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27 October 2015

Flash Eurobarometer on the internationalisation of SMEs is now available

Published : Tue, 27 Oct 2015 This Flash Eurobarometer survey explores the international business activities carried out by SMEs inside and outside the Internal Market, with a strong focus on export and import. 14,513 SMEs from the manufactu...

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21 October 2015

The Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0

Published : Wed, 21 Oct 2015 On 20 October, Lowri Evans, Director-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, spoke at the Science/Business Network conference on “The future of manufacturing: Industr...

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21 October 2015

Explaining the Commission's vision on shipping and the shipbuilding industry

Published : Wed, 21 Oct 2015 Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General of the DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, explained the Commission's vision on shipping and shipbuilding industry at the 9th National M...

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16 October 2015

Support for Policy Reform - support for SMEs engaging in apprenticeships

Published : Fri, 16 Oct 2015 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 Increasing the supply of apprenticeships is one of the 5 European priorities on VET for 2015-2020, and one of the main objectives of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships.

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14 October 2015

For a better innovation support to SMEs

Identifier: H2020-INNOSUP-2016-2017Pillar: Industrial LeadershipPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

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14 October 2015

Horizon 2020 dedicated SME Instrument 2016-2017

Identifier: H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017Pillar: Industrial LeadershipPlanned Opening Date: Deadline: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

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05 October 2015

Intellectual property management seminar: Stuttgart, Germany

Published : Mon, 05 Oct 2015 The China IPR SME Helpdesk is partnering with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Stuttgart to organise a one-day seminar on intellectual property management in cooperation with the regional Enterprise...

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05 October 2015

South-East Asia IPR blog series: Patents in Singapore

Published : Mon, 05 Oct 2015 The South-East Asia IPR series continues with a look at patent protection and enforcement in Singapore.

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29 September 2015

Crowdfunding explained

Published : Tue, 29 Sep 2015 A guide for small and medium-sized enterprises on crowdfunding and how to use it.

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05 October 2015

South-East Asia IPR blog series: Registered designs in Singapore

Published : Mon, 05 Oct 2015 This article covers the core considerations relevant to EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) when protecting registered designs in Singapore.