The voice of SMEs in Europe
UEAPME is the employers’ organisation representing the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level. UEAPME is a recognised European Social Partner. It is a non-profit seeking and non-partisan organisation.
As the European SME umbrella organisation, UEAPME incorporates 82 member organisations from 34 countries consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members, which support the SME family.
UEAPME represents more than 12 million enterprises, which employ around 55 million people across Europe.
PEGASE project
PEGASE aims to strengthen the capacity of 11 UEAPME members in 9 countries by supporting their active participation in the European Social Dialogue.
In the spotlight
Craft and SME Barometer
Small businesses’ confidence decreased for the first time since 2009 amid concerns for Europe’s economic outlook and increasing imbalances.
SMEs in Europe
Our joint publication with the UniCredit banking group and the OECD also contains our annual report for 2010 and an overview of our first 30 years.
2010-2014 policy agenda
Our 2010-2014 policy agenda outlines the main challenges that crafts and SMEs will face in the next years, starting from better regulation.
Economic crisis
Find out how SMEs are coping with the crisis and what are their main demands to the EU policymakers.
Small Business Act
More than two years after its entry into force, the implementation of the Small Business Act is far from being complete.
Weekly newsflash
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