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The Overall Perception of the Small Business Act Model

The Overall Perception of the Small Business Act Model. Christos Kyriatzis, Acting Head of Unit, International Affairs and Missions for Growth, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission. TAIEX Workshop on SBA Israel 22 May 2013.

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The Overall Perception of the Small Business Act Model

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  1. The Overall Perception of the Small Business Act Model Christos Kyriatzis, Acting Head of Unit, International Affairs and Missions for Growth, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission TAIEX Workshop on SBA Israel 22 May 2013

  2. 1. EU SMEs in the crisis- Why are SMEs so important? 99 out 100 European Businesses are SMEs (9 out of ten have less than 10 employees) They provide 2 out of 3 private sector jobs 85% of new jobs between 2002-2010 in the EU were created by SMEs => All efforts to reinforce the EUs global competitive position have to put SMEs central

  3. EU SMEs in the crisis – main trends Source:Eurostat/National Statistics Offices of Member States/Cambridge Econometrics/Ecorys Note: 2011 and 2012 figures are estimates.

  4. 2.The EU’s SME PolicyGuiding principles: Subsidiarity as the starting point -> SME policy is – first of all- national business Role of EU focussed on -> areas where joint EU action may yield value-added -> issues where the EU as such has the competency to improve the situation of SMEs

  5. The EU’s SME Policy Internal Market Tradepolicy Regional policy SME Policy Competition policy Social Policy R&D Education Policy Consumer & health protection policies Fiscal policy Environmental Policy

  6. The EU’s SME Policy - The “Small Business Act” • Adopted in June 2008 • Main objective: create a common framework for SME initiatives and implement the “Think Small First” principle • 10 principles and a set of policy actions to implement them • SBA Review in 2011

  7. The 10 SBA principles 1. Support entrepreneurship 2. Give a 2nd chance (failure) 3. “Think Small First” (reduce burdens) 4. Public administration responsive to SME needs (e-government) 5. Improve access to public procurement & use of state aid 6. Facilitate access to finance 7. Benefit from Single Market opportunities 8. Access to skills and innovation 9. Eco-innovation/environment opportunities 10. Access to external markets

  8. SME Assembly SBA Governance Network of SME Envoys SME Performance Review

  9. SBA Governance Network of SME Envoys

  10. Governance through cooperation: the example of the SME envoy network (exchange of good practices) • Key- the work of the SME Envoy network: • Member States have appointed their national SME Envoys (regional Envoys can be nominated) • Meet 3-4 times a year, involving also stakeholders • Informal meetingsbetweenindiv. MS toexchangeexperiencesevermorefrequent

  11. SBA Governance SME Performance Review

  12. Regular monitoring of SBA implementation on the MS- level Smart regulation Better start-up conditions Goal: start a business in 3 days for €100

  13. SME Assembly SBA Governance

  14. SBA governance: interaction with stakeholders • Example: The consultation on the "tenmostburdensomepiecesof EU legislation" • - open from 01 October 2012 to 21 December 2012 (and available in 21 languages) • - targeting individual Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the organisations representing their interests • - Stakeholders were consulted on: • ~ a list of most burdensome policy areas where either EU and national legislation (or both) could be the cause of the burden. • ~ a list of 55 specific legislative items (35 directives, 18 regulations, 2 decisions) • - Number of total replies received (16/01/2013): 1000 (more than ¾ from individual SMEs, from which approximately one third of micro-enterprises). (Note: The first phase of the consultation through the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) took place from 16 May to 27 June in the form of an SME panel. Around 7000 problematic cases flagged by SMEs through the Europe Enterprise Network – only 2010-2011 used.) • - Resultsreporteddirectlytotheof Heads ofGovernmentsand States in March 2013

  15. 4. Complementory support programmes/measures =>SME Innovation Example: Horizon 2020 =>SME Finance Example: COSME =>SME – access to new markets Example(s): European Enterprise Network; IPR Centre China;

  16. Thank you very much for your attention! *** Contacts: Ludger OdenthalHead, SME Perfomance Review TeamEuropean CommissionDG Enterprise and IndustryUnit D4, Small Business Act, SME PoliciesBREY 05/339B-1049 Brussels/Belgium+32 229 98657Ludger.Odenthal@ec.europa.eu European Small Business Portal http://ec.europa.eu/small-business/index_en.htm ---------------------------- SME Performance Review http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figures-analysis/performance-review/index_en.htm

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