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| Newsletter October 2004 |
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Dear Members of the SME UNION, dear Friends of SMEs!
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We are pleased to present our October 2004 Email-Newsletter, the first one after the newly elected European Parliament had its opening session at the beginning of summer and started working in September. We would like to say welcome to the new MEPs especially those of the EPP-ED group who decided to join the SME Circle. It is good to know that so many of them are interested in small and medium entrepreneur issues, since the SMEs are the backbone of economic growth and crucial for reaching the Lisbon goals. The hearings of the new Commissioners are a current hot topic in Brussels and the SME UNION was quite pleased with many of the ideas of the incoming SME Commissioner Guenther Verheugen. Please find out more about our upcoming events, important SME information and services, as well as events having taken place lately. |
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2004-10-11, Brussels, Belgium
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Official launch of the http://www.eulobby.net/ in Hotel Crown Plaza; for more information please contact the homepage. |
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2004-10-13, Brussels, Belgium
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SME UNION Working Breakfast "What can be 'REACH-ed'" on the new chemical legislation in cooperation with Eurochambres and SME Circle, 8.00-9.30h, Salon des Députés, European Parliament; Download Invitation |
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2004-10-20, Brussels, Belgium
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SME UNION Working Breakfast "Patient Information & Benefits of Conscious Drug Choice" in cooperation with European Enterprise Institute (EEI) and SME Circle, 8.00-9.30h, Salon des Députés, European Parliament; Download Invitation |
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2004-10-21, Brussels, Belgium
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SME UNION Working Breakfast "GALILEO-More Chances for SMEs!" in cooperation with SME Circle, 8.00-9.30h, Salon des Députés, European Parliament; Download Invitation |
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2004-10-21/22, Vienna, Austria
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XII Congress of Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce). |
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2004-11-19, Munich, Germany
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SME UNION Presidency and visit of the CSU Party Congress |
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2004-11-25, Brussels, Belgium
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SME UNIONConference of the Economic and Social Policy Committee of the EPP & Partners, "The Future of the Lisbon Strategy-Committing Europe for Growth" 15.30-19.00 hrs. European Parliament, Room ASP 1G3 |
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2004-12-07, Brussels, Belgium
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SME UNION BUREAU. Meeting for all SME UNION Members, partners and friends, from 18 hrs to 20 hrs. SME UNION House 22 Rue de Pascale |
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Hearing of Commissioner Günter Verheugen
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Hearing and his views on SMEs of Commissioner Designate for Enterprise and Industry Günter Verheugen: Download PDF |
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Our new website
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The SME UNION has a new face to the outside world: http://www.sme-union.org/There is always room for improvement so please send us your comments and suggestions to: sme@sme-union.org |
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SME UNION and HSS conference, September 28th 2004
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The SME UNION in cooperation with the HANNS-SEIDEL FOUNDATION and WIRTSCHAFTSBEIRAT BAYERN held a conference on "Promoting SMEs un the EU of 25: Exploiting the opportunities of enlargement". Markus FERBER, Member of the Board of Hanns-Seidel Foundation and Chairman of the CSU-Group in the European Parliament opened the conference and put emphasis on the importance of SMEs for the European economy and the need to promote entrepreneurship in order to achieve the Lisbon goal. The highly qualified panel consisted of Jean Paul MINGASSON, Director General of DG Enterprise of the European Commission, as well as Paul RÜBIG, MEP and President of SME GLOBAL. Ivan STEFANEC, President of SME UNION Slovakia, presented the situation in his country and Peter JUNGEN, Co-President of the Conference. Viola KLEIN and Guido SCHMIDT, German business people and made very important contributions from the business perspective.
At the very same day, after the Conference, the SME UNION held is Presidency headed by President Jacques SANTER to discuss internal matters and the strategy of the SME UNION for the next months.
The first Bureau meeting after the EP Elections was used to introduce the new head of the office, Barbara SCHWEIGHOFER, to the SME UNION members and partners as well as to discuss the lively work within the SME UNION working groups and member organizations. From Albania we had as special guest Alfons HANI, President of SME UNION Albania with a delegation with us. Several newly elected MEPs were welcomed and introduced to the SME UNION family. |
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2004-09-29, Brussels, Belgium
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The SME UNION was happy to welcome more than 40 young people linked to the Hungarian Conservative Party MDF to the premises of the SME UNION. Secretary General of the SME UNION presented our activities to the young crowd. After introduction the visitors had a lot of questions concerning our working group and lobbying activities. Following the discussion with Patrick VOLLER and the Chairman of SME CENTRAL, Jerzy SAMBORSKI, the visitors got advice from IIdiko SZENCI, Director of SME WOMEN, on women entrepreneurship and insider information about the work of an MEP. |
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2004-09-30, Brussels, Belgium
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The invitation of Christopher GILLIBRAND, member of the British Conservatives in Belgium and the SME UNION to a Business-Cocktail on "ODS-A Partner for Europe" was followed by Petr BENDL, Vice-Chairman of the Czech ODS Party, several MEPs and business representatives. BENDL gave us the honor to speak about the political situation in the Czech Republic and the upcoming elections. There was a vivid discussion with Christian WEINBERGER, head of unit in the DG Enterprise and other participants on the latest developments in encouraging new entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic. |
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2004-10-06, Brussels, Belgium
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The SME CIRCLE under the patronage of its President Alexander RADWAN MEP kicked off the autumn work with a very successful working breakfast on BASEL II and its effects on SMEs in cooperation with UEAPME held in the European Parliament. The event was chaired by MEP Paul RÜBIG. Impulse statements were given by Gerhard Huemer (Director of Economic and Fiscal Policy, UEAPME) Volker Heegemann (Senior advisor Banking Legislation, European Association of Co-operative Banks), Patrick Pearson (Head Unit of Banking and Financial Conglomerates, DG Internal Market) and Alexander RADWAN, MEP and rapporteur on BASEL II. 40 interested BASEL II interest group representatives joined the lively discussion. |
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