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30 November 2016

Commission proposes Action Plan to boost research and innovation of European defence industry for long term security

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 The Commission adopted today a European Defence Action Plan with concrete measures to support a strong and innovative European defence industry and defence capability priorities agreed by Member States....

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30 November 2016

Multiple framework contract for the procurement of economic studies and analyses related to impact assessments and evaluations

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 Policy preparation at the European Commission is supported by both retrospective evaluations and forward-looking impact assessments. These are key elements of the EU decision-making process tha...

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30 November 2016

The “Survey on the access to finance of enterprises” (SAFE) was published today

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 Small businesses from the EU are increasingly confident about their access to finance, according to a joint survey published today by the European Commission and the European Central Bank.

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24 November 2016

The Annual Report on European SMEs was published today

Published : Thu, 24 Nov 2016 EU SME recovery continues but at different speeds.

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22 November 2016

Commission gives boost to start-ups in Europe

Published : Tue, 22 Nov 2016 The Commission's Start-up and Scale-up Initiative aims to give Europe's many innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It pulls together all the possibilities that th...

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22 November 2016

Targeted consultation on eForms - the next generation of public procurement standard forms

Published : Tue, 22 Nov 2016 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 The purpose of this consultation is to receive feedback on eForms - a major update to the public procurement standard forms aimed at significantly improving data on procurement in the EU. ...

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21 November 2016

Launch of the new Watify campaign

Published : Mon, 21 Nov 2016 Event: 07/12 > 07/12/2016 @ Bloom Hotel The European Commission is launching a new, second phase of the Watify campaign to boost the technological transformation of European SMEs. The primary objective is to e...

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18 November 2016

The winners of the 2016 European Small and Mid-cap Awards have been announced

Published : Fri, 18 Nov 2016 4 SMEs received this year's European Small and Mid-Caps Awards at a ceremony in Brussels on 17 November.

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14 November 2016

Business Planet: How the European Enterprise Network helps SMEs

Published : Mon, 14 Nov 2016 Business Planet takes you to Greece this week to discuss international development with the European network, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

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11 November 2016

Public procurement professionalisation workshop I - guidance, templates and training

Published : Fri, 11 Nov 2016 As part of the Single Market Forum, and in cooperation with local partners, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a series of workshops in several Europea...

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Commission proposes Action Plan to boost research and innovation of European defence industry for long term security

Multiple framework contract for the procurement of economic studies and analyses related to impact assessments and evaluations

The “Survey on the access to finance of enterprises” (SAFE) was published today

The Annual Report on European SMEs was published today

Commission gives boost to start-ups in Europe

Targeted consultation on eForms - the next generation of public procurement standard forms

Launch of the new Watify campaign

The winners of the 2016 European Small and Mid-cap Awards have been announced

Business Planet: How the European Enterprise Network helps SMEs

Public procurement professionalisation workshop I - guidance, templates and training

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