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30/06/2008 The ECRC has published its Declaration
The European Coalition for Responsible Credit has published a Declaration on the financial crisis.
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26/06/2008 Publication of the Small Business Act for Europe
The European Commission has unveiled the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), based on ten guiding principles and proposes policy actions.
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24/06/2008 New video release on access to financial services
The Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has produced a new video release on access to financial services.
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09/06/2008 ‘Vaccinate your business against bad times’ - New EU website about bancrupcy
Many well-established companies only exist because their founders did not give up after failing at their first hurdle. A new European Commission website is helping raise awareness of this issue.
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04/06/2008 New website on SMEs' access to finance in Member States
The Enterprise Finance Index (EFI) website aims to provide data and trends about the development of access to finance for SMEs in the Member States in a clear and user-friendly manner. The final goal is to enable policy makers better to evaluate the effects of policies on SME finance across Europe.
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29/05/2008 The Social Green Loan, a new step in Belgium
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23/05/2008 ECOFIN promotes financial education
The ECOFIN conclusions of May 14th, are in favour of a reinforcement of financial education for consumers due to the growing complexity of the financial system.
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28/04/2008 Small Business Act for Europe - Results of the Open Consultation
A public on-line consultation was launched via the IPM tool and run until 31 March 2008. More than 500 contributions were received as well as a number of position papers from SME stakeholders, national and regional administrations. All these inputs will be taken into account in the preparation of the "Small Business Act " for Europe. The report and the statistical overview published summarise the replies received through the on-line questionnaire.

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28/04/2008 DG Enterprise: New Enterprise & Industry on-line magazine
The European Commission’s Enterprise and Industry DG has launched a new on-line magazine to present its policies and activities.
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22/04/2008 Maria Nowak nominated Officer of the Legion of Honour
On 15th of April Maria Nowak, president of EMN (European Microfinance Network) and Adie, received a new award for her action in favour of economic inclusion of unemployed.
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