Launch of Business Support to EU- India Policy Dialogues project

Formal inaugural session for the launch of the “Business Support to EU- India Policy Dialogues” project was held in the presence of H.E. Mrs. Elzbieta Bienkowska, Commissioner- Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs- European Commission on the 26th Feb 2019, at the Taj Mahal Hotel, 1 Mansingh Road, New Delhi, India. (timings followed by lunch) Drawing its inspiration from the conclusions reached at the 2017 EU-India Summit, The ‘Business Support to the EU- India Policy Dialogues’ Project aims to spur enhances bilateral business cooperation on the above mentioned policy dialogues by strengthening and supporting the businesses. The programme aims precisely at tapping into such business opportunities and focuses in particular, but not exclusively, to areas such as environment, energy, climate, mobility, urbanization, and ICT where there is already advanced cooperation- in the form of policy dialogue with India. The focus will bring together European and Indian SMEs through joint actions business to business matchmaking and exchanges on best practices. The program will carry out technical market studies, constitute a database of EU companies that can offer technical solutions and create an online platform to share information on the business opportunities and connect Indian and EU Business. The program started with a welcome Address by H.E Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India. Followed by a speech on industry perspective on SME Collaboration by Mr. Anil Bhardwaj, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME). Thereafter a Key Note Address on the insights on enhancing EU-India Policy dialogues was given by Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog. The chief guest of honor and speaker for the event was H.E. Mrs. Elzbieta Bienkowska, Commissioner- Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs – European Commission this was followed by an introduction of “ Business Support to EU – India Policy Dialogues” Project by Mr. Poul V. Jensen, Project Team Leader and then the concluding remarks were delivered by Mr. Raman Sidhu, Chairman, EBG Federation (EBG).