Dear eBSN members, I would like to draw your attention to the European SME week, 6-14 May 2009.

The Commission is organising the first European SME week in May 2009 to inform SMEs about available support at EU and national level and to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs. The SME week will be a European umbrella campaign for activities that take place throughout Europe. It will be launched in Brussels on 6 May but the vast majority of events during the week will take place across Europe in the Member States.

The Commission is organising the first European SME week in May 2009 to inform SMEs about available support at EU and national level and to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs. The SME week will be a European umbrella campaign for activities that take place throughout Europe.

The SME week will run from 6 to 14 May 2009. It will be launched in Brussels on 6 May but the vast majority of events during the week will take place across Europe in the Member States. The closing event will be organised together with the Czech Presidency on 13 and 14 May 2009. This event will include the European Enterprise Awards ceremony.

We are calling for business organisations and all interested parties at national, regional and local level to organise events during the SME week. The SME week is an opportunity to promote the support that your organisation can provide to SMEs and potential entrepreneurs.

To organise an event as part of the SME week, please fill in the event form below and send it to the national coordinators for your country.

The closing event will be organised together with the Czech Presidency on 13 and 14 May 2009. In this context, all eBSN members are cordially encouraged to organise events in relation to the promotion of ICTs and eBusiness to SMEs, at national, regional and local level, during the SME week. This is an opportunity to promote the support that your organisation can provide to SMEs and potential entrepreneurs. Should you wish to organise an event as part of the SME week, please fill in the event form at the following web-site and send it to the national coordinators for your country, with copy to Catherine Matthews (hereabove in copy: catherine.matthews@ec.europa.eu) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/support_measures/smeweek...

Kind regards, Dana Eleftheriadou eBSN coordinator European Commission DG ENTR - D4: ICT for competitiveness and innovation tel: +32-2-299 02 56 fax: +32-2-2967019 e-mail: iordana.eleftheriadou AT ec.europa.eu

Dear former participant in the ERASMUS Stakeholders' Meeting,

First European SME week - Call for event organisers

The first European SME week will take place from 6 - 14 May 2009. The SME week is a chance for your organisation to make its services known to local entrepreneurs and benefit from the general publicity for the week. The SME week is an umbrella campaign to inform SMEs about available support at EU and national level and to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs. Events and activities taking place under the SME week umbrella are organised by business organisations, support providers, regional and local authorities etc. The Commission will be providing the framework and the promotional material for the event organisers to use. Every potential event organiser is free to choose the type of event it wants to organise as long as it fits the objectives of the SME week. If your organisation wants to organise an event on SME specifc themes or market its services to SMEs, all you need to do is to fill in the event form on the SME week website, describe the event you plan to organise and send the form to the national coordinators of your country for validation (list available on the website below). The information on the form will then be published on the SME week website. The toolkit for event organisers will be available in the 4th quarter of 2008.

SME week website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/support_measures/smeweek2009/index.htm

Please forward this mail to other organisations that might have an interest in the SME week.

