European Commission. What is an SME?
OECD. Small business, job creation and growth: Facts, obstacles and best practices.
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4.0 Public administrations and professional associations
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Characteristics of public administrations and professional associations
The survey of public administrations (n=73) was dominated by national agencies, followed by regional
administrations. National public administrations made up 42% of the sample. These administrations can have an
important role in driving national policy initiatives and in programme funding, but are often less involved in specific
projects (other than co-funding) or in the technical aspects of digitalisation. Local agencies are likely to be best
versed in the daily challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in SMEs.
Only 17% of the responses were from local administrations despite that these agencies often have the most direct
role and hands-on knowledge in supporting digitalisation initiatives. European Commission research suggests that
cities are often the launchpad for digital transformation via local support for impact hubs and start-up ecosystems,
and that a wide range of initiatives are already taking place
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. This suggests that this survey sample might not
adequately capture local digitalisation initiatives that are taking place.
Level of activity to support digitalisation in SMEs
According to the survey data, both public administrations and
professional associations were actively engaged in activities to
support digitalisation in tourism SMEs.
76% of public administrations had completed or were actively
involved in digitalisation initiatives.
65% of professional associations had completed or were
engaged in digitalisation initiatives.
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The characteristics of public administrations and professional associations discussed in this section are based on the data
supplied, which is not necessarily representative of all European local administrations in particular. Local administrations would
be significantly more likely to be involved in hand-on initiatives than national and regional administrations and yet make up a
small component (17%) of the sample.
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European Commission (2016). Accelerating the digital transformation of European industry and enterprises. Key
recommendations of the Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship.
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/policy/digital-
transformation/role-cities-regions_en
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