November 1-2 Conference on “National Observatory: Public policies with reliable data for SMEs”
The General Secretariat for Industry of the Ministry of Development on the initiative of the Entrepreneurship Directorate and Business, is organizing a two-day conference on “National Observatory: Public policies with reliable data for SMEs” on November 1 – 2, 2023, during the hours 09:30 – 16:00 in the Amphitheater of National Research Foundation.
The event will be held in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Development, Anna – Mani Papadimitriou, and the General Secretary of Industry, Themidos Eftychidou, and representatives of the political leadership, productive bodies and social partners will address a greeting. The general secretary of Public Investments – NSRF Mr. Dimitrios Skalkos and the special secretary of ERDF & CS Program Management Mr. Georgios Zervos will also address a greeting.
The conference will present the results of the Co-financed Action “Adaptation of the National Observatory for SMEs to the needs of the new Development/Industrial Policy 2020-2030 and the policy for SMEs – Development of monitoring and information services and tools”, EPANEC, NSRF 2014/20, which includes systematic monitoring and data analysis for SMEs in Greece.
National Observatory fields and activities
The National Observatory for SMEs covers a wide range of thematic fields and activities concerning the business sector, contributing to the overall development and strengthening of SMEs and its immediate objectives are:
– Provision of reliable and processed statistics resulting from studies and research on the trends and prospects of SMEs in all sectors of the economy
– Improvement of the quality of services provided by the General Secretariat of Industry to SMEs
– Coordination of existing SME support bodies at central and regional level
– Analysis of the business demography of SMEs for the formulation of targeted policy proposals
– Exploitation of data and information for the formulation of proposals and legislative initiatives for the institutional support and facilitation of entrepreneurship
– Promotion of information diffusion and improvement of business competitiveness
The results
At the conference, the results of the sub-projects of the Co-financed Action will be presented, namely:
– Sub-project 1: “Annual SME competitiveness reports for the years 2013 – 2022 on the topic: The situation and prospects of SMEs in Greece”
– Sub-project 2: “Research – Study on strengthening the liquidity of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises with modern financial tools”
– Sub-project 3: “Study for the mapping of the Arts and Crafts sector by sector”
– Sub-project 4: “Development of econometric models for the contribution of small and medium enterprises and manufacturing to the basic macroeconomic parameters of the Greek economy”
The work of the conference will be completed with presentations by representatives from the scientific community and productive bodies on the results of the project and issues concerning small and medium entrepreneurship.
More information about the Action, as well as the conference program, are posted at the following links:
https://www.ggb.gr/el/sme_observatory
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