Archived Projects

• European Forum "Local Governance and Sectorial Social Dialogue" (LOGOSSD)
  The European Forum "Local Governance and Sectorial Social Dialogue" (LOGOSSD) proposes an innovative approach to promote and develop Sectorial Social Dialogue amongst local actors and their counterparts at the European level.

• Euronaver
  Euronaver is is a unique, multifunctional database which offers you the possibility to promote your transnational projects. It facilitates in particular the contact and exchange of experience and tools among mobility promoters and experts across Europe. Euronaver is also a European network that offers access to “good”-practice examples, guidelines, checklists and practical and useful, information on how to organise work and training periods abroad. The current network partner countries are France, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, UK and Switzerland.

• Business Opportunities and Services for Small-micro companies (BOSS) project
  A joint project by Eurosportello Veneto (Euro Info Centre IT378) and UEAPME (the European Association of Crafts and Medium-Sized Enterprises), the BOSS project was designed to assist areas bordering candidate countries in the new economic and social situation created by EU enlargement and brought together SME owners from different EU regions and candidate countries in three business partnership events (Padova, Thessaloniki, Udine).

• Integrated Programme to encourage Social Dialogue in the New Member States
  The integrated programme was launched in 2003, as part of the joint work programme of the European Social Partners UNICE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC, to help social partner organisations (employers and trade unions) in new Member States to strengthen their capacity as social partners mandated to represent the views of their members in the European social dialogue.
  

• Business Support Programme II
  Through this project, UEAPME in collaboration with some of its member organizations, aims to help SMEs and handicraft enterprises in the CEEC (Central and Eastern European Countries) to understand the changes arising from the Acquis.

• Business Association Project
  UEAPME engaged an international research team to study the representativity and the activities of European and national employer and business associations. The project aimed to identify:
  Why are Craft, Trade and SME associations across Europe different?
  What makes Craft, Trade and SME associations strong and influential? and
  How do public regulations influence Craft, Trade and SME associations?
  

• ECO-Label project for tourist accomodation
  In the framework of its service contract 2003-2004, UEAPME will organise two half a day awareness-raising seminars on the EU Eco-Label criteria on Tourist Accommodation for entrepreneurs operating in the tourist sector.

• MoveArt
  Created and put in place in the framework of the European LEONARDO Da VINCI II programme, this project aims to contribute to the mobility of art professionals in the art professions in Europe.

• Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs
  A year-long campaign, aimed at raising SMEs' awareness on CSR, culminated with a conference in Brussels on 14 June 2005.
  The pan-European campaign was launched by the Commission in October 2004 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.

• The future of SME finance- Basel II for SMEs
  Basel II for SMEs European Commission (EC) funded project designed to inform Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Multi-Annual Programme (MAP) countries about Basel II. The project aimed to inform SMEs about the future of access to finance through a series of conferences in all MAP countries starting in October 2004.

• ENTER- Enlargement and Entreprises
  ENTER, is a project of UEAPME and the Avignon Academy, co-financed by the European Commission Prince Programme. This project aims to raise the awareness amongst SMEs in the 15 EU Member States on the impact of EU enlargement, which will take place on May 1, 2004.

• EUFRATE
  EUFRATE, a project jointly carried out by UEAPME & the Academy Avignon, aims to promote the debate amongst SME and Craft organisations of all EU and candidate countries on the future of Europe and the European Convention.

• FUTURISME II
  Adaptability and Employability in a modern and dynamic economy
  This project aims to achieve three goals: Raising awareness on new developments in the Social Dialogue, deepening the relations between the European, national, sectoral and regional levels of Social Dialogue for SMEs and widening the scope of Social Dialogue for SMEs by involving SME organizations which are not officially recognised Social Partners

• Business Support Programme I
  This project intends to help Small Enterprises and SMEs organisations in the CEECs countries to familiarise with the community acquis that will regulate their markets once these countries join the EU.

• €urobest
  The aim of the €urobest project is to bring forward communication practices and techniques employed by a variety of national organisations and bodies throughout Europe to inform their SMEs about the introduction and implementation of the euro.

• ETUC/UEAPME
  Social acquis in the CEECs
  This common project between the European Trade Union Confederation and the European SME employers’ association seeks to support efforts by employers and trade unions to implement the EU social acquis in SMEs in the 10 central and eastern European countries, especially in the area of working conditions and training/skills development.

• FUTURISME I
  The future of Social Dialogue in SMEs
  This project jointly carried out by UEAPME and the Academy Avignon aims to anticipate and prepare European SMEs for new challenges arising from working relations in SMEs and craft-trades in a changing environment.

• MEDAPME
  The goal of this project is to reinforce the Professional Organisations of craft, trades and SMEs from the Mediterranean countries in order to allow them to be independent and effective representatives of their members.

• Preventisme
  The PREVENTISME project is a one-year European project focusing on the collection of good practices for the prevention of accidents in SMEs. The main aim of the project is to identify and disseminate effective good practices for the prevention of accidents and the risk of accidents in SMEs and specifically in small and micro enterprises from across the European Union.