SME & Stakeholder Support English

The discussion on the Regional Position Paper (RPP) were long even after the joint drafting. Are all the challenges relevant for all countries? Are all the recommendations the perfect solution for all countries? Who needs what out of the package?

The RPP is a document that describes the challenges existing in all countries to a certain extend. Some are more relevant, some are less relevant for each country.

Depending on the relevance the local Business Associations can use it for their future work. The Eastern Partnership Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) are no isolated islands, they are all in Europe or close neighbors. What happens to their economies influences the EU as a whole and the EU economy in particular. For this SMEs and Institutions both from the EU and the EaP countries support the EaP Associations in their effort to improve the business climate for SMEs.

What does it mean to support the document? It means to support the Business Association in the EaP countries in their work and sharing with them the same concerns. Supporting means that a list of Organisations will be attached to the RPP in the annex with their Logo, their Name and the Webpage of the supporting organisation.

The support text will be: We, SMEs and Institutions from both the EU and the EaP countries , support the Regional Position Paper and the Business Community in the Eastern Partnership countries in the effort and hope it will lead to an improved business environment for the Small and Medium Enterprises, a stronger involvement of the Business Community in the Policy Making and an improved Public Private Dialogue.