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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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• EEPA 2020 – Running a national competition with German coordinator Juliane Kummer June 26, 2020
  Today on Promoting Enterprise we are delighted to introduce one of the key players in the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA), a national coordinator! National coordinators are responsible for promoting and driving applications for the national EEPA competitions. They offer assistance to applicants, ensure that they understand what is expected of them and reach out […]
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• Call for applications – Science is Wonderful! 2020 June 23, 2020
  Science is Wonderful! brings the world of science, research and innovation to the public. This year, the exhibition will take place fully online from 22 to 24 September as part of the second edition of the European Research and Innovation Days. Through an array of digital activities, researchers will interact with children, students and citizens,explain […]
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• Acts of solidarity – How a Belgian seamstress started making masks June 18, 2020
  Today on Promoting Enterprise we are bringing you the first of our ‘COVID Stories’ which will look at how companies and people have been affected by the current pandemic and how they are adapting to their new business environments. Our first story focuses on Catherine Lorent, a Belgian micro SME owner who has used her […]
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• European Commission consults Member States on proposal to expand State aid Temporary Framework June 16, 2020
  The original press release is available in the Commission Press Corner. On Friday 12 June, the European Commission sent Member States for consultation and comment a draft proposal to further extend the scope of the State aid Temporary Framework adopted on 19 March 2020 to support the economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. […]
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• EEPA 2020 – Germany selects their national winners! June 11, 2020
  The EEPA competitions are going ahead as usual and national coordinators and juries are compiling their strongest national projects and making the difficult decision about who should compete at European level. This year in Germany, the expert jury selected their national EEPA winners via a video jury meeting, during which they assessed the 22 applications […]
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• Coronavirus: EU grants €314 million to innovative companies to combat the virus and support recovery June 9, 2020
  The original press release is available in the Commission Press Corner. The European Commission has awarded nearly €166 million, via the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Pilot, to 36 companies to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, over €148 million will be granted to another 36 companies to contribute to the recovery plan for Europe, […]
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• What is the impact of winning an EEPA? June 4, 2020
  There is still time to submit an application for this year’s European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) and get involved in this celebration of enterprise! Check your national deadline here. The EEPA reward those who promote entrepreneurship and small business at the national, regional and local level through a variety of initiatives spanning six individual categories. Winning […]
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• The SME Strategy June 2, 2020
  “SMEs are the backbone of Europe’s economy” is a statement that many of us have likely heard or come across in various European publications. But how is this essential backbone supported? What policy exists to ensure that our European SMEs are able to operate and thrive within our entrepreneurial ecosystems? One important part of the […]
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• What is it like to win an EEPA? May 28, 2020
  Have you submitted your application for this year’s European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) yet? There is still time to take part! Check your national deadline here. The EEPA reward those who promote entrepreneurship and small business at the national, regional and local level through a variety of initiatives spanning six individual categories. Winning projects are chosen […]
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