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UNIZO Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers
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Union of Self-Employed Entrepreneurs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UNIZO (Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers) is a Belgian organization of Self-Employed and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME);
it is mainly situated in the Flemish region of the Kingdom of Belgium. UNIZO with over 80,000 members, is the largest association of its kind.
Until 2000 UNIZO was known as the Nationaal Christelijk Middenstandsverbond (NCMV). UNIZO is represented in the national labor
Council and in the Economic and Social Council of Flanders.
it is mainly situated in the Flemish region of the Kingdom of Belgium. UNIZO with over 80,000 members, is the largest association of its kind.
Until 2000 UNIZO was known as the Nationaal Christelijk Middenstandsverbond (NCMV). UNIZO is represented in the national labor
Council and in the Economic and Social Council of Flanders.
UNIZO wants to give SMEs a voice from the local up to the European level.
The organization provides information and advice to its members and stimulates networking both within Belgium as with foreign companies.
Unizo helps the SME from the start up over the internationalization and to the take-over of the company.Objectives
Flor Joosen is currently the president of UNIZO; he succeeded Rik Jaeken.
Publication
UNIZO publishes the magazine, z.o. magazine. The magazine is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Sold commercially in Belgium, it has a run of 86,844 copies. It is the largest review in Belgium for this target group.
Sold commercially in Belgium, it has a run of 86,844 copies. It is the largest review in Belgium for this target group.
See also
- Agoria
- Economy of Belgium
- European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
- Federation of Belgian Enterprises
- Flemish Quality Management Center
- National Federation of Independent Business (USA)
- VKW
- VOKA
- Walloon Union of Companies
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Small and medium enterprises
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Small and medium enterprises or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs, small and medium-sized businesses, SMBs, and variations of these terms) are companies whose personnel numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used in the European Union and by international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Small enterprises outnumber large companies by a wide margin and also employ many more people. SMEs are also said to be responsible for driving innovation and competition in many economic sectors.
EU member states have had individual definitions of what constitutes an SME. For example, the definition in Germany had a limit of 255 employees, while in Belgium it could have been 100.Europe[edit]
In July 2011, the European Commission said it would open a consultation on the definition of SMEs in 2012. In Europe, there are three broad parameters which define SMEs:
- Micro-enterprise are companies with up to 10 employees
- Small companies employ up to 50 workers
- Medium-sized enterprises have up to 250 employees.[1]
"The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euro, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euro."[2]
According to German economist Hans-Heinrich Bass, "empirical research on SME as well as policies to promote SME have a long tradition in (West-)Germany, dating back into the 19th century. Until the mid-20th century most researchers considered SME as an impediment to further economic development and SME policies were thus designed in the framework of social policies. Only the ordo-liberal school, the founding fathers of Germany's social market economy, discovered their strengths, considered SME as a solution to mid-20th century economic problems (mass unemployment, abuse of economic power), and laid the foundations for non-selective (functional) industrial policies to promote SMEs."[3]
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