprise we are excited to be catching up with last year’s winner Marija Elena Borg! Marija impressed both the competition jury […]
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• COSME: Improving skills and employment opportunities in the EU July 30, 2019
  On 15 July 2019 it was World Youth Skills Day! Let’s mark the day by taking a look at how the EU’s Programme for the Competitiveness of SMEs (COSME) is helping young people improve their skills and become more competitive on the job market.  Skills in space Reach the stars with Copernicus and explore opportunities in the space […]
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• EEPA 2019 – Meet the Jury! July 25, 2019
  The European EEPA 2019 deadline has passed, and the jury are reviewing all of the national applications ahead of their jury meeting in September. But who are the EEPA 2019 jury? Who will be judging this year’s EEPA competition? It is time to meet the EEPA 2019 jury! Every year the EEPA jury has some […]
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• European Startup Monitor 2019 July 23, 2019
  Calling all startup founders across Europe! Want to help shape EU policy? Looking for an opportunity to share your valuable insight as a founder? This is the opportunity for you! The European Startup Network is conducting the 2019 European Startup Monitor, and they need the expert insight of startup founders from all across Europe. As […]
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• EEPA 2019 European deadline – Top national projects selected July 18, 2019
  The European Enterprise promotion Awards (EEPA) have received all of the 2019 entries for this year’s European level of the competition. On 3 July 2019, the EEPA Secretariat received contributions from across Europe for the prestigious EEPA 2019 jury to consider for the European shortlist. This year a total of 51 national winners were presented […]
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• EIC funded urban farming company Infarm raises € 88 million in series B July 16, 2019
  EIC pilot-funded Infarm has raised €88 million from Atomico in a series B funding round. The company makes vertical urban farms where plants are grown efficiently and sustainably, directly at the point of sale. The vertical farms are modulable and contain a whole ecosystem for specific plants (water, temperature and lighting). Thanks to sensors, the performance of the farms are remotely […]
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