Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-23-Speech-2-579-000"
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"en.20121023.45.2-579-000"2
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"With his report on Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs): competitiveness and business opportunities, Mr Rübig has focused on an issue very close to my heart. We need objective, consistent and independent impact assessments to determine how our legislation is affecting SMEs, whether positively or negatively. We need better access to capital and better advice services, especially about overseas markets. In this context, I would like to spell out once again what I regard as the essential feature of good advice services for those of our SMEs that wish to do business in overseas markets. A multilingual online portal containing legislation and information, as proposed by the Commission and Mr Rübig, would certainly be helpful provided that it is user-friendly. However, this can only ever be an add-on. What we need, first and foremost, are advisory services for businesses at the local level. Doing business internationally is a major risk for many firms, and to take this step, they must have confidence in their partners. This is created through the provision of advice services locally – not at the EU level or, indeed, in the third country markets – by organisations such as the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), which are already familiar to SMEs. The trusted partners must in turn have partners who they can trust in the third countries which are companies’ target markets. That is how good advice services can support access to overseas business."@en1
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