1. Meeting Circular Economy Task Force & WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Business models of entrepreneurship and SMEs in the context of circular economy
Brussels

2. WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs priorities:
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WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs
WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs priorities:
Continuation of cooperation and exchange of good practices with SAF in context of social enterprises;
Cooperation with Cultural Forum in context creative industries;
Mapping the needs on Entrepreneurship in Cities in European context, for instance monitoring the Small Business Act;
Looking at potential cooperation with the OECD on the promotion of local economic development;
Taking into account global economic trends and exchange of good practices in context of business models;
Linking with the activities of Urban territorial related to local economic development;
Stimulate Circular Economy as a driving force to innovation and competitiveness.

3. WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs actions:
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WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs
WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs actions:
Organizing a joint meeting with Task Force on Circular Economy in 2019 to increase this issue in EDF and to stimulate enterprises;
Possible joint meeting with the WG Smart social inclusion and cooperation on political recommendations especially in context of social Economy;
Closer cooperation for the exchange of best-practices and monitoring on new forms of funding being experimented at the EU level (Impact Investing, Social Bonds, etc.);
Joint meeting with the Cultural Forum;
Exchange of best-practices and monitoring on the challenges posed to entrepreneurs by new forms of economic models and regulation;
Keep lobbying on a stronger recognition of cities in the field of entrepreneurship also through specific EU processes;

4. WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs in EDF:
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WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs in EDF:
March March 2019: EDF Spring meeting 2019 in Florence on “Ecosystem of Innovation”;
EDF Autumn meeting 2019 in Munich on “Digitalisation and SME; Start up and scale up“;

5. Circular Economy in Braga
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Circular Economy in Braga
Meetings with enterprises;
Sessions ands Conferences;
Local working group with Municipality, Universities, Knowledge centres, Enterprises;
SDG´s

6. Meeting Circular Economy Task Force & WG Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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