Transcript Laure-Anne Copel

INFO DAY
European Entrepreneurial Region
(EER) award 2016
Committee of the Regions
Brussels, 23 October 2014
Stakeholders support
to EER label
• EER label is supported by UEAPME,
Eurochambres and Social Economy Europe
• UEAPME
• the employer’s organisation representing the
interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs
• 80 members
• over 12M enterprises with nearly 55M employees
Stakeholders support
to EER label
• APCMA and the skilled crafts chambers
network
• 129 local and regional chambers
• 126 training centers
• about 100 000 apprentices each year
• Craft-type enterprises
• 1 070 000 companies
• EUR 300 billions turnover
• 510 activities in construction, services,
production and food sectors
Partnership principle
• White Paper on multilevel governance
• inclusive decision making process
• foster vertical and horizontal partnership
• SBA: involving stakeholders closely when
developing SME policy
• Code of conduct on partnership
• partnership and multilevel governance
• “balanced representation of large, medium,
small and microenterprises, together with social
economy”
Partnerships in EER
Involve all relevant stakeholders in the
shaping of regional policies
• all phases : design, implementation,
monitoring, evaluation
• diversity of stakeholders
 local authorities
 SME, crafts, social economy…
 education and training centers
Partnerships in EER
Stakeholders involvement (1/2)
• letters of support
• integrated and coherent regional vision,
involving partnerships with stakeholders
• governance mechanism
• demonstrate how economic and social
partners are involved in the legal and
operational process of decisions
Partnerships in EER
Stakeholders involvement (2/2)
• division of tasks among regional/local
authorities and stakeholders
• actions
• communication and inclusiveness
Contact details
Laure-Anne Copel, European affairs unit
+33 (0)1 44 43 10 03 – [email protected]