UEAPME Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard

The UEAPME Think Small Test (TST) and the SBA Implementation Scoreboard are based on questionnaires answered by policy experts from European and national SME organisations.

The questionnaires aim to provide a – necessarily – subjective picture on the extent to which policy entities are respecting the “Think Small First” principle and the SBA commitments have been implemented, as seen from the receiving end of SME policy in Europe. Both pledges were made by the European institutions and national governments in the course of 2008.

2012 issue

Indicators

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2012 (without country sheets, 550 kb)

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2012 (with country sheets, 9 Mb)

Country sheets

• 2012 Country Sheets

• Country sheets are also available as separate documents: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

Questionnaires

• Annex: Questionnaire for national / regional / branch associations

• Annex: Questionnaire for European associations

Press release

• 13/11/2012: Small Business Act: commitments are finally becoming actions, survey finds

2011 issue

Indicators

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2011 (without country sheets, 400 kb)

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2011 (with country sheets, 3.5 Mb)

Country sheets

• 2011 Country Sheets

• Country sheets are also available as separate documents: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

Questionnaires

• Annex: Questionnaire for national / regional / branch associations

• Annex: Questionnaire for European associations

Press release

• 05/10/2011: SBA implementation slowing down and far from being complete, survey finds

2010 issue

Indicators

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2010 (without country sheets, 400 kb)

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2010 (including country sheets, 4 Mb)

Country sheets

• Chapter 4: Country sheets

• Country sheets are also available as separate documents: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

Questionnaires

• Annex: Questionnaire for European associations

• Annex: Questionnaire for national / regional / branch associations

Press release

• 31/05/2010: Broken promises and lack of support are holding back SMEs, survey finds

2009 issue

Indicators

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2009 (without country sheets, 500 kb)

• Think Small Test and SBA Implementation Scoreboard 2009 (including country sheets, 4.5 Mb)

Country sheets

• Chapter 5: Country sheets

• Country sheets are also available as separate documents: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

Questionnaires

• Annex: Questionnaire for European associations

• Annex: Questionnaire for national / regional / branch associations

Press release

• 06/05/2009: Survey shows wide gap between SME policy actions and concrete effects