Supporting the Startup ecosystem is one of the core initiatives of SAPIE. That is why we have joined forces with partners in other countries to prepare an Open Letter to the European Commission.

SAPIE joined forces with partner organizations dedicated to the protection of start-up and scale-up ecosystems and sent a letter to the European Parliament commenting on proposed changes in digital services.

At 11:00am, our director Michal Kardos will take part in a discussion at SME Connect on the topic "Exchange on the Digital Markets Act" at the regional level. The aim is to evaluate and assess in detail how each proposed amendment will shape the digital environment.

Our Executive director Michal Kardos moderated panel discussion Innovate Slovakia: Cooperation? What for? at the conference COINTT 2021-Cooperation Innovation Technology Transfer.

We were participating at the CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2021 on 7th of October.
Our Executive Director Michal Kardos met also with the Minister for Digital Transformation of Slovenia, Mark Boris Andrijanič.

SIEA continues to support innovations and their application directly in companies. Innovation vouchers is targeted financial assistance for entrepreneurs to introduce technological innovation into the company.

CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2021 is a meeting of the leaders of digitisation from across Central Eastern Europe. The Summit brings together the digital sector, tech companies, experts in the field and policymakers engaged in digital transformation from the region.

SAPIE participated at the excellent event organized by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic called the Export Forum 2021.

Innovations and digitization affect all aspects of life in the Danube Region, therefore they should be mirrored in all priority areas. This topic is highly cross-sectoral and creates a significant space for cooperation within the EUSDR.

Innovations and digitisation are one of the thematic priorities under the Slovak Presidency in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). This topic is following the concept of the European Union of green and digital transition which should finally lead to climate neutrality.

We are launching a new platform InnovateSlovakia.sk to empower the Slovak innovate and start-up scene and foster its innovative capacities.

Today, under our leadership, an online "roundtable" took place on the topic “the importance of digitalization of SME’s for economic recovery”.

Oznámenie výsledkov hlasovania per rollam z valného zhromaždenia, ktoré prebiehalo online a odsúhlasenie plánov na rok 2021.

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel joined the General Assembly of the European Startup Network, where SAPIE is a member, for an interactive exchange of ideas about how to make Europe the startup continent.

SAPIE and other associations active in Europe prepared letter to support the digital economy theme between the USA and EU.

SAPIE and other trade associations representing online companies and platforms active in Europe and all around the world joined the forces in supporting the initiative of the European Commission to establish a new EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC).

Zástupcovia SAPIE adresovali predsedovi vlády najmä potrebu zasadiť sa za podporu inovatívnych firiem cez odstraňovanie legislatívnych bariér, presadzovanie záujmov firiem s podporou vlády SR v zahraničí, či intenzívnejšiu spoluprácu medzi štátom a súkromným sektorom.

SAPIE in cooperation with European industry players has sent the joint letter to European Commission.

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has met with leading independent startup ecosystem leaders from across the 27 member states, who officially unveiled their “Action Plan to Make Europe the new Global Powerhouse for Startups“.

SIH zverejňuje výzvu pre malé a stredné podniky na zapojenie sa do 2. kola programu konvertibilných úverov SIH antikorona kapitál, v rámci ktorého bude SIH poskytovať konvertibilné úvery inovatívnym spoločnostiam.