SMEs and entrepreneurship

The Recommendation on SME financing was adopted by the OECD Council meeting at Ministerial level on 8 June 2023 on the proposal of the Committee on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (CSMEE).

Ministers endorsed the OECD Declaration on Enhancing SMEs and Entrepreneurship Policies for Greater Resilience and Successful Green and Digital Transitions during the last SME & Entpreneurship Ministerial meeting held in Paris at the OECD Headquarters 27-28 June 2023.

Learn how governments addressed rising energy costs for SMEs in response to the energy crisis following Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in the latest paper of the SME and Entrepreneurship Paper series - SME policy responses to the 2022/2023 energy crisis: Policy highlights and country experiences.

The OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2023 provides new evidence on recent trends in SME performance, changing business conditions, and policy implications. It reflects on the broad underlying theme of SME integration into a series of networks, including global production and supply-chain networks and the role of women led-businesses in international trade.

On 27-28 June 2023, Ministers from OECD countries and invited non-OECD economies, alongside partner International Organisations and experts, gathered at the OECD Headquarters in Paris for the OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Ministerial Meeting.

OUT NOW: SMEs in the era of hybrid retail, Evidence from an OECD D4SME survey

The new report: OECD Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs Scoreboard: 2023 Highlights provides official data on SME financing in close to 50 countries, including indicators on debt, equity, asset-based finance and financing conditions. Data for 2021 are complemented by available information for 2022, along with demand-side information and recent developments in public policy and private initiatives to support SME finance.

The CFE has launched a new joint activity based on the Inclusive Entrepreneurship. This new project - called Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy - aim to create a network of young entrepreneurs and how the governments can help them in creating their businesses.

Join us online for a presentation of the main findings of the Missing Entrepreneurs 2023 and discussion on priority actions for governments, featuring senior officials from the OECD and European Commission and a panel discussion with entrepreneurs.