OPENING A BUSINESS IN MALTA 10 October 2019
The Enterprise Europe Network The Enterprise Europe Network is the largest network of contact points providing information and advice to EU companies on EU matters, in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The network provides practical answers to specific questions in your language.
Further details may be found on the Enterprise Europe Network Malta website on www.enterprise-europemalta.com/
Intend – international tenders alerting service Using a specialist notification system, the Enterprise Europe Network office can now inform clients about all the tendering opportunities that appear in particular areas of business. Enterprise Europe Network offers businesses help and assistance with all aspects of public procurement in Europe and these services can help your business sell to the public sector throughout Europe. Partner search The service contains thousands of business opportunities being offered and requested from across Europe just waiting to be exploited. You may utilise this service to identify suitable business partners.
Technology transfer service Through this service, Maltese SMEs can use the Enterprise Europe Network to find partners in Europe by inserting technology offers, requests, search the offers and requests database, and subscribe to the technology watch service. Enquiry service The network’s enquiry service provides access to a wealth of European information. We have direct links to Brussels and to expertise located in the 600 other network partners throughout the European Union, Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. We are in a unique position to answer your questions about existing and forthcoming legislation, helping to find the right business partner as well as other issues with a potential impact on your business.
One in every eight business participants who took part in B2B events organised by the Malta Consortium within the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) managed to grow their business internationally. This emerged from impact statistics published by the Malta Consortium within the Network. Over these years, 2,500 Malta based business representatives participated in 50 seminars organised by the EEN locally, contributing 970 policy recommendation as direct feedback to the EU Commission. The Consortium was also well positioned to provide 300 advisory services to Malta based entrepreneurs and replied to more than 500 general enquiries. The major part of the advisory services consisted of individual client support towards tapping EU funding, innovation business practices and access to international procurement. Reacting to the results, a spokesperson for the Malta Consortium said: “We are satisfied with the outcome of our work which generated a very positive reputation for the Network locally. We constantly push ourselves to turn activity results into outcomes which generate a positive impact on clients’ businesses because ultimately that is the purpose of our work”. Enterprise Europe Network is the world’s largest support network for SMEs with international ambitions. The Network is spread over 60 countries, bringing together 3,000 business experts from over 600 member organisations renowned for their excellence in business support. Last year, in global terms, Network clients reached 2,507 agreements with foreign companies thanks to partnering services, while advisory support services gave 1,534 clients a significant impetus to improve their competitiveness and innovation at European level. The Malta Consortium within the Network is composed of Malta Enterprise; The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry; Malta Business Bureau (MBB) and Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST).