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European Commission policy and instruments for SME internationalisation
Luis CUERVO SPOTTORNO
DG enterprise and Industry
"Access to Markets" unit
UNIDO, Vienna - 6 May 2014
Why are SMEs important?
Access to markets (intra-EU and extra-EU)
Entrepreneurship
SBA principles and priority areas
Access to financeReduction of administrative burden
1. Entrepreneurship
9. Environment
8. Skills and innovation
7. Single market
6. Access to finance
10. Internationalisation
2. Second chance
3. Think Small First
4. Responsive administration
5. State aid and publ. proc.
Internationalisation Internationalisation beyond the single marketbeyond the single market
Of all EU internationally active SMEs just half operate outside the single market
13%
14%
2%
87%
86%
98%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Subcontracting
Export
Import
Active beyond single market Not active
SME internationalisation policy in the EU
• Principles: - Hold regulatory dialogues with third countries to ease conditions for
doing business (SME dialogues)
- Earmark opportunities for European SMEs in third countries (Missions for Growth)
- SMEs to profit from opportunities from SME Letters of Intent and EU Free Trade Agreements
- SMEs to use EU support networks, instruments and finance
• Instruments: Enterprise Europe Network - EU Business Centres - IPR Helpdesks – cluster internationalisation – mapping exercises - SME international business portal - Market Access Database
• EU financing: COSME / Horizon 2020 / "SME Instrument"
DG ENTR / UNIDO SME Policy dialogueWay forward
Objective:Foster SME internationalisation / cooperation
(EU and developing countries)
- Promote entrepreneurial education & training- Upgrade business environment
-Target markets & sectors- Encourage use of EU instruments (e.g. EEN,clusters)
Efficient use of EU financial assistance (e.g. COSME, Horizon 2020) + EIB funding
3 pillars for cooperation
Thank you for your attention!
Contact:[email protected]
More information:http://een.ec.europa.eu/https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/smeip/