Network of SME Envoys - Main contents

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Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Enterprise;Internal Market;other (SME Policy)

Lead DG: DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Type: Informal

Scope: Limited

Mission: The mission of the EU SME Envoy, who chairs the Network, and the Network of SME Envoys is to ensure the implementation effort of the SME Strategy, in particular by contributing to the work of the Single Market Enforcement Task Force. The EU SME Enovy will fulfill this mission furthermore through a regular dialogue with the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, by filtering EU initiatives, in collaboration with SME stakeholders, to signal to the Commission those that merit close attention from an SME perspective, by contributing to the work of the Fit for Future platform and work with regional bodies and authorities; by continuing to accompany the implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) and its Review by the Member States where appropriate; by accompanying the implementation of the Start- and Scale-up Initiative (SUI); by presenting to the European Commission progress at national level by fostering an exchange of best practices in SME policy implementation; by the discussion of future initiatives and key deliverables in SME policy at EU and Member State level. Meetings are held regularly with representatives of EU SME business organisations, to enable an improved dialogue between stakeholders and to benefit from input from the business community into the governance process.

Task: Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of existing Union legislation, programmes and policies

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 06/07/2011

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 08/05/2023

Additional Information

Activity report: European SME Action Programme of the SME Envoy Network

SME Action Programme (approx. 639 kb)

Activity report: Annual Reports of the SME Envoy Network to the Council of Competitiveness Ministers

2014 Annual Report SME Envoys (approx. 191 kb)

2015 Annual Report SME Envoys (approx. 207 kb)

2016 Annual Report SME Envoys (approx. 400 kb)

2017 Annual Report SME Envoys (approx. 320 kb)

2018 Annual Report SME Envoy Network (approx. 540 kb)

2019 Annual Report SME Envoy Network (approx. 667 kb)

2020 Annual Report SME Envoy Network (approx. 730 kb)

2021 Annual Report SME Envoy Network (approx. 710 kb)

2022 Annual Report of the SME Envoy Network.pdf (approx. 246 kb)

Activity report: Reports by the SME Envoy Network

Scale-up policy DK Envoy (approx. 673 kb)

Annex to scale-up policy (approx. 926 kb)

SME Test report BE Envoy (approx. 950 kb)

Annex I to SME Test (approx. 378 kb)

Annex II to SME Test (approx. 49 kb)

Annex III to SME Test (approx. 443 kb)

Annex IV to SME Test (approx. 381 kb)

Annex V to SME Test (approx. 689 kb)

Barriers for SMEs on the Single Market DK Envoy (approx. 649 kb)

KETs and SMEs FR Envoy (approx. 606 kb)

Activity report: Call of the SME Envoy Network for a vigorous and forward-looking EU policy for small businesses (July 2019)

Call of the SME Envoy Network. (approx. 227 kb)

Activity report: SME Envoy Network Report "How are European SMEs impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine?"

SME Envoy report Economic Effects of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Fin.pdf (approx. 459 kb)

Activity report: SME Envoy Network Report "SMEs and rising energy prices - First findings & recommendations"

ES-FR Energy report final.pdf (approx. 748 kb)

Selection procedure: The members of this group are the SME Envoys of the Member States, nominated by the national governments. The group is chaired by the EU SME Envoy or Deputy EU SME Enovy. European level (SME) business organisations attend the meetings as observers. The Network of SME Envoys is an advisory group for the implementation of the SME Strategy and other related SME policy initiatives.

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/small-business-act/sme-envoys/index_en.htm

Other: Please see the attached document for a description of the role of the EU SME Envoy and the network of SME Envoys.

Role of the Network (approx. 146 kb)

Subgroups

SME Envoy Sherpas

Working Group on Economic Performance