As Small or Medium Enterprise you can Leverage public co-financing in the following ways:

• Better understand and use EU funding opportunities at all levels with European Union Grants Advisor

  Through the EU Grants Advisor web site SMEs, business owners will be able to find information about EU funding and can start to better ascertain which funds they may be eligible for.

• Receive assistance from experts to be awarded a grant for ICT related projects with European Union Grants Advisor

  In some countries you can access consultancy to evaluate the eligibility of your project. Please see the local EUGA website for more information in your country.

• Microsoft launches the Student Career Portal
• Seven BizSpark start-ups out of twelve at Innovate!100 in London
• A BizSpark start-up -Sopima - won the Innovate!100 competition in Helsinki
• European Union Grants Advisor for start-ups comes to Ireland
• Check the results of 2009 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS)!
• European Enterprise Awards 2010 shortlist 12 projects
• Inspire people to discover e-skills
• In 5 years, 90% of jobs will require computer skills
• New Study Reveals in 5 years 90 per cent of jobs will require ICT skills
• Forum on Employability and Enterprise
• EUGA at European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) Summit in Berlin
• The first edition of ExpoCascais 09
• European Alliance on Skills for Employability launched in Poland
• Employability Alliance as a successful laboratory in the CSR Toolbox event in Madrid
• European Investor Summit
• MS Sweden and national Swedish Public Employment Service Awarded ESF Funds
• Toolbox Tuesday Conference Call
• The employability initiative in Luxembourg committed to raise the level of training
• European Business Summit
• EBAN s 9th Annual Congress and 4th Award Ceremony
• Microsoft Bulgaria s Innovation Day 2009
• Microsoft’s 5th annual growth and innovation day
• Helping women over 45 find a job
• European Multi-stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility
• The University of Umeå and Microsoft Sweden launched the Microsoft Innovation Accelerator
• Cisco, Intel and Microsoft Lead Collaboration to Improve Global Education Assessments
• European Year of Creativity and Innovation launched
• Avocats sans Frontières project awarded
• CSR and competitiveness
• Microsoft Bulgaria Annual Entrepreneurship Forum
• Commission announces e-Inclusion award winners at conclusion of 2008 e-Inclusion
• TechSoup Europe recognized as finalist in EU eInclusion awards
• Vienna hosts the concluding event of the 2008 e-Inclusion: Be Part of It! campaign
• Telecentre Europe network goes live at EC e-Inclusion event
• 1st European SME Week,"Small business, big ideas", 6-14 May 2009
• EU ready to tackle economic challenges
• Improving Europe s Skill Base: New IT career portal launched
• The European Alliance for CSR Event 2008: CSR Europe s Toolbox ; Equipping Companies and Stakeholders for a Competitive and Responsible Europe
• State aid: Commission adopts Regulation automatically approving aid for jobs and growth
• Bridging the Fulda Skills Gap
• Launch of the TITAN Programme
• EU reaches out to promote flexicurity approach in the Member States
• Help us make research in Europe more European, say researchers
• EU finance day for SMEs Series of one-day events in 2008-2009
• New EU guide to encourage combining research funding sources
• State Street, Microsoft, Randstad, ECDL launch new skills for employability partnership in France
• Danuta Hübner welcomes Slovenia s plan to invest in innovation for jobs and growth
• Southeastern European governments and leading technology companies to invest in regional eGovernance centre
• The European Commission’s commitment to small enterprises: Small Business Act
• Vice President Verheugen launches Enterprise Europe Network, European business support at your doorstep
• IT skills: Big names help youngsters press right buttons
• Microsoft aims to create new opportunity for everyone through education
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Microsoft Create Joint Research Centre in Barcelona for Parallel Computing
• European Commission proposes actions to foster 21st Century e-Skills
• European Commission communication on media literacy