AFAEMME at ENVISION: Business Makeover Platform launched in 6 languages

Maria Helena de Felipe, President of AFAEMME, participated in the Business Make Over Fest on December 13 in Brussels under the project ENVISION, funded by the European Commission, in which AFAEMME is one of the project participants. The seminar started on December 13th, 2016. It has been drawn up for the companies that need a make-over and that are looking to create a new business model. In this seminar, they want to teach the skills and knowledge to start improving companies’ business as they will learn through real-life examples from fellow entrepreneurs and leading experts on business model innovation.

At the ENVISION project's annual conference, organisaded as interactive "Business Makeover Fest" a new portal with tools to help companies start, survive, grow or innovate was lanunched, Afaemme has participate at the Seminars. All tools are available in 6 languages (EN/FR/DE/IT/ES/PL) and can be used for free by all SME organisations to offer additional services for their members. At the launch event, Economic Policy Director, Gerhard Huemer underlined the importance of external support for traditional SMEs when they have to change or develop their business model. Furthermore, he welcomed the EC's new approach towards innovation in SMEs which is financed by the European Commission 2020 programme. Innovation is no longer seen as a linear top- down process, but as a regular process driven by ideas, needs and markets.

News Date

December 27, 2016