Report on the implementation of the European Charter for small enterprises in the Western Balkans
By: prepared by: the European Commission Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry and the OECD Investment Compact for South East Europe.
Contributors: European Commission. Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General.; Investment Compact for South East Europe (Organization); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9789264006492
Subjects: Small business -- Government policy -- Balkan Peninsula.; Small business -- Government policy -- European Union countries.; Small business -- Balkan Peninsula.; Small business -- European Union countries.
Other titles: SME policy index 2007
Description: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Western Balkan economies but until recently received relatively little attention from policy makers. Governments focused on consolidating macroeconomic stabilization and the restructuring and privatization of large companies. The adoption in 2003 of the European Charter for Small Enterprises contributed to a change in policy perspective. The SME Policy Index 2007 presents the first comprehensive and comparative assessment of progress made in implementing the Charter. The assessment is based on the SME Policy Index, an analytical tool designed by the OECD Investment Compact and the European Commission, and uses collaborative benchmarking to measure progress in the ten dimensions of the Charter. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UNMIK/Kosovo are assessed in this report.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "In consultation with: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Training Foundation."

"Published with the financial support of the European Commission and the OECD Investment Compact for South East Europe."

Includes bibliographical references.

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction. The charter process in the western Balkans and the SME policy index methodology; title: An overview of the small enterprise sector in the Western Balkans; title: pt. 2. Policy findings by charter dimension. Education and training for entrepreneurship; title: Cheaper and faster start-up; title: Better legislation and regulation; title: Availability of skills; title: Improving on-line access; title: Getting more out of the single market; title: Taxation and financial matters; title: Strengthening the technological capacity of small enterprises; title: Successful e-business models and top-class business support; title: Developing stronger and more effective representation of small enterprises' interests; title: pt. 3. Country reports. Albania; title: Bosnia and Herzegovina; title: Croatia; title: UNMIK/Kosovo; title: The former Yoguslav Republic of Macedonia; title: Montenegro; title: Serbia.