21 January 2021 | Online training: Zoom | Co-organised with EUROCHAMBRES

The EU SME Centre is excited to invite you to a new training workshop on the topic 'Intercultural Communication between China and Europe' with take place online on Zoom on 21 January 2021 - free of charge. The online training workshop is organised together with EUROCHAMBRES, in collaboration with the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Athens, 16/12/2020 I Enterprise Greece, the Greek state investment and trade promotion agency, and Next.e.GO Mobile SE, a German manufacturer of electric vehicles, have reached initial agreement on establishing an electric vehicle production facility in Greece.

Athens, 01 December 2020 / The Israeli investors interest in investing in Greece, in a wide range of developing sectors of the Greek economy, was demonstrated during an online investment webinar held on Thursday, November 25, 2020, with significant participation of enterprises.

Athens, 30 November 2020 I Enterprise Greece participates with a specially devoted Task Force team in the “Just Transition Development Plan of lignite areas of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis”. It consists of a versatile project, which aims to reconstruct the transition areas, in a new economic model, and to cover the deficit of their productive model, through the creation of values in different sectors, taking into account all their natural and diverse comparative advantages.

Athens, 27 November 2020 | A successful webinar to promote Greece as a promising investment destination for Australian enterprises and investors in the tourism and real estate sectors, was successfully held on Wednesday, November 25, 2020.

Athens, 25 November 2020 |The online event for the presentation of the Programme "Thriving in the Storm", co-organized by Enterprise Greece and the U.S. Market Access Center (US-MAC ), was held successfully on Thursday 19 November, 2020.

Athens, 16 November 2020 Enterprise Greece is co-organising, along with US-MAC (US Market Access Center), the “Thriving in the Storm” Programme in an effort to enhance the export potential of innovative technology enterprises. US-MAC has been active since 1995, providing technology enterprises with fast and successful access to the global market through Silicon Valley. (www.usmarketaccess.com).

Athens, 12 November 2020, The Greek food and beverage companies that participated in the 3^rd China International Import Exposition had the opportunity to meet Chinese importers and promote their products. The Exposition was held in Shanghai, 5-10 November 2020.

Athens, 12 November 2020 Fifty of the most extroverted Greek companies were selected to participate in the Greek-Nordic Trade Week (November 16-20,2020), the 1^st consolidated export initiative towards the Scandinavian markets, co-organized online by RECO EXPORTS & MOREGANIC and Enterprise Greece.

Athens, 9 November 2020Ι Enterprise Greece and the Federation of Enterprises and Industries of the Peloponnese and Western Greece (SEVPDE) signed today a Cooperation Agreement aiming at supporting SMEs, strengthening export activities and promoting their international investment profile.

ATHENS, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- By holding the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) China shows its commitment to international cooperation in trade and globalization amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Greek officials and business representatives told Xinhua here recently.

ATHENS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- There is great potential to further deepen Sino-Greek cooperation in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Greek officials and businessmen have told Xinhua in recent interviews on the occasion of the forthcoming 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will be held in Shanghai next month.

The Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles (Public Diplomacy Office) along with the Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco (Office of Economic & Commercial Affairs) and members of the Greek startup community in the West Coast present the webcast series “Learn from the Greeks”, an informative and entertaining initiative featuring successful West Coast Greeks from different fields who share their insights and expertise. “Learn from the Greeks” is a collection of videos aiming to introduce promising and prominent Greeks of the US West Coast and communicate their achievements and tips to a wider audience.

ATHENS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek-Chinese trade relations will expand further as Greece is gearing up to participate in the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), to be held in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10, Greek officials and business representatives told Xinhua recently.

Athens, 22 October 2020 /The online forum “Western Macedonia-Megalopolis: Transition to the post lignite era and new business opportunities” was organized today – with great success – by Enterprise Greece and the Steering Committee for the Just Transition Development Plan. The forum comes under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, as well as, under the Ministry of Development and Investments.

Athens, 21 October 2020 | As part of its ongoing program of support to Greek exporters, Enterprise Greece held the webinar "Doing Business in South Korea - COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities" in collaboration with the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Greek Embassy in Seoul on 21 October 2020.

Athens, 16 October 2020 | Ιn a special webinar organized earlier this month by Enterprise Greece, representatives and experts from the European Commission, WTO, BusinessEurope, International Trade Centre and Wold Bank joined the online discussion on "Protectionism in international trade in the post-COVID era" and provided up-to-date information and analysis of emerging protectionist trends in international trade, as a result of the global health crisis.

Athens, 15 October 2020 | More than 100 Greek export companies, spanning a range of sectors, participated in this week’s online forum on business opportunities in Germany – one of Greece’s most important markets and where Greek exports have been growing rapidly.

The webinar, “Doing Business in Germany – COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities”, organized by Enterprise Greece on 14 October 2020 in collaboration with the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs in Berlin, drew attendance from companies in the Food & Beverage, Industrial Equipment and ITC sectors.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in the presence of Minister for Development & Innovation Adonis Georgiadis, Deputy Ministers Christos Dimas and Yannis Tsakiris, and General Secretary for Research & Technology Athanassios Kyriazis, today inaugurated the platform Elevate Greece.

