SMEs and Entrepreneurship

OECD conference on SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Udine, Italy, 22-23 October 2009

from 22-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009

How can governments help innovative small firms continue to grow in the midst of an economic crisis? Entrepreneurs, bankers, policy makers and academics will discuss this and other issues at the conference which is open to media.

34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics

from 27-Oct-2008 to 29-Oct-2008

The 34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics, was held on 27-29 October 2008, in Paris.

20th Session of the Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, Wellington, New Zealand, 12-13 May 2003

from 12-May-2003 to 13-May-2003

This Session, a regular meeting of the Working Party, was hosted by the New Zealand Government in Wellington. It focused on the preparation of the "Deliverables" for the Istanbul Ministerial Conference to be held on 4 - 5 June, 2004.

Workshop on Statistics, OECD, Paris, 16-18 September 2003

from 16-Sep-2003 to 18-Sep-2003

The need for better quantitative and qualitative information relating to SMEs is one of the cross-cutting issues of the Bologna Process. This Workshop, organised by the Statistics Directorate, will aim at deriving concrete statistical recommendations for endorsement at the Istanbul Ministerial.

OECD, South American Officials to Discuss Ways to Develop Small Businesses

from 27-Nov-2002 to 28-Nov-2002

OECD officials and representatives of South American governments and international organisations will hold a two-day working-group session in Argentina to discuss ways of promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region.

Next meeting of the Working Party on Small and Medium Enterprises

from 24-Jun-2002 to 25-Jun-2002

The next Session of the Working Party on SMES will be held on 24-25 June 2001, in Geneva

Workshop on Firm-Level Statistics and Enterprise Demography, Paris, 26-27 November 2001

from 19-Oct-2001 to 30-Nov-2001

The OECD will hold a workshop on collecting and analysing firm-level statistics in November 2001. Experts will discuss approaches to measuring entrepreneurship, determining the entry and exit of firms, assessing levels of women's entrepreneurship, and measuring productivity at firm level.

Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs in the Global Economy

from 14-Jun-2001 to 15-Jun-2001

The Italian Ministry of Industry and the OECD organised a High-level Conference of Ministers responsible for SMEs and Industry Ministers on the theme "Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs in the Global Economy - Strategies and Policies".

2nd OECD Conference on Women Entrepreneus in SMEs, Paris,

from 29-Nov-2000 to 30-Nov-2000

The conference, held at the Conference Centre Pierre Mendès in Paris, France, follows on from an April 1997 OECD conference on the role of women entrepreneurs in innovation and job creation and the first OECD conference at Ministerial level on SMEs in June 2000 in Italy.