INFO DAYEuropean Entrepreneurial Region

(EER) award 2016

Committee of the RegionsBrussels, 23 October 2014

Stakeholders support to EER label

• EER label is supported by UEAPME, Eurochambres and Social Economy Europe

• UEAPME• the employer’s organisation representing the

interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs • 80 members • over 12M enterprises with nearly 55M employees

Stakeholders support to EER label

• APCMA and the skilled crafts chambers network

• 129 local and regional chambers • 126 training centers• about 100 000 apprentices each year

• Craft-type enterprises • 1 070 000 companies • EUR 300 billions turnover• 510 activities in construction, services,

production and food sectors

Partnership principle

• White Paper on multilevel governance• inclusive decision making process

• foster vertical and horizontal partnership

• SBA: involving stakeholders closely when developing SME policy

• Code of conduct on partnership • partnership and multilevel governance

• “balanced representation of large, medium, small and microenterprises, together with social economy”

Partnerships in EER

Involve all relevant stakeholders in the shaping of regional policies

• all phases : design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation

• diversity of stakeholders local authorities

SME, crafts, social economy…

education and training centers

Partnerships in EER

Stakeholders involvement (1/2)• letters of support

• integrated and coherent regional vision, involving partnerships with stakeholders

• governance mechanism

• demonstrate how economic and social partners are involved in the legal and operational process of decisions

Partnerships in EER

Stakeholders involvement (2/2)• division of tasks among regional/local

authorities and stakeholders

• actions

• communication and inclusiveness

Contact detailsLaure-Anne Copel, European affairs unit+33 (0)1 44 43 10 03 – copel@apcma.fr