The platform is a new electronic portal where interested start-ups can register to become officially certified as start-ups by the state, provided they demonstrate two basic criteria:

a) innovation

b) scalability

Athens, 18 September 2020 | Enterprise Greece and the Region of the Ionian Islands co-organised the first ever online Synergassia event -- Synergassia@IonianIslands -- on Thursday 17 September aiming to promote investment to the Ionian Islands and showcase local products in foreign markets, attract strong interest from official and diplomatic representatives in Greece and abroad.

Athens 10 September 2020 | Enterprise Greece organizes the first integrated online promotion of the Greek Food & Beverage sector in the developed markets of Scandinavia. The event, Greek-Nordic Trade Week, takes place 9-13 November 2020 and is organized with the cooperation of Reco Exports and Moreganic.

Athens, 9 September  2020 | Enterprise Greece and Eurobank signed a Memorandum of Cooperation aiming to increase export activity and attract investment. The agreement stems from Enterprise Greece’s initiative to invite public and private entities in Greece to support Greek companies in their efforts to enhance their competitiveness and strengthen their extroversion, in the extremely demanding environment of international trade. Eurobank responded promptly to this invitation and the two sides sealed the agreement signing the Memorandum of Cooperation. The initiative acquires special gravity in the shadow of the pandemic crisis and the imperative need to coordinate initiatives and actions that can support Greek companies to cope with current challenges while laying the foundations for a sustainable economic recovery, as soon as possible.

Athens, 01 September 2020 | Enterprise Greece, the official investment and trade promotion agency of the Greece, and eBay, a world leading multinational e-commerce corporation, announced today their collaboration to empower Greek businesses for digital transformation and global success. A tailored program will promote Greek businesses via eBay’s global platform to 190 markets worldwide.

The partners will bring together capabilities and expertise to create a full-scale supportive Greek training program of how to become an eBay seller, as well as a virtual platform to enhance the visibility of first class Greek products, and at the same time provide eBay’s consumers with top quality, widely acknowledged Mediterranean products. The collaboration will also include a comprehensive training system, ongoing support, business development to a number of selected businesses, extended limits and a dedicated participation page in Greek.

The International Virtual Conference “ Human Rights in Business: Prosperity Through Diversity” was organized by the Greek government on the 25th of June 2020 under the auspices of the Greek Chairmanship of the Council of Europe and powered by Enterprise Greece.

The International Conference focused on the human rights of the LGBTQI+ community, stressing the fact that respect and inclusivity in the workplace bring prosperity to both businesses and society.

Heads of government, politicians, business executives, international organization officials and representatives of the civil society attended the Conference.

Athens, 3 July 2020 | More than three hundred companies and organizations participated in a first series of webinars organized by Enterprise Greece, in cooperation with Greek Economic and Commercial Affairs Offices in the US, to promote Greek exports abroad and marking one of several initiatives by the agency to support Greek businesses looking to expand overseas.

Athens, 24 June 2020 | Enterprise Greece is organizing and hosting the 87th meeting of the Working Group of Information Professionals (WGIP) of the European Trade Promotion Organisations (ETPO) on 25-26 June. Representatives of 23 (twenty-three) organizations have confirmed their participation in the online meeting, being held at one of the most critical moments for economic growth in Europe.

“As long as we strengthen international cooperation and establish peaceful relations among nations, solidarity will always prevail. Coupled with government accountability and democratic control, freedom and human rights will not be threatened even in the greatest crises”, emphasized the Secretary General for International Economic Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Enterprise Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gregory Dimitriadis, in his remarks at the 20^th UN Global Compact Leaders Summit.

Athens, 16 June 2020 | More than 160 companies from various sectors of the economy participated in the first export webinar organized by Enterprise Greece, in cooperation with the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs in Washington, DC. The webinar was addressed to executives of Greek export companies with an interest in the US market.

Athens, 17 June 2020 | Enterprise Greece, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in Toronto, held its second investment webinar on 10 June 2020 to showcase Greek investment prospects in renewable energy to Canadian business executives. The webinar focused on wind and photovoltaic technologies, where Greece has significant advantages for further development.

Athens, 5 June 2020 | The Board of Directors of Enterprise Greece have recommended 6 new investment projects totaling €595,809,000 and which are set to create 1,395 permanent jobs for special investment status and referral to Greece’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on Strategic Investments.

Athens, 5 June 2020 | Investment opportunities in Greek tourism and real estate were the topic of the first investment webinar organized by Enterprise Greece, part of a series of digital initiatives undertaken by the agency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Strategic tourism and renewable  energy projects  get fast tracked - Greece is offering special investment status to speed up the development of new FDI projects

Greece’s investment and export promotion authority, Enterprise Greece, delves into the digital era, says CEO Georgios Filiopoulos, who expects ongoing investor interest in landmark privatisation and infrastructure projects, and new prospects for the country’s start-up ecosystem.

Enterprise Greece, in cooperation with national and international partners, is supporting Greek exporters through the pandemic

Athens, 29 April 2020 | Enterprise Greece has undertaken a series of initiatives to support Greek exporters and investors by providing them with timely and useful information to help navigate the coronavirus pandemic, contributing to national efforts to confront the crisis.

A team of three of the government’s deputy ministers will carry out a visit to Japan from 26 to 29 January, for meetings of political and investment interest.

More specifically, the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Kostas Fr...

Athens, 15 November 2019 | Greek natural products companies staged a strong presence at this week’s Eco Life Scandinavia & Nordic Organic Food Fair 2019, highlighting the rapid growth and leading position of Greek natural products in world markets.

The exhi...