SMEs

SMEs are among the key beneficiaries of €205 million of European Union financing for 16 newly announced pan-European defence industrial projects and three disruptive technology projects. The funding has been made available through the two precursor programmes of a fully-fledged European Defence Fund...

Canada has joined the Enterprise Europe Network - opening up a completely new range of opportunities for European SMEs in North America. A new business cooperation centre has been established, called the Enterprise Canada Network, comprising the German Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research...

Three key areas where European SMEs need help to counter the impact of the COVID-19 crisis have been identified by a European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) survey. Conducted in conjunction with the platform’s soon-to-be-launched SMEs Go International Technical Assistance Facility, the study...

The European Commission (EC) has defined Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one of the most strategically important technologies of the 21st century, and ‘a Europe fit for the digital age’ is one of six headline ambitions for the current EC cycle. On 19 February 2020, the EC presented its ‘Digital...

The European Commission has launched a survey on the effectiveness of public innovation support for SMEs in Europe. The survey is addressed to enterprises (especially small and medium sized enterprises - SMEs) and providers of innovation support to SMEs (including institutional stakeholders...

Call ID:COS-SMECC-2019-2-01 Deadline: 02 April 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time Considering the economic potential and size of the Chinese market, the extent of difficulties faced by SMEs in accessing the market and gaps in existing first-line business support services for SMEs, the European Parliament...

Organised by the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) together with the EIT Digital Accelerator, the 7th edition of the ECSO cybersecurity business matchmaking events focuses on both the access-to-market (corporates business relations) & the access-to-finance (investments) support. During the...

Deadline for application: 31 March, 2020 The Horizon 2020 (H2020) funded INNOWWIDE pilot Coordination and Support Action (CSA) aims to bring innovative European SMEs to the forefront of international markets by funding Viability Assessment Projects (VAPs) in cooperation with local stakeholders...

The application deadline for the European light industries innovation and technology (ELIIT) project has been extended to 31st March, 2020. The light industries innovation and technology project (ELIIT project) seeks to support textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) SMEs in enhancing their...

The report written by PwC EU Services reveals the role of online training in implementing new approaches matching SMEs' needs and realities in a digital world. The challenges SMEs face today related to the digital transformation of the economy, new regulatory and market requirements demanding a...

Practical tips for protecting your IP in China and South-East Asia China and the majority of South-East Asian countries have recently shown considerable efforts in creating stronger intellectual property rights (IPR) protection systems and in bringing their existing intellectual property laws in...

Deadline: 30 October 2019, 17:00 hours (Brussels time). The main objective of this action is to intensify cluster and business network collaboration across borders and also across sectorial boundaries and to support the establishment of European Strategic Cluster Partnerships to lead international...