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archieved activities     current activities       Financing SME Transfers: Challenges and Promotional Approaches - October 2004    As the transfer of SMEs will become an important topic in the SME landscape of most EU Member states in the forthcoming years, many different measures have to be taken to support the smooth transfer of SMEs. One crucial topic in this context is the access to adequate finance which is central for a successful business take-over. lisez plus   Microcredit European Conference in Brussels - 21-23 September 2004    Organised by the Enterprise Directorate-General in partnership with EMN, MFC and NEFI. The business segment Microloan – a comparison of products offered by Almi (Sweden), BDPME (France), Finnvera (Finnland), ICO (Spain), KfW (Germany), MCC (Italy) and MFB (Hungary). lisez plus   NEFI statement on the proposed Community support programme for SMEs - May 2004    The European Commission has invited business organisations, banks, SME promotional institutions and others active in the area of SME policy to participate in the consultation process on the new proposed Community Support Programme for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Competitiveness (PACE 2006-2010) which will succeed the current MAP. Below you can find NEFI comments and suggestions on the financial instruments of the new Community Support Programme. lisez plus   NEFI cooperation extended - April 2004    Brussels 26th April 2004 Extension of NEFI to accession countries partners and continuation of the dialogue with the Commission lisez plus   Green Paper on Entrepreneurship - July 2003    On the occassion of the consultation process after publishing the Green Paper on Entrepreneurship NEFI delivered some comments to the European Commission concentrating on the central aspects in SME financing. lisez plus   Future of SME promotion - May 2003    Statement by the Network of European Financial Institutions (NEFI) on current Community aid measures for SMEs and future needs for promoting SMEs with the help of EU co-financing lisez plus   Second NEFI Statement on Basle II - Februrary 2003    The following comments were drafted to meet the concerns of the Network of European Financial Institutions for SMEs (NEFI) with respect to the Working Document of the Commission Services published on November 18th, 2002. The NEFI Partners address their common views on the most important points and are ready to explain these views in depth. lisez plus   Comments on the Greenbook on Entrepreneurship - October 2002    NEFI commented on the idea of DG Enterprise which currently elaborates a Greenbook on Entrepreneurship . This paper was sent to Mr Timmo Summa, the SME envoy of the European Commission. lisez plus   Second NEFI High Level Meeting in Valencia - September 2002    NEFI Co-operation deepened and extended - agreement was signed during the second NEFI High Level Meeting on 23rd of April in Valencia lisez plus   NEFI Statement on the Commission Report on the Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises - March 2002    On the occasion of a meeting between small business organisation and the European Commission about the annual report on the implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises NEFI published a statement on this Charter. lisez plus   Bâle II    Commentaires du NEFI sur le 2ème document soumis à consultation par le Comité de Bâle sur le contrôle bancaire "Le Nouvel accord de Bâle sur les fonds propres" et sur le document de la Commission européenne "Révision des exigences de fonds propres réglementaires". lisez plus   Table Ronde    L’organisation des conférences de la Table Ronde constitue un instrument essentiel pour initier un échange entre les pays membres et les pays candidats sur le sujet du financement des PME. lisez plus   Communiqué de Presse, Réunion de haut niveau à Bruxelles le 30 octobre 2000     lisez plus