A year-long campaign, aimed at raising SMEs’ awareness on CSR, culminated with a conference in Brussels on 14 June. Enterprise Commissioner Verheugen opened the conference at which UEAPME Secretary General took part in a discussion panel to outline what needs to be done to promote CSR among SMEs in Europe.

The pan-European campaign was launched by the Commission in October last year and has been implemented by a consortium including UEAPME and EUROCHAMBRES, together with Ogilvy. 65 one-day events were held in 29 European countries, organised by the national UEAPME and EUROCHAMBRES members.