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DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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The Directorate-General (DG) for
Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is the European
Commission service responsible for:
completing the Internal Market for
goods and services;
helping turn the EU into a smart,
sustainable, and inclusive economy by implementing the industrial and
sectorial policies of the flagship Europe 2020 initiative;
fostering entrepreneurship and growth
by reducing the administrative burden on small businesses; facilitating
access to funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and
supporting access to global markets for EU companies. All of these actions
are encapsulated in the Small Business Act;
generating policy on the protection
and enforcement of industrial property rights, coordinating the EU position
and negotiations in the international intellectual property rights (IPR)
system, and assisting innovators on how to effectively use IP rights;
delivering the EU's space policy via
the two large-scale programmes Copernicus (European Earth observation
satellite system) and Galileo (European global navigation satellite system),
as well research actions to spur technological innovation and economic growth.
Watch a video overview of our
activities.
Who we are
DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs is based in Brussels and has approximately 1,400
staff working under the political leadership of Commissioner Elżbieta
Bieńkowska. The Commissioner is also the EU’s SME Envoy tasked with ensuring
that all EU policies respect the 'think small first' principle. The DG is
managed by Director-General Lowri Evans. Her work and the work of the DG as a
whole is supported by the Chief Economist Team.
Under President Juncker, DGs work
together to achieve cross-cutting objectives, led by the Commission
Vice-Presidents.
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DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs contributes to the following project teams:
Jobs, Growth, Investment and
Competitiveness
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Digital
Single Market
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Energy
Union
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Euro
and Social Dialogue
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Better
Regulation and Interinstitutional Affairs
·
Budget
and Human Resources
experts on Enterprise and SME
Policies
In order to get advise on enterprise,
SME and industrial policies, the Commission has set up a group of experts
called the 'Enterprise and SME Policies Group'.
The tasks of the group are:
to advise for the preparation of
legislative proposals as well as enterprise and industrial policy
initiatives;
to establish cooperation between
Member States bodies and the Commission on questions relating to enterprise,
SME and industrial policies to monitor the evolution of policy in the field
of enterprise, in particular as regards SMEs;
to bring about an exchange of
experience and good practice in the field of enterprise, SME and industrial
policy issues.
The group consists of two chambers;
the 'Enterprise Policy Group' and 'The Network of SME Envoys'.
Enterprise Policy Group
The 'Enterprise Policy Group'
consists of Directors Generals from Member States' public administrations who
are responsible for industrial and enterprise policy issues.
The 'Enterprise Policy Group' meets 3
times per year. One of the meetings is a joint meeting with 'The Network of
SME Envoys'.
The Commission may invite experts
from outside the group with specific competence in a subject on the agenda to
participate in the work of the group. In addition, the Commission may give
observer status to individuals, organisations, EEA countries and candidate
countries.
The Network of SME Envoys
DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs' financial support
From 2014 to 2020, DG Internal
Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is responsible for a budget of
almost EUR 16 billion to implement:
The Programme for Competitiveness of
Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, COSME. The COSME
programme has a budget of EUR 2.3 billion to help enterprises access finance
and markets, to promote entrepreneurship, and to support favourable
conditions for business creation and growth.
The Programme for Research and
Innovation, Horizon 2020. This programme is related to space, raw materials,
and innovation in SMEs, with a budget of EUR 2.3 billion.
The Programme for Satellite
Navigation, (Galileo/EGNOS), with a budget of EUR 7 billion.
The Programme for Global Earth
Observation (Copernicus), with a budget of EUR 4.3 billion.
External bodies
While DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs maintains policy control of its support programmes,
financial management is largely taken care of by:
the Executive Agency for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) which implements the COSME programme and
parts of Horizon 2020 relating to raw materials and innovation in SMEs;
the Research Executive Agency (REA)
which implements aspects of Horizon 2020 relating to space;
the European GNSS Agency (GSA) which
oversees the Galileo and EGNOS systems by monitoring security and promoting
their use by EU citizens;
the European Environment Agency (EEA)
implements part of the Copernicus programme;
the European Maritime Safety Agency
(EMSA) implements part of the Copernicus programme;
the Agency for the Management of
Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member Stats of the
European Union (FRONTEX) implements part of the Copernicus programme;
the European Foundation for
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) implements part of
the Pilot Project on the Future of Manufacturing;
the European Defence Agency (EDA)
implements part of the European Parliament Pilot Project on Common Security
Defence Policy-related Research;
the European Union Satellite Centre
(SatCen) implements part of the Copernicus programme.
In addition, independent bodies have
been entrusted by DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs to
implement certain programmes:
the European Space Agency (ESA)
implements the main parts of the Galileo and Copernicus programmes including
the construction of space infrastructure;
EUMETSAT implements parts of the
Copernicus programme;
the European Centre for Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) implements part of the Copernicus programme;
Mercator Ocean implements part of the
Copernicus programme;
the European Investment Fund (EIF)
implements part of the COSME programme called 'Financial Instruments'.
DG Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs also supervises certain regulatory agencies:
the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
which implements the EU’s legislation on chemical products;
the European Union Intellectual
Property Office (EUIPO) which is the
trademark and designs registry of the European Union.
As part of the Commission's
commitment to transparency, the Secretary-General publishes information on
meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals. Read more on
information on meetings held by Director-General Lowri Evans .
Depending entity
Task Force Services and
Self-Regulation
Seconded Managers and Advisers
01. Economic Analysis
03. Strategic Planning and Delivery
Director
Dir R — Resources
Dir A — Competitiveness and European
Semester
Deputy Director General 1 -
Responsible for Directorates B, C, D and F
Deputy Director General 2 -
Responsible for Directorates E, G, H and unit B4
Deputy Director General 3 -
Responsible for Directorates I and J
Assistants
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People involeved with projects in
Serbia:
Commenting on the transaction with
EIF, EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs, Elżbieta Bieńkowska,
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Monday, June 5, 2017
DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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