COSME Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs Giancarlo Granero, DG ENTR.A1

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1 COSME Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs Giancarlo Granero, DG ENTR.A1

2 COSME in the context of Europe 2020 strategy Strategy Instrument Europe 2020 (A strategy for smart, Europe 2020 (A strategy for smart, sustainable A Budget for Europe 2020 (Proposal for MFF ) and inclusive growth) sustainable and inclusive growth) Innovation Union (to improve the market update of research results) A Budget for Europe ,156 billion EUR (Proposal for MFF ) Horizon billion EUR (successor to FP7 & innovation part of CIP & European Institute of Innovation and Technology) An industrial policy for the globalisation era (to support creation and growth of SMEs) COSME 2.5 billion EUR (successor to the competitiveness part of CIP)

3 What are the problems? Between 70% and 88% of businesses regard administrative difficulties in other EU Member States as important in deciding whether or not to engage in cross-border trade Only 45% of European citizens would like to be self-employed, as compared to 55% in the United States and 71% in China Between 400,000 and 700,000 SMEs are unable to obtain a loan from the formal financial system Only 25% of SMEs in the EU export directly outside national markets and only 13% export beyond the EU

4 EU strategy for Competitiveness and SMEs Promotion of SME-friendly activities across the full range of EU policies and spending programmes Mainstreaming Specific action

5 What is the Programme about? Strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of European enterprises Encouraging entrepreneurship and promoting SMEs Main target audience: SMEs, Entrepreneurs, Business Support Organisations, regional and national Administrations Foreseen budget: 2.5 billion from 2014 to 2020 (Commission's proposal)

6 Specific actions to improve access to finance Equity Facility for Growth Loan Guarantee Facility

7 The Financial Instruments *Including the start-up window and the growth window. **Large corporates, universities, research centers, etc.

8 EU budget Provides funds Co-Guarantees Guarantee Society Invests Venture capital Fund Banks Invests Lends SMEs SMEs

9 Selected highlights Improving access to finance Tot a l i nv e st me nt s/ l oa n v ol ume l e v e r a ge d ( i n bi l l i ons) Number of beneficiaries assisted and jobs maintained or created Implementation Target CIP (entire duration of the programme) 0 Implement at ion Target CIP (ent ire durat ion of t he programme) 0 Beneficiaries SMEs Jobs created or maintained

10 Specific actions to improve access to markets Enterprise Europe Network 600 business support organisations in 50 countries Information and qualified services for SMEs at their doorstep, including information on access to EU funding programmes Help in finding international business partners making full use of EU-wide business support, technology transfer services engaging European SMEs in shaping EU legislation

11 Supporting SME activities outside the EU Only 13 % of EU SMEs now active outside EU European added value consists in: Providing better overview, more coherence, visibility / transparency : we are already starting a «mapping» exercise and the creation of a dedicated portal Promoting clusters and networks for SME internationalisation Complementarity: avoiding duplication with measures already taken by MS China IPR Helpdesk

12 EIP successes Business Support Services Enterprise Europe Network Total impact on sales growth: 450 million EUR ( EUR per company) 2400 jobs created between 2008 and concluded cross-border partnership agreements IPR support China IPR SME Helpdesk: served some website users and offered over 400 private confidential consultations Source: EIP performance report

13 Specific actions to improve framework conditions Horizontal approach: affecting all sectors, including manufacturing and services Implementation of the Think Small First Principle and the Small Business Act Adjustment to a low-carbon, climateresilient, energy and resource efficient economy Promoting smart use of new technologies and the integration of SME in global industrial value chains

14 Specific actions to improve framework conditions Sector-specific activities: Enhancing the productivity of Union businesses based on futureoriented business models Helping clusters to emerge, especially with a cross-border dimension Addressing problems of transnational nature in the field of tourism which can be more effectively addressed at EU/transnational level Enhancing the visibility of and better promoting Europe and its destinations Encouraging the uptake of new business concepts for sustainable design-based goods through the promotion of best practices Identification of needed skills and provision of adequate training to sector-specific challenges

15 Specific actions to promote entrepreneurship European Enterprise Awards Erasmus for entrepreneurs Female entrepreneurship (ambassadors and mentoring schemes) European SME week Transfer of enterprises

16 Improvements in COSME Reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries: applying only the rules of the revised Financial Regulation simplified reporting, including on-line reporting Enterprise Europe Network: Single Entry Point at the doorsteps of European enterprises strong staff in 600 regional offices across 60 countries Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI): Specialised agency for SMEs

17 Overview of COSME Indicative financial breakdown (million EUR) Specific objectives and activities Total To improve the framework conditions for the competitiveness and sustainability of EU businesses Activities to improve European competitiveness 102 Activities to develop SME policy and promote SMEs competitiveness Tourism New business concepts for consumer goods 87 To promote entrepreneurship Erasmus for entrepreneurs 87 To improve access to finance Financial instruments 1436 To improve access to markets Enterprise Europe Network 424 Support to SME's abroad 99 Support to international industrial cooperation 12 Total (operational activities) 2443

18 EU added value of the Programme Overcoming market fragmentation in the Single Market (Enterprise Europe Network) Facilitating the adoption of the best practices across all Member States (time to start a new business) Economies of scale and demonstration effects (Financial Instruments) Providing better overview, more coherence, visibility / transparency (e.g. clusters and networks for SME internationalisation) Mobilising EU expertise and resources: European Investment Fund (EIF) Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

19 CIP MFF IEE Intelligent Energy Secure, clean and efficient energy societal challenge Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies: ICT HORIZON 2020 ICT PSP Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials challenge Access to risk finance + Innovation in SMEs EIP Competitiveness - Access to Finance - Access to Markets - Internationalisation - Entrepreneurship - Framework conditions

20 COSME and Horizon 2020 Complementary (objectives, financial instruments) Both offer financial instruments building on the same platforms: COSME to all SMEs, Horizon 2020 to innovative SMEs and mid-caps Enterprise Europe Network (funded under COSME) also provides information on Horizon 2020 and other EU funding programmes

21 Next steps Ongoing: Ongoing: Autumn: Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposal Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget (including overall budget for COSME) Adoption of legislative acts by Parliament and Council on COSME 1/1/2014: start of COSME

22 Thank you for your attention! Find out more: ec.europa.eu/enterprise/cosme