Small businesses are key to a more sustainable and inclusive world
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a force to be reckoned with. They make up 90% of businesses globally, create two out of every three jobs worldwide, support the livelihoods of over two billion people, and are indispensable to the smooth funct...
AU SUMMIT 2023: POWERING TRADE THROUGH AFCFTA
Adoption by the African Union of the theme for 2023 as the “Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation”, will generate greater political commitment and accelerate the effective implementation of the agreemen...
The Green Deal Industrial Plan: putting Europe’s net-zero industry in the lead
Today, the Commission presents a Green Deal Industrial Plan to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry and support the fast transition to climate neutrality. The Plan aims to provide a more supportive environment for the scaling up...
How digitalization will drive the global recovery for small businesses
Small businesses are the backbone of the global economy, accounting for 90% of businesses, 60 to 70% of employment and 50% of GDP worldwide. A strong and sustained global economic recovery is only possible if these businesses can successfully adapt to pos...
New Study Shows SMEs Are Leading The Hybrid Work Revolution To Win The Talent Wars
As the world continues to navigate the challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been faced with a particularly difficult economic environment. A new study by Vistage, published in January 2023, reveals that despi...
Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages in the Slovak Republic
OECD relesed a report assessing the linkages between foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Slovak Republic. It provides policy recommendations to national and subnational governments on how to foster...
COP15: Business will help halt and reverse biodiversity loss
Dec 15, 2022 – The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), taking place in Montreal (Canada) on 07 – 19 December 2022, aims to deliver a global roadmap for the conservation, protection and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems. Bu...
Future Readiness of SMEs and Mid-Sized Companies: A Year On
Dec 12, 2022 – Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies represent 90% of all companies and are responsible for close to 70% of jobs and GDP globally, and yet, as a result of their smaller size, they are often the most affec...
First annual conference of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability
Dec 7, 2022 – The first annual conference of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability, held in Paris on Dec 7, brought together high level participants from the public sector (policy makers, public financial institutions, SME agenci...
SME ASSEMBLY 2022: Europe’s entreprises of tomorrow… sustainable, resiliant, digital.
Nov 28-30, 2022 – This year SME Assembly was hosted, from 28 to 30 November 2022, by the European Commission along with the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU in Prague, Czech Republic. The SME Assembly is the most significant event for smal...
