European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME (Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et Moyennes Entreprises) is the largest European confederation of voluntarily associated small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is a

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

-based business federation which currently counts 25 European associations among its members, with more than 2.1 million enterprises, employing over 20 million people. It maintains relationships with 15 partner associations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.The Confederation's president is Maurizio Casasco, President of the Italian SME association CONFAPI, and the Co-President Mr. Markus Jerger, Executive Director of the Gerrman SME association BVMW. European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME was founded in 1992 and was registered in Belgium in 2004. It represents the interests of its members towards the institutions of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

and offers its members services in the field of

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. P ...

. The confederation regularly publishes positions on the most important European policies that have an impact on SMEs. It leads and has led a number of EU-funded projects to support SMEs across Europe like the first iteration of MobiliseSME, thought of as "an

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

for SMEs", DigitaliseSME, which helped entrepreneurs work with digital experts to digitalise their companies and the ongoing DataSkills4SMEs, which helps SMEs acquire data skills in different fields, like

digital marketing Digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses the Internet and online based digital technologies such as desktop computers, mobile phones and other digital media and platforms to promote products and services. Its development duri ...

and

cybersecurity Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...

External links

WebsiteMobiliseSME
(first iteration)
DigitaliseSMEDataSkills4SMEs
Organizations related to the European Union Business organizations based in Europe Organizations related to small and medium-sized enterprises