1. EU- Israel SME Dialogue SME access to markets 26 June 2014 Tel Aviv

2. The Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) Principle 10 The EU and Member States should support and encourage SMEs to benefit from the growth of markets outside the EU, in particular through market-specific support and business training activities.

3. Internationalisation beyond the single market Only half of EU’s internationally active SMEs operate outside the single market

4. I. Political actions Missions for growth Free Trade Agreements Regulatory approximation with third countries.

5. II. Policy initiatives EEN - http://een.ec.europa.eu/http://een.ec.europa.eu/ EU Business Centers China - http://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/http://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/ India - http://www.ebtc.eu/http://www.ebtc.eu/ Thailand - http://www.eabc-thailand.eu/http://www.eabc-thailand.eu/

6. II. Policy initiatives IPR Helpdesks China - http://www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu/http://www.china-iprhelpdesk.eu/ ASEAN - http://www.asean-iprhelpdesk.eu/http://www.asean-iprhelpdesk.eu/ MERCOSUR – http://www.mercosur-iprhelpdesk.eu/http://www.mercosur-iprhelpdesk.eu/

7. II. Policy initiatives Clusters European Cluster Alliance - http://www.eca-tactics.eu/http://www.eca-tactics.eu/ European Cluster Collaboration Platform http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/ http://www.clustercollaboration.eu/

8. II. Policy initiatives Portal on SMEs internationalisation https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/smeip/ Market Access Database http://madb.europa.eu

9. III. Access to finance A) COSME – programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs - http://ec.europa.eu/cip/cosme/index_e n.htm http://ec.europa.eu/cip/cosme/index_e n.htm B) Partnership Instrument

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