It is that time of the year again, when the European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) commence and the best projects from all across Europe begin to compete for a place on the EEPA 2018 shortlist.

Today 05 February, marks the opening of the EEPA 2018 and the project nominations, which will be happening on a national level. National deadlines will differ across countries and will be communicated by the National Coordinators. Once the national competitions have taken place, European level submissions will be accepted until the deadline on 03 July. Upon receipt of all European nominations, the EEPA 2018 Jury meeting will take place in mid-September which will be followed by the announcement of the shortlist on by the end of September. The final step will be the prestigious awards ceremony, which will take place in Graz, Austria on Tuesday 20 November as part of the annual SME Assembly.

After a temporary suspension in 2017, we are also pleased to announce that the category ‘Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency’ is back for 2018 and accepting submissions.

Therefore the six active categories for 2018 are as follows:

 

The key dates for EEPA 2018 are: