The European Coalition for Responsible Credit has published a Declaration on the financial crisis.
The European Commission has unveiled the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), based on ten guiding principles and proposes policy actions.
The Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has produced a new video release on access to financial services.
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.
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.
The European Commission’s Enterprise and Industry DG has launched a new on-line magazine to present its policies and activities.
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.