The Hellenic Investment and Foreign Trade Company (Enterprise Greece) was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of European Export Promotion Organizations (European Trade Promotion Organizations’ Association – ETPOA AISBL) for the two years 2020 – 2022.
Enterprise Greece was one of the 12 founding European Export Promotion Organizations (TPOs) of the non-profit organization ETPOA, founded in Brussels on 31/11/2018 with the main objectives:
- Promoting interests and representation of its members at the institutional level (European Commission services eg DG GROW, DG TRADE, DG DEVCO, EEAS)
- The exchange of know-how and best practices among its members, as well as participation in calls for proposals of the European Union. The ultimate goal is to provide the most effective services to SMEs.
From 2018 until today the Union has managed to double its members from 12 to 27 including: 17 national TPOs from 14 EU member states (3 Belgian, France, Greece, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia) and 1 from EFTA countries (Switzerland), 10 regional TPOs and agricultural product promotion organizations e.g. from Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom.
In addition, it is now a recognized partner and interlocutor of the European organizations that promotes the interests of TPOs and is considered a counterpart to other very large organizations with a long tradition (eg Eurochambres, SMEUnited).
Enterprise Greece had been elected as the Vice-President and Head of Secretariat of the Union on 29/10/2018, under the responsibility of the overall management of all its daily operational issues (e.g. management of budgets, organization of meetings and a host of other activities). In the recent elections, he was re-elected member of the Board of Directors and head of the Secretariat for the period 2020-2022.
Enterprise Greece
The company Enterprise Greece (Hellenic Investment and Foreign Trade Company S.A.) is the competent national body, under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the attraction of investments in Greece and the promotion of exports, with the aim of promoting the country as attractive investment destination and promote the competitive export products and services of Greece.
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ENTERPRISE GREECE | Directorate of Information, Communication and Marketing – 210 3355732,[email protected]
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