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• SME Week Newsletter 2019: Issue #4 June 7, 2019
  Youth Essay Competition 2019 – Launch Youth are the future, and their voices, opinions and energy are what will shape the future of entrepreneurship and enterprise in Europe. Aiming to tap into this energy, the European Commission has launched the next edition of the annual Youth Essay Competition to find out what the leaders of […]
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• EIC: 261 proposals seek funding under Fast Track to Innovation May 31, 2019
  The European Commission received 261 proposals for Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) before the latest cut-off date on 25 May 2019. FTI promotes close-to-the market innovation activities open to all types of participants. The programme offers € 3 million to consortia composed of 3 to 5 partners including mainly industrial participants. FTI is fully bottom-up. As there […]
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• EEPA 2018 Testimonial: i²c STARTacademy – “Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills” Winner 2018 May 28, 2019
  Today on Promoting Enterprise it is time to reveal the story of another European Enterprise Promotion Award (EEPA) 2018 winner. TU Wien i²c STARTacademy from Austria won the Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills category with their innovative research commercialisation format for TUW scientists who want to transfer their technology and research results into successful products or […]
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• SME Week Youth Essay Competition 2019 – Why should you enter? May 21, 2019
  The SME Week Youth Essay Competition is open for the fourth time and is asking applicants to: “Write the speech that you would give as the new Commissioner for SMEs and entrepreneurship to Europe’s entrepreneurs” If you are between the ages of 18-25 and are a citizen of an EU or COSME partner country, then […]
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• Inside a National EEPA campaign with Belgian coordinator Françis Otte May 16, 2019
  Today on Promoting Enterprise we are joined by Belgian European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) National Coordinator Françis Otte. Françis is an experienced National Coordinator and today he is sharing that experience and advice on how to run a successful national campaign, reaching out to potential applicants and what he has learnt throughout his time as […]
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• Scaling up innovative circular solutions for plastics May 14, 2019
  The Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) is organising a side session during the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in Helsinki, Finland, on 3 June 2019: ‘Scaling up innovative circular solutions for plastics’.
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• Inside a National EEPA campaign with Finnish coordinator Kati Shibutani May 9, 2019
  As the European deadline for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) gets closer, Promoting Enterprise wants to highlight one part of the work that goes on behind the scenes. Today we have Finnish National Coordinator Kati Shibutani telling us about her work in organising EEPA as well as her advice on how to run a […]
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• U-START – Startup program by Veolia May 7, 2019
  Veolia Germany initiated the U-START program in order to foster the cooperation with innovative startups in the fields of circular economy, climate protection and resource efficiency, and to reduce the time to enter the market with new concepts for a better world. Veolia is dedicated to helping startups grow, and giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to […]
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• EEPA 2018 Testimonial: Industry 4.0 – “Improving the Business Environment” Winner 2018 May 2, 2019
  Another project, another story! Today EEPA 2018 winner Open Innovation 4.0., shares what brought them to the winner’s stage at the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2018 and their advice for 2019 competitors. TheOpen Innovation 4.0. project from Spain won the Improving the Business Environment category in 2018 for their 4.0 acceleration programme that gave selected […]
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• SME Week Youth Essay Competition 2019 – Launch April 30, 2019
  Youth of Europe, it is time to make your voice heard! If you are between the ages of 18-25 the European Commission wants to hear your ideas and thoughts on the topic of entrepreneurship, SMEs and the European entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Youth Essay competition, organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Single Market, Industry, […]
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