Looking back on 2019: the beginning of optimism for SMEs

Small businesses with international ambitions remain cautiously optimistic about their near-term growth. While optimism levels for turnover, market share and job creation over the coming year slightly fell compared to 2018, they remained broadly consistent with figures for the past two years. The Enterprise Europe Network used survey data from businesses using the Network’s services. […]

Meet the winners of the EU-GIVE /BeShared pitching competition

Bookswap, Usitoo and Pensumo won the pitching competition organized by EU-GIVE and BeShared for their final event. On 27th November, the EU-GIVE and BeShared projects organized their final event in Brussels.  The final event consisted of a public pitching competition in front of a panel of investors notably social impact investors. Objectives of the event […]

EU-GIVE and BeShared: joint learning about the collaborative economy

The EU-GIVE and BeShared projects are coming to an end on 30th November 2019 and they are organizing a joint final event on 27th November 2019 in Brussels. This is the occasion to think about the learnings from the projects. 2 pilot projects In 2017, following an initiative from the European Parliament, the European Commission […]

EU-Singapore agreement enters into force

EU Member States endorsed the trade agreement between the EU and Singapore. The agreement enters into force as soon as 21 November. This is the European Union’s first bilateral trade agreement with a Southeast Asian country. Singapore is by far the EU’s largest trading partner in the Southeast Asian region, with total bilateral trade in […]

What are your suggestions for a future regulation on promoting transparency for online platforms and search engines parameters?

The Regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services contains the first-ever rules for a fair, transparent and predictable business environment for smaller businesses and traders on online platforms. Online intermediation services such as ecommerce marketplaces, app stores and online travel agents, as well as search engines, will need to set out […]

De EU-Milieukeur iets voor u?

De EU-milieukeur identificeert producten en diensten die opvallen door hun verminderde impact op het milieu en de gezondheid.