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PIN-SME at the European CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs 2010: bridging ICT SMEs and policy makers!

PIN-SME, alongside the European Commission (DG Enterprise – eBSN), CeBIT, UEAPME and G+F Unternehmensgruppe, held the first “European CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs 2010” during the 2010 edition of the CeBIT fair in Hannover.

The event included two round-table discussions with ICT entrepreneurs, representatives from SME federations (including PIN-SME) and policy makers. The discussions were broadcasted live on the internet and the eparticipants had the opportunity to directly intervene in the debate.

The roundtables provided fresh inputs to the discussions on competitiveness, e-skills policies and ICT SMEs; the full streaming video of the event can be found at the following link  

 

 

Statement

 
Andrea Benassi, UEAPME Secretary General
 
 
ICT small businesses are the key to fostering innovation and growth and to disseminating and promoting the use of ICT. Europe’s 23 million European SMEs need ICT to enhance their competitiveness and be more prosperous.

Half of the productivity growth of the EU comes from the ICT sector. In 2006, SMEs represented a share of more than two thirds of the workforce of the European ICT services industry. Micro-enterprises alone account for more than 94% of the total number of enterprises.
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PIN-SME: the voice of ICT small and medium sized enterprises in Europe

PIN-SME is an association formed in 2007 to represent the interests of Europe’s ICT SME sector. Currently ten national and regional associations are members, representing some 50,000 ICT SME companies that account for around 200k jobs. PIN-SME aims to ensure that ICT SMEs get talked to rather than just talked about. It provides a voice for ICT SMEs in the policy and business arenas and is already represented in several EU expert groups and taskforces.
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PIN-SME ADMINISTRATORS

President

Bruno Robine
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Secretary General

 
 Sebastiano Toffaletti
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Vice-President PIN-SME Bulgaria


George Brashnarov
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Vice-President PIN-SME Austria

Friedrich Bock
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Vice-President PIN-SME Denmark


Finn Støy
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Vice-President PIN-SME Germany

Andreas R. Fischer
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Vice-President PIN-SME Italy


Fabio Massimo
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Vice-President PIN-SME Spain


Joaquin Garrido
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Vice President Switzerland

Vice-President PIN-SME UK


Charles Huthwaite
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