UEAPME
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The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or UEAPME is an umbrella group for unions of SMEs.
It represents the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level. UEAPME is a recognised European Social Partner. It is a non-profit seeking and non-partisan organisation.
As the European SME umbrella organisation, UEAPME incorporates 84 member organisations consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members, which support the SME family.
UEAPME represents more than 12 million enterprises, which employ around 50 million people across Europe.
[edit] Other European Social Partners
- Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE, now BusinessEurope)
- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP)