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Title: The European Small Business Act The Territorial Dimension of the EU 2020 Strategy for SMEs


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The European Small Business ActThe Territorial
Dimension of the EU 2020 Strategy for SMEs
Competitive Enterprises Successful
Regions Brussels, 18 November 2014
Christian WEINBERGER, Senior Adviser -
Entrepreneurship SME Policy European
Commission - DG Enterprise
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What is the SBA?
  • A set of politically binding principles
  • A package of concrete measures (legislative and
    non-legislative)
  • An implementation mechanism embedded in the EU
    2020 strategy
  • in order to
  • 1 - Improve the overall policy approach to
    entrepreneurship
  • 2 - Anchor the Think Small First principle in
    policy-making
  • 3 - Promote SMEs growth

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10 politically binding principles
  1. Create an environment for entrepreneurs and
    family businesses to thrive and entrepreneurship
    to be rewarded
  2. Ensure that honest entrepreneurs who have faced
    bankruptcy quickly get a second Chance
  3. Design rules according to the Think Small First
    principle
  4. Make public administrations responsive to SMEs
    needs
  5. Facilitate SMEs participation in Public
    Procurement and better use State Aid
    possibilities for SMEs

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10 politically binding principles (ctd.)
  • Facilitate SMEs access to finance and support
    timely payments in commercial transactions
  • Help SMEs to benefit more from the opportunities
    offered by the Single Market
  • Promote the upgrading of skills in SMEs and all
    forms of innovation
  • Enable SMEs to turn environmental challenges into
    opportunities
  • Encourage and support SMEs to benefit from the
    growth of markets

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The SME Envoys
The 28 national SME-Envoys (incl. HR)

EU SME-Envoy
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SBA Fact sheets
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SBA Profile for Slovakia
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SBA Performance in Spain
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The new SBA
  • Proposal for a "New" SBA with actions for coming
    years
  • Four priority areas confirmed plus
    skills/training as fifth priority
  • Open consultation running until 15/12/2015
    (http//ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/small
    -business-act/public-consultation-sba/index_en.htm
    )
  • Proposal to be submitted to the new Commission in
    2015

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  • Concrete recommendations inspiration
  • Describing Example Regions
  • Listing Good Practices
  • Advising on actions to be taken
  • Listing links with the Thematic Objectives
  • Explaining the background to the regional SME
    Policy dimension

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  • Regions play a key role in the SBA implementation
  • Regional/local authorities are closer to SME
  • Main Regional challenges
  • creating a business environment with positive
    conditions
  • creating tailor-made infrastructure
  • innovation-orientated funding
  • supporting the development of networks
  • supporting lifelong learning

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SBA - Actions at regional level
  • Creating an environment for entrepreneurship
  • link businesses and schools
  • supporting entrepreneurial activities
  • mentoring measures for start-ups
  • create business transfer advisors
  • Ensure a Second Chance
  • information promotion of a positive attitude
  • early warning system

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SBA - Actions at regional level
  • Implement the "Think Small First" Principle
  • reducing administrative burdens
  • make it easier to start-up a company
  • Introduce SME Test for regional
    regulation/programs
  • Public administration responsive to SME needs
  • Single points of contact
  • Improve SME Access to Public procurement
  • Simplify public procurements below the threshold
  • facilitate the participation of SME

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SBA - Actions at regional level
  • Access to finance
  • implement the late payments directive (30 days !)
  • develop financial instruments to provide loan
    guarantees and equity
  • Support Business Angel and VC activities
  • Access to Market
  • Promote the activities of the EEN (Enterprise
    Europe Network)
  • Support internationalisation (see also GB 7)

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SBA - Actions at regional level
  • Skills, Innovation, Access to knowledge
  • Support training programs to strengthen the
    ability to innovate
  • Support "greening" of SMEs
  • Information campaigns
  • Grants for ressource efficiency
  • Encourage growth
  • Offer coaching and mentoring programs

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The regional SME Envoy
  • In addition (and co-operation) with the national
    SME Envoy
  • Tasks are similar but for the domain of the
    regional activities
  • Use existing structures to the extent possible
  • Co-operate and synergize with the existing actors
  • Create specific governance cycle for
    implementation monitoring

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The Walloon SME Parliament
  • Four committees working on specific topics
  • Annual plenary session attended by 300
    entrepreneurs
  • Aim is a better exchange between region and SME
  • SME Parliament votes for priorities and measures
  • Contributes to the work of the regional SME Envoy
  • Also assists and reviews the implementation of
    the agreed measures

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SME Policy Guidebook Series
  • Different SME Policy topics
  • Short layout of the relevant EU Policy
  • Presenting a number of actions to be taken
  • Potential for funding from EU Structural Funds
  • ? All based on existing verified good practices

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  1. Building Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Skills in
    the EU
  2. Using Standards to Support Growth,
    Competitiveness and Innovation
  3. Facilitating Transfer of Business
  4. The Smart Guide to Service Innovation
  5. SBA Implementation at Regional Level
  6. How to Use Structural Funds for SME
    Entrepreneurship Policy ("Cookbook")
  7. Supporting the Internationalisation of SMEs
  8. Public Procurement for SMEs
  9. Fostering Investments into SMEs by Business Angels

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Available in different formats and languages
  • PDF
  • eBook
  • Printed copy
  • EN - FR - DE - IT - ES - EL - BG - CS - DA - ET -
    LV - LT - HU - NL - PL - PT - RO - SK - SL - FI -
    SV - HR
  • Download Ordering
  • http//ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/region
    al-sme-policies/index_en.htm
  • Also available in reasonable quantities for
    conferences

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Increasing the Momentum for the Future
  • SMEs as a priority in the ESIF Operational
    Programs
  • More regional SME Envoys and regional SBA
    implementation initiatives
  • Better exploitation of existing good practices
  • More focus on Entrepreneurial Mindsets

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  • SBA
  • http//ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/s
    ba_en.htm
  • SME Portal
  • http//ec.europa.eu/small-business
  • SME Performance Review
  • http//ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts
    -figures-analysis/performance-review/
  • SME Policy Good Practices Catalog
    http//ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/best-p
    ractices/index_en.htm
  • SME Policy Guidebooks http//ec.europa.eu/enterpr
    ise/policies/sme/regional-sme-policies/index_en.ht
    m

Entr-sme-envoy_at_ec.europa.eu
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