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Mr Daianu and Mrs Baeva

Preparatory action: Opportunities for internationalisation of SMEs

Description: As a global economy, we are witnessing a qualitatively new form of international economic relations provoking new opportunities for SMEs in an international environment. Some of the motives for seeking new markets might be outlined as follows:
• the local market is with a smaller scope;
• the national markets are stagnating at certain periods of time;
• access to international markets in pursuing objectives related to high growth.


In the context of the Small Business Act (SBA) envisaging R&D support programmes and transnational research, SMEs should be involved in transnational projects subcontracting activities of their expertise. The approach might lead to potential enhancing, improvement of the skills and innovative strategies leading to competitive edge of the SMEs. We propose a preparatory action which will test the involvement of SMEs in such actions.

The preparatory action will provide the necessary information in order to develop a strategy at a later stage, which could be implemented at the EU level.


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Harmonised e-business processes and standards between European SMEs of interrelated industry sectors.
(By Mr. Daianu and Mrs. Raeva)


Large companies continuously streamline and integrate their business processes. Smaller firms in the supply chain need to conform to different data processing architectures, ICT solutions and standards for each of their major costumers. This results to complex ICT systems which are costly, user un-friendly, and inefficient, creating a competitiveness deficit for the SMEs.

This preparatory action will accelerate the pace of integration of digital innovation among European SMEs and complement the related actions of the Commission and Member States in line with the provisions of the SBA.

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Study proposed by Daniel Daianu:"Common toolbox of procedures for crisis prevention and management at EU level"

Enhancing financial crisis prevention and management arrangements at EU level will contribute to set-up of level playing field across borders and between regulated and non-regulated market participants. With that respect the following activities can be envisaged:

1. conduct a study on availability of tools and their interoperability for cross-border crisis management in the EU;

2. developing a common toolbox of procedures for crisis prevention management and resolution at EU level. The pilot project aims at contributing also to the implementation of the Memorandum of understanding on cross-border financial stability agreed between the financial supervisory authorities, central banks and finance ministries of the EU.