The financial perspective 2014-2020 attaches a great importance to supporting SMEs as a factor in industrial competitiveness and economic growth. The importance of an enabling environment for business and entrepreneurship, particularly for SMEs is complemented by the need to improve the impact...

: Within the 2020 Strategy, the European Commission launched in 2010 a new industrial policy strategy that outlined the actions needed in order to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and attractiveness, as a place for investment and production, including the commitment to monitor regularly the...