Best regards,

Country Mr/Mrs Firstname Surname Organisation Email
Austria Ms Maria
Christine
Grubmann Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und
Arbeit
Abteilung für Unternehmenspolitik und
KMU
maria.grubmann@bmwa.gv.at
Austria Ms Monika Elsik Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
Wirtschaftsforderungsinstitus (WIFI)
monika.elsik@wko.at
Belgium Mr Hervé Lasne SPF Economie, PME, Classes Moyennes &
Energie - DG Politique des PME
Herve.Lasne@economie.fgov.be
Bulgaria Mr Emil Komatichev Ministry of Economy and Energy
Enterprise Policy Directorate
e.komatichev@mee.government.bg
Bulgaria Mrs Mariana Tancheva Chamber of Commerce and Industry mtancheva@bcci.bg; projects@bcci.bg
Croatia Mrs Katarina Marković Croatian Agency for Small Businesses -
HAMAG
kmarkovic@hamag.hr
Croatia Mrs Sonja Nušinović Croatian Chamber of Economy snusinovic@hgk.hr
Cyprus Ms Marcia Trillidou Research Promotion Foundation trillidou@research.org.cy
Cyprus Mr Costas Christofides Employers and Industrialists Federation cchristofides@oeb.org.cy
Czech Republic Mr Jiri Michovsky Ministry of Industry and Trade
Department of Entrepreneurship
michovsky@mpo.cz
Czech Republic Ms Marta Vojtova Chamber of Commerce
Unit for European Affairs
vojtova@komora.cz
Denmark Mr Ib Kjøller National Agency for Enterprise and
Construction
ik@ebst.dk
Denmark Mr Thomas Møller
Sørensen
Dansk Industri (Confederation of Danish
Industries)
tms@di.dk
Estonia Mrs Epp Remmelg Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communications
Enterprise Policy Unit
epp.remmelg@mkm.ee
Estonia Mrs Tiia Randma Chamber of Commerce and Industry tiia@koda.ee
Finland Mr Pertti Linkola Ministry of Employment and Economy Pertti.Linkola@tem.fi
Finland Mrs Riitta Antinmäki Yrittäjäpatsassäätiö riitta.antinmaki@htf.fi
France Mr Olivier Grollet Direction du commerce, de l'artisanat, des
services et des professions libérales
(DCASPL)
olivier.grollet@dcaspl.pme.gouv.fr
SME Week national coordinators
France Mr Edgar Madar 100 000 entrepreneurs edgar.madar@100000entrepreneurs.com
Germany Ms Susanne Rumpf Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und
Technologie
susanne.rumpf@bmwi.bund.de
Germany Ms Karin Roegge Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks
(ZDH)
roegge@zdh.de
Greece Ms Olga Nikolopoulou Ministry of Development
Directorate of International Industrial
Relations
NikolopoulouO@ypan.gr
Greece Mr Panagiotis Agniadis Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce keeuhcci@otenet.gr
Hungary Ms Erzsébet Dobos ITD Hungary Zrt. erzsebet.dobos@itd.hu
Hungary Ms Marta Szabó Ministry for National Development and
Economy
Department for Business Environment
szabone.marta@gkm.gov.hu
Iceland Ms Berglind Hallgrimsdott
ir
Innovation Center Iceland berglindh@nmi.is
Ireland Mr Michael Pender Department of Enterprise, Trade &
Employment
michael_pender@entemp.ie
Israel Mr Eyal Ronen Mission of Israel to the EU eyal.ronen@israeltrade.gov.il
Italy Ms Paola Ghia Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
Dipartimento per la Competitività
Direzione Generale per la Politica
Industriale
paola.ghia@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
Italy Dr Sabina Russillo CNA (Confederazione Nazionale
dell'Artigianato e della Piccola e Media
Impresa)
russillo@cnapmi.com
Latvia Mrs Ilze Lore Ministry of Economics
Entrepreneurship & Industry Department
Commercial Activities Development Unit
ilze.lore@em.gov.lv
Latvia Mrs Silvija Greste Ministry of Economics
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and
Crafts Advisory Council
silvija.greste@inbox.lv
Liechtenstein Mr Karl-Heinz Oehri Amt für Volkswirtschaft
Abteilung Wirtschaft
karl-heinz.oehri@avw.llv.li
Liechtenstein Mr Christian Hausmann KMU Zentrum
Hochschule Liechtenstein
christian.hausmann@kmu-zentrum.li
Lithuania Ms Ina Medvedeva Ministry of Economy
Small & Medium Business Development
Division
i.medvedeva@ukmin.lt
Lithuania Ms Gita Sakavičiūtė Association of Chambers of Commerce,
Industry and Crafts
gita.sakaviciute@chambers.lt
Luxemburg Mr Laurent Solazzi Ministère de l'Economie et du Commerce
extérieur
laurent.solazzi@eco.etat.lu
Luxemburg Mrs Sabrina Sagramola Chambre de Commerce sabrina.sagramola@cc.lu
Malta Ms Brigitte Tanti Malta Enterprise brigitte.tanti@maltaenterprise.com
Netherlands Mr Floris Lantzendörff
er
Enterprise Department
Directorate-Genearl for Enterprise and
Innovation
F.J.H.Lantzendorffer@minez.nl
Poland Ms Małgorzata Okulus Ministry of Economy
Department of Support Instruments
malgorzata.okulus@mg.gov.pl
Poland Mrs Halina Matejek-
Caban
Zwiazek Rzemiosla Polskiego np@zrp.pl
Portugal Ms Helena Moura IAPMEI – Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e
Médias Empresas e à Inovação (SME &
Innovation Institute)
helena.moura@iapmei.pt
Portugal Mr Fernando
Augusto
Morais ANPME – National Association of Small
and Medium-Sized Enterprises
amorais@anpme.pt
Romania Mr Dumitru Nancu OTIMMC Constanta dumitru.nancu@mimmc.ro
Romania Ms Oana Dâscǎ CNIPMMR
Public Relations and Communication
International Relations
oana.dasca@rosteu.net
Serbia Mrs Igor Brkanovic Ministry of Economy and Regional
Development, Department for
Development of SMEs
igor.brkanovic@merr.sr.gov.yu
Serbia Mr Dejan Trifunovic Association of Small Enterprises, Serbian
Chamber of Commerce
dejan.trifunovic@pks.co.yu
Slovak Republic Mr Martin Hlinka Ministry of Economy hlinka@economy.gov.sk
Slovenia Ms Valentina Lozar Public Agency for Entrepreneurship and
Foreign Investment
valentina.lozar@japti.si
Slovenia Ms Irma Butina Chamber of Commerce and Industry irma.butina@gzs.si
Spain Ms Fátima Mínguez Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo
DG PYME
mfminguez@mityc.es
Spain Mr Patricio Rodríguez-
Carmona
AJE Confederación ajeconfederacion@ceaje.es
Sweden Mr Lars Ilmoni Swedish Agency for Economic and
Regional Growth - Nutek
lars.ilmoni@nutek.se
Sweden Mr Per-Erik Eriksson Federation of Private Enterprises
Företagarna
Per-Erik.Eriksson@foretagarna.se
Turkey Mr Abdullah Taskin SME Development of Turkey (KOSGEB) abdullah.taskin@kosgeb.gov.tr
Turkey Mr Haluk Nuray Economic Development Foundation (IKV) ikvnet@skynet.be
United Kingdom Mr Mike Paice Department for Business, Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform
Enterprise Directorate
mike.paice@berr.gsi.gov.uk
United Kingdom Mr Scott Cain Enterprise Insight scott@makeyourmark.org.uk 

European SME Week 2009

Event Form

(*) Compulsory field

Please note that no funding will be available from the European Commission for organising the events.

I, undersigned, certify that the organisation that I represent commits to use the material provided by the European Commission in accordance with the objectives of the European SME Week.

Name, function and signature of the responsible person for the event: