Pan European ICT & eBusiness Network for SME
| Abbreviation | PIN-SME |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Brussels |
President | Oliver Grün |
Vice-Presidents | Andrew Corbett George Brashnarov Bruno Robine Fabio Massimo Joaquin Garrido |
| Website | www.digitalsme.eu |
The Pan European ICT & eBusiness Network for SME (PIN-SME) is the European association of medium-sized IT companies with their headquarters in Brussels. The organisation was founded in 2007 [1] and represents more than 20 000 medium-sized IT companies with more than 200 000 employees from Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, France and other European countries. The current president of PIN-SME is Oliver Grün.[2][3][4][5]
Presidents[edit]
- 2007–2010: Johann Steszgal (Austria)
- 2010–2012: Bruno Robine (France)
- 2012–2013: Charles Huthwaite
- 2013–2015: Bo Sejer Frandsen (Denmark)
- since 2015: Oliver Grün (Germany)
Members[edit]
Members of PIN-SME are associations from across Europe and represent IT SMEs in national and regional markets. The members include:
- Ukita(GREAT BRITAIN)
- BASSCOM - Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BULGARIA)
- IT Forum Midtjylland (DENMARK)
- GPNI - Groupement Professionnel de l'Informatique National (FRANCE)
- CNA -Comunicazione e Terziario Avanzato, Confederazione Nazionale della Piccola e Media dell'Artigianato e impresa (ITALY)
- BITMi - Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand (GERMANY)
- CONETIC - Confederación Española de Empresas de Tecnologias de la Información, Comunicaciones y Electrónica (SPAIN)
- SwissMedia – Swiss IT & Multimedia Association (SWITZERLAND)
- Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, IT Association (SERBIA)
- Vojvodina ICT Cluster (SERBIA)
- STIKK – Kosovo Association of Information and Communication Technology (KOSOVO)
Objectives[edit]
The association sees itself as a "mouthpiece" of medium-sized IT companies across Europe. Among its main tasks and objectives are:[6]
- Expanding the network of ICT companies across Europe
- Creating solutions for European ICT companies to gain a stronger position in the European market
- Setting uniform standards for European ICT companies
- Greatly expanding collaboration of smaller IT companies on European programmes
- Developing ICT support programmes for the European Union
- Promoting networking and exchange of PIN-SME member companies
- Employing ICT skills across branches and companies
Memberships[edit]
PIN-SME is a member UEAPME, the employers' association of European small- and medium-sized enterprises.
External links[edit]
Projects[edit]
- CloudingSMEs The project intends to act as a catalyst for the accelerated and more successful adoption of cloud computing by European SMEs, while at the same facilitating ICT SMEs in the development, deployment and promotion of their cloud computing solutions.[7]
- DigitalJobs The project provides the secretariat for the Grand Coalition for DIgital Jobs: a multi-stakeholder partnership to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe and the thousands of unfilled ICT-related vacancies across all industry sectors.[8]
- LEAD – e-Leadership Skills for SMEs This Commission initiative develops targeted actions for start-ups and fast growing SMEs to provide them with relevant e-leadership skills and qualifications for entrepreneurs, managers and advanced ICT users that are recognised trans-nationally.[9]
- e-CF Council The project intends to set a stable transnational partnership of reference stakeholders built upon e-competence and IT occupation enhancement and based on a common reference scheme for vocational qualifications and certification, compliant with the e-CF, European eCompetence Framework. The overall e-CF COUNCIL aim is to reduce the ICT Skills mismatch and shortage.
References[edit]
- ↑ PIN-SME launch event - ICT and SMEs: big opportunities for small players, Retrieved 15 February 2016
- ↑ Official PIN SME- website: Membership, Retrieved 2 June 2015
- ↑ Oliver Grün elected President of the European Digital SME Association, Retrieved 30 June 2015
- ↑ UKITA and PIN-SME – The voice of ICT SMEs in Europa, Retrieved 23 February 2016
- ↑ NGOs give EU commission a beating over anti-counterfeit pact, Retrieved 25 February 2016
- ↑ Re-Setting the Record Straight: ICT SME’s Are Not a Monolith, Retrieved 25 February 2016
- ↑ CloudingSME website, Retrieved 23 February 2016
- ↑ Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, Website European Commission, Retrieved 23 February 2016
- ↑ European Guidelines and Quality Labels for new Curricula Fostering e-Leadership Skills, Retrieved 23 February 2016
4. SMALL BUSINESS STANDARDS, Retrieved 22 February 2016
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