European Small Business Alliance
Acronym: ESBA
General Information
Identification Code: 741179426673-35
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Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 4/7/2017
Last Update: 1/18/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1
Mission & Interests
Goals: The European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) is a non-party political group, which cares for small business entrepreneurs and the self-employed and represents them through targeted EU advocacy and profiling activities.
In 2023, the European Small Business Alliance celebrated its 25th anniversary as a Brussels based pan-European body representing micro and small companies from across the EU. Today, ESBA is one of the largest organisations based on voluntary membership in Europe. Through its direct membership, associate membership and cooperation agreements, the Alliance now represents almost one million small businesses and covers 35 European countries. The two main pillars in ESBA's lobbying are the two main pressing issues for SMEs across Europe: Access to Finance and Better Regulation.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Banking and financial services
- Budget
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Communication
- Competition
- Consumers
- Culture and media
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- Food safety
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Maritime affairs and fisheries
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Consumer and marketing law
European Services Card
Internal Market for Goods
Mutual Recognition of Goods
Single Market Information tool
VAT action plan
Digital Single Gateway
Collaborative economy
Start-up Initiative
Standardisation package
Better admin cooperation and a simplification package
TTIP
Eurovignette and EETS
Circular economy
Eco design
Waste Directive
REACH
Posted workers
Work-life balance
Initiative on skills
Pillar of Social Rights
Quality frameworks for apprenticeships and proposal on increased mobility for them
Implementation of Working Time Directive (non-legislative)
Insolvency II
Corporate Taxation
IPR
Online Platforms
Digital Contract Law
Geo-blocking
Parcel Delivery
Cross border VAT
Communication Activities: Project: WEgate. ended 31st January 2023. COSME
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Network of SME Envoys#E02666#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2666 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsSME Envoy Sherpas#E02666/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103552 #OBSERVER #C#SMEs
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings
Head Office
Address: Regus Business Centre, Box 5,Rond Point Schuman 6
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Regus Business Centre, Box 5,Rond Point Schuman 6
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: ESBA was the Project Lead, for the COSME WEgate Project, for which we engage consultants and sub contractors to deliver. The Project ended 31st January 2023
As at January 2024, we are not involved with any EU Projects
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 2
Members: 4
Members F T E: 2.25
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.esba-europe.org/our-members
Organisation Members: ERENET, Budupest www.erenet.org Associate membership of each other's organisations, non voting.
CEAPME, Brussels, https://www.european-entrepreneurs.org/ Friendship agreement, Associate membership of each other's organisations. Non voting.
Early Warning Europe. www.earlywarningeurope.eu