Letta’s long-awaited Report, to be considered the “Single Market Chapter” of the other upcoming report by former ECB President (and also Italian ex-Prime Minister) Mario Draghi, confirms the impression that many of our member companies have for years: it is still far from being a Single Market.
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On its quest to revolutionize soft skills training, MEGASKILLS has started its first testing phase and is looking for participants. If you want to train your soft skills while playing a video game, then look no further! By participating you will receive a soft skills evaluation report and enter a raffle to possibly win an Amazon gift card of the value of up to 200€!
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Press Release Originally published on 27.06.2023 Updated on 22.09.2023 We launched a manifesto for a Realistic Industry Policy that presents ten key action points that can be implemented across European industrial, environmental, energy, skills, innovation and trade policies to truly support the European Real Economy and act as a springboard for its growth. The SME […]
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The SME Day organised by our member BVMW in Berlin on March 1st 2023, was a crowning success. It put SMEs at the core of the political debate on the European and global stage. Policymakers gathered to hear the opinions of leading representatives of European SMEs and left the event persuaded of the best curse of action, meaning supporting SMEs with adequate policies that ensure trust and thrive towards the future.
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At the start of January, our Secretary General Stefan Moritz was invited by the EESC as a speaker to a hearing reviewing the EU’s Strategic Foresight Report hosted at the EESC. The 2022 Strategic Foresight Report by the European Commission provided an analysis of the significant role digital technologies play and the influence of geopolitical, economic, social and regulatory factors in the future of the EU.
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Generali Group and European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME launch a strategic partnership to reinforce the sustainability, competitiveness, and innovation of European SMEs.
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On July 12th 2022, we celebrated at the Residence Palace in Brussels the 30th anniversary of our confederation, which brings together associations from 33 countries, 2.1 million voluntarily associated small and medium-sized companies and 18 million employees.
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The issues presented in this webinar will tackle the changing scenario of the importance of African commodities from the end of the COVID-19 crisis until the current situation of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine.
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Taxonomy is one of these obscure words the EU coins and makes everybody wonder what it means. It is part of the EU’s Green Deal strategy, aiming at reducing the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by 55% compared to 1990 in 2030. This has the potential to impact quite a lot on economic activities, and SMEs need to be informed and prepared in order to face the consequences of such an instrument.
Our SME crisis webinar ‘EU taxonomy explained for SME‘ on June 21st covered the topic to clarify it for small and medium-sized companies in Europe.
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EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, is working to ensure that European SMEs can defend their intellectual property all over the continent.
In doing so, it has put in place a series of very appropriate measures. One of the most successful is the SME Fund, a grant scheme designed to help EU SMEs’ intellectual property rights
Our webinar with experts from EUIPO explained to attendants how to protect their assets, something even more important during crises like COVID-19 and the rise of energy prices.
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