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UNCTAD World Investment Report 2014
On the 24th of June 2014, the 2014 UNCTAD World Investment Report has been launched providing an analysis that can support global discussions on how to accelerate progress towards the Millenium Development Goals and shape a long-range vision for a more sustainable future beyond 2015.
The INSME Secretariat is deligthed to share a contribution elaborated by Mr. Weber and Mr. Bolwijn with you. The contribution is based on the UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2014 and presents an action plan for promoting private sector investment in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Please download the file here.
Launch of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The Lisbona Treaty in 2009 introduced a system called “trios”: the countries holding the presidency work in group of three to define a common agenda and long-term objectives for the 18 forthcoming months and each country defines its own six-months programme. In the last months Italy has closely collaborated with Latvia and Luxembourg to draw a common agenda. Based on this collaboration, Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Matteo Renzi, presented the programme of the Italian Presidency in the forthcoming six month.
With a special focus on the Europe 2020 Strategy the Italian Presidency intends to face one of the greatest European challenges that is to say to ensure that Europe is fully prepared to take part in the global economy. The Italian Presidency will make every possible effort to foster smart, sustainable and inclusive growth above all with a view to delivering more jobs. Additionally the Italian Presidency aims at strengthening the Economic and Monetary Union by deepening its economic and social dimension.
Fostering industrial competitiveness will be the third pillar at the centre of the Presidency's activity which aims at supporting small and medium enterprises that are considered the back-bone of the European economy.
The whole programme of the Italian presidency is available here.
Learn more about the Italian Presidency here.
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May 2014
INSMEnews - Issue n. 121 in Spanish [pdf] contributed by DE TULLIO & PARTNERS
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Highlighted events
ISPIM Americas Innovation Forum
5-8 October 2014Nigerian Raw Material Exposition
Lagos, Nigeria
Organized by Raw Materials Research and Development Council
IOT360 Summit
Rome, Italy
Organized by EAI in partnership with INSME, Fraunhofer Fokus Institute, La Sapienza University, IBM and CREATE-NET Institute
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Guides to Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Brazil, China, India, Russia and Turkey
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights has just produced a range of publications related to its work and specific issues regarding IP and infringements in non-EU countries.
The publications are intended to provide simple guidelines on how rights holders can protect their IP assets and what to do if their rights are infringed.Find out more about IP protection and enforcement system in Brazil, China, India, Russia and Turkey at the following link.QDB named "Best Development Bank" in the Middle East
After having been recognized by the Banker Middle East Product Awards for Best SME Finance Scheme in 2013, due to its efforts building an ideal environment for the growth of entrepreneurship in the State of Qatar through its successful Al-Dhameen indirect lending program, the Qatar Development Bank (INSME Member) has been recently named “Best Development Bank” in the Middle East at the 2014 Banker Middle East Industry Awards, an event honoring more than 200 financial institutions in the Region.
The annual Banker Middle East Industry Award aims at recognising the best banking and financial institutions in the Middle East that represent the pinnacle of innovation and growth in the region.
On that occasion Mr. Abdullaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO of QDV, declared “We are proud of this honor, which reflects QDB's contribution to the overall development journey and our deep commitment to offering products that strengthen and grow the private sector”.
Learn more about the initiative here.European Companies in India: Reigniting Economic Growth
The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) and the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) recently released the report on “European Companies in India: Reigniting Economic Growth”, which contains an analysis of European investments in India between 2004 and 2013.
The report highlights the opportunity for Europe and India to become strategic partners by underlining that European companies have invested 198.00$ billion in the last ten years, being the largest inbound investor group in India.
Furthermore it gathers concrete measures and suggestions to the European companies and to Indian policy makers on how to enhance the partnership, how better doing business in the country and how to attract more FDI from Europe.
The aim of this work is to be a comprehensive guide for information, statistics, analysis and trends on European investments in India.
Read the whole report at the following link.