Development of possible EU actions to support the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the European construction sector in third country markets
Introduction
VVA, the Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services (CSES) and CSIL have been appointed by the European Commission’s DG GROW to carry this study.
The objective is to develop tailor-made proposals for public support at EU level to European SMEs[1] from the construction industry to internationalise beyond the EU, focusing on 1) the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) 2) Asia 3) Latin America, 4) the Middle-East and 5) the Balkans.
The definition of the construction industry for the purposes of this assignment includes:
Transport infrastructures (road, railway, airport, waterway, port)
Energy (production, distribution)
Water (production, treatment, distribution)
Waste (collection, treatment, management)
Buildings (housing, public services, commercial and industrial)
Communication networks
Construction services (architecture, engineering, technical consultancies)
Construction products and materials manufacturing
Trading in construction services and products
Data protection
Any information provided is confidential and will be dealt with accordingly. The results presented will be aggregated and will not be individuated by company. VVA and CSES aim to comply with the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC), as implemented in the UK under the Data Protection Act 1998 and with EC Regulation No 45/2001 (which is currently under revision) concerning the protection of individuals regarding the processing of personal data by EU institutions. CSES and VVA are compliant with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679).
The survey deadline is 24th August 2018. Completing the survey should take no longer than 15-20 minutes.
