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SME Week Newsletter 2018: Issue #5
August
07
2018
EEPA 2018 – The projects competing at European level
The SME Week Newsletter is back! This month our focus is on the latest developments in the 2018 edition of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards.
The European stage of this competition is now under way, and the Jury will have to decide which of the 56 national winners makes it onto the 2018 shortlist. While the jury deliberate we will meet all of the national winners and find out more about the best projects from across Europe that focus on supporting and stimulating entrepreneurship and enterprise.
Read on to find out more about EEPA as well as the SME Week Youth Essay Competition 2018 and everything else that has been happening on the Promoting Enterprise News Portal.
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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 members from different sectors, disciplines and backgrounds. The 2018 members can be found here on the News Portal.
2018 saw a total of 303 national projects submitted across 32 participating countries. Portugal achieved the highest ever recorded national total for EEPA with a spectacular 82 applicants to their national competition.
After the reinstating of the green category, EEPA 2018 will see projects competing across six different categories for 2018:
- Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit
- Investing in entrepreneurial skills
- Improving the business environment
- Supporting the internationalisation of business
- Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency
- Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship
Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit (14 entries) was once again the category with the most applications closely followed by Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills (10 entries).
This year’s EEPA jury will meet in Brussels on 26 September 2018 to deliberate which national projects will make it onto the 2018 European shortlist. Keep coming back to the Promoting Enterprise News Portal for both the announcement of the shortlist and an introduction to all of the shortlisted projects by competition category.
Good luck to all of the national winners! Don’t forget to keep checking here for the 2018 shortlist announcement…
About the EEPA selection process
The competition has two stages. Applicants must first compete at national level to be eligible to compete at European level. For the national competition, each country selects two entries to be nominated for the European competition.
A shortlist of nominees will be chosen by a European jury. All nominees from the national and European competitions will be invited to attend the final awards ceremony. The ceremony recognises the winners for their efforts and gives them the opportunity to present themselves in a pan-European environment.
