SMEs and Entrepreneurship

Round Table on the Impact of the Global Crisis on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing and Policy Responses: 26-27 March 2009

26-Jan-2009

A two day Round Table was held under the auspices of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE) in Turin, Italy on 26 and 27 March 2009 at the invitation of the Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. The round table aimed to promote a tri-partite dialogue among governments, SMEs and financial institutions, on possible measures to help SMEs and entrepreneurs through the crisis and suggest recommendations. It will be a basis for the WPSMEE's input into the OECD Strategic Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis.

SME financing in the global financial crisis

12-Nov-2008

In response to the  financial and economic turmoil, SME & Entrepreneurship policymakers are taking measures and call for a coordinated international initiative.

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

13-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

New Article from the OECD Observer

02-Feb-2005

In its November edition, the OECD Observer published an article, entitled "Entrepreneurship Centre Takes Off" , in order to highlight the work of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Local Development (CFE) created on 1 July 2004.

Just Released: LEED Publication Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development: Programme and Policy Recommendations, March 2003

10-Apr-2003

This groundbreaking publication examines how enterprise creation and development impact on local economies providing detailed policy recommendations for both national and local levels of government. For more information, please contact our LEED colleague Alistair.Nolan@oecd.org.

2nd OECD Ministerial conference on SMEs to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 June 2004

02-Feb-2003

This conference, centred on "Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovative SMEs in a Global Economy", is an important milestone in the Bologna Process, which was launched by the 2000 OECD Bologna Ministerial, where 50 OECD and non-OECD countries adopted the Bologna Charter on SME Policies.

La 2ème Conférence de l'OCDE des ministres responsables des PME se tiendra à Istanbul, Turquie, les 4 et 5 juin 2004

02-Feb-2003

Sur le thème "Promouvoir l'entreprenariat et les PME innovantes dans une économie mondialisée", la conférence sera un jalon important du Processus de Bologne et de la mise en œuvre de la Charte de Bologne sur les politiques à l'égard des PME adoptée par 50 pays, en juin 2000