European Commission (EC)

European Commission’s website
http://europa.eu/

Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013 (CIP)
http://ec.europa.eu/cip/index_en.htm

Enterprise Europe Network
http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

Europe Direct – questions about Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/europedirect/index_en.htm

Funding opportunities in the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/nav/en/business/funding/info/index.html

EC definition of a small business (Small or Medium Sized Enterprise or ‘SME’)
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/sme_definition/index_en.htm

European small business associations

European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
Union Européenne de l’artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
http://www.ueapme.com/

European Association of Mutual Guarantees (AECM)
Association Européenne de Cautionnement Mutuel
http://www.aecm.be/ENG/conseils.php