Tag: SMEs financing
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“We should be open to foreign entrepreneurs as there is a lot to learn from them” an interview with Patrick Gibbels, Secretary General, ESBA
The day after our interview, on 22 November 2017, Mr. Gibbels was awarded ‘Consultant of the Year 2017’ at the European Public Affairs Awards. What is ESBA’s mission and what are its top priorities? Funded in 1998, ESBA – European Small Business Alliance – is now almost 20 years old. There are roughly 4 organizations…
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The Juncker Plan: Past, Present and Future
The decrease of EU investments following the global economic and financial crisis has demanded collective and coordinated efforts at European level to reverse this downward trend and put Europe back on track of economic recovery. To this end, the Investment Plan for Europe, the so-called Juncker Plan, aims to encourage investment in order to create…
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Making Circular Economy reality in Europe
On the 9th and 10th of March 2017, the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) co-organised a joint conference on Circular Economy with the aim of launching the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.