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CONFERENCE 6

Business Development, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness
19-20 SEPTEMBER 2024 – Athens, Greece

The 6th PROFEEDBACK Conference took place on 19 September 2024 at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. With the theme “Business Development, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, and Competitiveness,” this event brought together researchers, evaluation experts, and civil servants to exchange ideas and showcase innovative methods for evaluating business-related policies.

This conference, part of the PROFEEDBACK COST-Action (PlatfoRm OF policy Evaluation community for improvED EU policies and Better ACKnowledgement), aimed to foster collaboration within the policy evaluation community while striking a balance between theoretical and applied research. The focus was on lessons learned, innovative research methods, and practical policy implications.

Key topics included:

• Evaluation of policies for supporting SMEs and entrepreneurship,
• Analysis of competitiveness and business development strategies,
• The application of novel econometric techniques and rigorous study designs,
• Insights from original and extensive datasets, and
• The role of policy evaluation in driving innovation and economic growth.

The event’s overarching goal was to harness evaluation findings and innovative methodologies to better design and assess policies that support business development, SMEs, entrepreneurship, and competitiveness. This collaborative platform advanced both theoretical and applied research, with a strong emphasis on lessons learned and impactful policy insights.