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December 14, 2022 372

Our 2022 European Entrepreneurs Annual General Assembly

European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME’s Annual General Assembly 2022 was part of the 12th edition of the European Congress for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ECSME22), organized by our member, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Katowice on November 21-22 in Katowice, Poland.

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November 2, 2022 290

“Looking back and forward to improve data management skills in European SMEs”

We are pleased to present the Final Conference of the European Commission-financed project DataSkills4SMEs! The event will occur on November 24th in Brussels at the Regional representation office of Emilia Romagna Region, in Rue Montoyer 21.

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October 18, 2022 390

Last chance for a European solution – and for naming the EU’s responsibilities for the rising energy costs

Has someone considered the political price we will have to pay if we don’t get the SMEs on board? Is it that difficult to admit that the project of climate neutrality needs to get the majority of SMEs on board, and that means helping them to do so as best and as fast as possible without pressing them with artificial market interventions into economic failure?

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September 22, 2022 492

A view on opportunities in Uganda: looking forward to the Uganda-EU Business Forum

This webinar represents a preview of what is going to be the Uganda-EU Business Forum on October 26th-27th in Kampala (Uganda), whose main topic will be ‘Mobilizing quality investments and boosting trade between Uganda and the European Union’. There you will get to know a renewed commitment by both public and private sector stakeholders to building stronger Uganda – European Union business, investment, and trade ties.

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September 16, 2022 417

#SOTEU – Was this the “What ever it takes”… or did I miss something?

This last week should have brought a great answer to SMEs needs for a response to the energy crisis. We hoped EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would have announced some severe measures to do everything to reduce energy prices as soon as possible during her State of the Union Speech (the so-called SOTEU) on Wednesday 14 September in Strasbourg. It seems that no strong signal came from this speech.

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September 15, 2022 355

Generali Group and European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME launch a strategic partnership to reinforce the sustainability, competitiveness, and innovation of European SMEs.

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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September 1, 2022 855

It Needs A New ‘Whatever It Takes’ For Energy Prices

There is no “European Central Bank for gas”, and no Mario Draghi is leading it like 10 years ago when he stated that the ECB would do “whatever it takes” to defend the Euro. But we definitely need now a common European answer to the peaking prices of energy that are putting SMEs on their knees.

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July 18, 2022 496

European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME Celebrated Its 30th Anniversary!

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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June 22, 2022 798

SME Crisis Response Webinar 7 – Commodities and Raw Materials in Africa and New Opportunities for African and European Enterprises

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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June 14, 2022 348

SME Crisis Response Webinar 6 – EU Taxonomy Explained to SMEs

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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