Prior information notice - various services for the promotion of SME competitiveness
The Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published prior information of a future call for tenders relating to various services. The areas that will be covered by this call are the following: - design of an award scheme for European centres/regions promoting entrepreneurship (total estimated budget - 130,000 euro); - translation of documents around SME and Entrepreneurship policy (total estimated budget - 3.2 million euro); - effects of tax systems on the retention of earnings and the increase of equity (total estimated budget - 350,000 euro); - creating early warning tools to prevent business failure (total estimated budget - 100,000 euro); - creating an info kit to tackle the stigma of business failure (total estimated budget - 70,000 euro); - technical and administrative assistance contract for the organisation and the audit of the Euro Info Centres network; - transfer of expertise through mentoring in small and medium sized enterprises (total estimated budget - 1 million euro); - comparative study of best practices in the field of social protection of new entrepreneurs and their co-working partner, and analysis of the incentive effect of the level of social protection on business creation (total estimated budget - 380,000 euro); - impact of cooperative groups on the competitiveness of their craft and small enterprise members (total estimated budget - 375,000 euro).To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address: http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?REQUEST=Seek-Deliver&LANGUAGE=en&DOCID=045722-2005(opens in new window)