EU- Israel SME Dialogue

SME access to markets

26 June 2014Tel Aviv

The Small Business Act for Europe The Small Business Act for Europe (SBA)(SBA)

Principle 10

The EU and Member States should support and

encourage SMEs to benefit from the growth of markets outside the EU, in particular through market-specific support and business training

activities.

Internationalisation Internationalisation beyond the beyond the single marketsingle market

• Only half of EU’s internationally active SMEs 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

I. Political actionsI. Political actions

• Missions for growth

• Free Trade Agreements

• Regulatory approximation with third countries.

II. Policy initiativesII. Policy initiatives

• EEN - http://een.ec.europa.eu/

• EU Business Centers

• China - http://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/

• India - http://www.ebtc.eu/

• Thailand - http://www.eabc-thailand.eu/

II. Policy initiativesII. Policy initiatives

• IPR Helpdesks

• China - http://www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu/

• ASEAN - http://www.asean-iprhelpdesk.eu/

• MERCOSUR – http://www.mercosur-iprhelpdesk.eu/

II. Policy initiativesII. Policy initiatives

• Clusters

• European Cluster Alliance - http://www.eca-tactics.eu/

• European Cluster Collaboration Platform http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/

II. Policy initiativesII. Policy initiatives

• Portal on SMEs internationalisation • https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/smeip/

• Market Access Database• http://madb.europa.eu

III. Access to finance III. Access to finance

A) COSME – programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs - http://ec.europa.eu/cip/cosme/index_en.htm

B) Partnership Instrument

Thank you for your attention!

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