SaaS, integrated multilingual Compliance and e-Training for SMEs
Date: Thursday, 7th March 2013
Participants:
- Mrs. Sabrina Sagramola, Head of European Affairs, Manager of the Enterprise Europe Network-Luxembourg, Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Mr. Bernd Becker, President EuroCloud Europe
- Mrs. Dr. Caterina Berbenni-Rehm, CEO PROMIS@Service
Introduction:
Business relevant knowledge and its beneficial exchange among institutions and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Europe are becoming massively important. However, a look behind the facades of small and medium-sized companies shows that there are still gaps between “vision” and “reality” to overcome. The importance of SMEs as the economic backbone of a specific nation is not even rudimentary reflected in their knowledge and technical equipment.
For the framework period "2014 – 2020", many EU programmes aim at providing supportive measures in order to foster research and technical development in a global view to contribute to the reinforcement of the overall competitiveness and sustainability of European enterprises, in particular SMEs. More than ever before, transfer of know-how, skills and expertise becomes important and significantly contributes to the creation of new economies of scale. It is clear that if the European economy wants to remain competitive, it needs to bring more creative products and innovative services from the drawing board right onto the market.
Within a perspective of advancement of the knowledge society and an economic "development must" based on a sustainable economic growth, politicians, associations, stakeholders are demanded to take a more active role.
