2018 European Enterprise Promotion Awards
The European Enterprise Promotion Awards reward those who promote entrepreneurship and small business at the national, regional and local level. Initiatives from all EU countries, as well as Iceland, Serbia, and Turkey can take part in the competition. Since 2006, over 2,800 projects have entered the awards and together they have supported the creation of thousands of new companies. Learn about the European Enterprise Promotion Awards in your own language.
Learn about the European Enterprise Promotion Awards in your own language.
The objectives of the awards are to:
- identify and recognise successful activities and initiatives undertaken to promote enterprise and entrepreneurship
- showcase and share examples of best entrepreneurship policies and practices
- create a greater awareness of the role entrepreneurs play in society
- encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs.
The winners of the European Enterprise Promotion Awards are announced at an awards ceremony at the SME Assembly, which is part of European SME Week.
How to get involved
Do you want to take part? Learn how to get involved in the 2018 edition of the awards.
The award categories are:
1. Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit - Recognises initiatives that promote an entrepreneurial mindset, especially among young people and women
2. Investing in entrepreneurial skills – Recognises initiatives that improve entrepreneurial and managerial skills
3. Improving the business environment - Recognises initiatives that support enterprise start-up and growth, simplify legislative and administrative procedures for businesses
4. Supporting the internationalisation of business - Recognises initiatives that encourage enterprises and particularly small and medium-sized businesses to benefit more from the opportunities offered by markets, both inside and outside the EU
5. Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency - Recognises initiatives that support SME access to green markets and help to improve their resource efficiency through, for example, green skills development and matchmaking, as well as funding
6. Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship - Recognises initiatives that promote corporate social responsibility among small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed, legal migrants, disabled, or people from ethnic minorities.
2. Investing in entrepreneurial skills – Recognises initiatives that improve entrepreneurial and managerial skills
3. Improving the business environment - Recognises initiatives that support enterprise start-up and growth, simplify legislative and administrative procedures for businesses
4. Supporting the internationalisation of business - Recognises initiatives that encourage enterprises and particularly small and medium-sized businesses to benefit more from the opportunities offered by markets, both inside and outside the EU
5. Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency - Recognises initiatives that support SME access to green markets and help to improve their resource efficiency through, for example, green skills development and matchmaking, as well as funding
6. Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship - Recognises initiatives that promote corporate social responsibility among small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed, legal migrants, disabled, or people from ethnic minorities.
The Jury’s Grand Prize
can be from any category and will go to the entry considered to be the
most creative and inspiring entrepreneurship initiative in Europe.
Latest news
Take a look at EEPA winners from 2017 (2 MB), 2016 (22 MB), 2015 (8 MB), 2014 (3 MB), 2013 (3 MB - other languages), and 2012.
How to participate?
National,
regional, or local authorities or public-private partnerships from all
EU countries plus Iceland, Serbia, and Turkey can participate in the
European Enterprise Promotion Awards.
Who can participate?
Eligible entities include national organisations, towns, cities, regions, and communities, as well as public-private partnerships between public authorities and entrepreneurs, educational programmes, and business organisations.Cross-border initiatives will be accepted as long as they have been nominated jointly by all countries involved.
Selection process
The competition has two stages. Applicants must first compete at national level to be eligible to compete at European level. For the national competition, each country will select two entries to be nominated for the European competition.A shortlist of nominees will be chosen by a European jury. All nominees from the national and European competitions will be invited to attend the awards ceremony. The ceremony recognises the winners for their efforts and gives them the opportunity to present themselves in a pan-European environment.
The closing dates for entries to the national selection are set by each country. For further information on how to get involved in the future, contact your national representative:
| Belgique België Belgien (172 kB) | България (174 kB) | Česká republika (167 kB) | Danmark (161 kB) |
| Crna Goro (168 kB) | Deutschland (167 kB) | Eesti (162 kB) | Ireland (169 kB) |
| Ελλάδα (184 kB) | España (166 kB) | France (171 kB) | Hrvatska (169 kB) |
| Italia (170 kB) | Κύπρος (184 kB) | Latvija (171 kB) | Lietuva (174 kB) |
| Luxembourg Luxemburg (172 kB) | Magyarország (245 kB) | Malti (183 kB) | Nederland (166 kB) |
| Österreich (168 kB) | Polska (174 kB) | Portugal (170 kB) | România (247 kB) |
| Serbia (170 kB) | Slovenija (166 kB) | Slovensko (176 kB) | Suomi (167 kB) |
| Sverige (164 kB) | Iceland (169 kB) | Turkey (169 kB) | United Kingdom (168 kB) |
Selection criteria
- Originality and feasibility
- The impact they have on the local economy
- The improvement of local stakeholder relations
- Transferability of the project to other regions in Europe.
Contact
- EEPA Press Office: promotingenterprise@gopacom.eu
- EEPA Secretariat: eepa@loweurope.eu
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