Two small and medium sized enterprises from Greece and Cyprus are shortlisted for two separate European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA) this year.
The female-founded energy cooperative WEnCoop, from Greece, and the non-profit organisation Cyprus Seeds, which promotes technological innovation, will each compete with another two European finalists in the Supporting the Sustainable Transition and Investing in Entrepreneurial Skills categories respectively.
The winners in each category will be announced during a special European Enterprise Promotion and Small and Mid-Caps Awards Ceremony in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 28.Greece had won the EEPA for Supporting the Development of Green Markets and Resource Efficiency with the nomination of the energy-sufficient island of Tilos in 2019.
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The EEPA reward those who promote entrepreneurship and small business at national, regional and local level. Since 2006, over 4,000 projects have entered the awards and together they have supported the creation of over 10,000 new companies.
The competition has two phases; applicants first compete at national level. Each country selects up to two entries to be nominated for the European competition.
A shortlist of nominees is then chosen by the EEPA 2022 European jury to compete at the final awards ceremony.
Initiatives from all EU countries, as well as from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, Iceland and the United Kingdom can take part in the competition.