This Infograph explains the pros and cons of improving the eIDAS regulation for businesses using electronic identification means and trust services. The gains can be enormous for them and lead to a significant reduction in overheads - boosting profits. It can make the difference between expansion and stagnation for small and medium sized businesses.

This page is for public or private online service providers wanting to learn more about integration with the eIDAS Network in their country. For public service providers, there is an obligation under the eIDAS Regulation to do so by 29 September 2018. For private service providers, there are a number of compelling benefits to doing so.
It is important to note that the specific integration process and activities conducted will differ depending on the situation in your country (eIDAS-Node infrastructure and eID schemes in use), as well as the specific needs of your organisation. The information on this page is therefore indicative only, designed to give you an idea of the sort of activities you can expect to undertake. 
You must contact your Single Point of Contact before beginning the process, as they will support you according to your organisation's specific context. 
You can also check with your national member in the European Digital SME Alliance.

On 29th of May at 10.00 AM CET there will be an online workshop where we will discuss this and share our experiences. We will start with a keynote presentation by Esther Gonzales - Magenta.
After that we will give the floor to all participants and we will have a chance to share our best practices and to develop new ideas on how to approach this challenge. The workshop will be moderated by Kenneth OE Sundin, SME Academy.

The Albanian Institute of SMEs “SMEs Albania” organize their second Summer Academy for SMEs on “training on export management”.
In the program during 25-29 June entrepreneurs and small businesses will find a focus on international business. Topics like:

• Documentation and Export procedures
• International Trade
• Barriers for export
• Internationalization of businesses
  

The Summer Academy is visited by SMEs that are exporting or have a potential in finding new markets. Future exporters are also among the attendees as students are invited to participate.

The presenter list, with a mix of international and domestic speakers and lecturers, is indicating a very inspiring and fully packed week of knowledge and experience that will be shared. One of the speakers will be our own founder of the SME Academy, Kenneth OE Sundin .

The event will take place at Hotel Tirana International, in Tirana, Albania.

The European Microfinance Network (MFN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC) will organise their joint annual conference, in partnership with Seed Capital Bizkaia Micro, from 3rd-5th October 2018 in Bilbao, Spain. The Euskalduna Conference Centre, located in the very heart of the city, will host the event providing a unique emplacement to the annual conference. 

3D printing and related services like 3D modeling, Animation, Cad etc will be growing rapidly as new materials and new tools will find their way to businesses - not at least Small Businesses that can adopt to new technologies - based on experiences and new knowledge.
Finding skilled managers and employees is one of the challenges but the pay back can be worth the effort.