03/08/2020 (Agence Europe) – SMEunited urges the European Commission and EU Member States, in a press release issued on Friday 31 July, to ensure that the partnership principle is applied in the design and implementation of EU funds. Cohesion Policy and the Recovery, Resilience and Just Transition Plans must be implemented with the involvement of organisations representing SMEs at national and regional level. “The lack of partnership can result in adopting measures unsuited to the needs of SMEs”, said Alban Maggiar, President of SMEunited. Indeed, a recent SMEunited report shows that this principle can vary “considerably” from one Member State to another. To view this report: https://bit.ly/31cqDHN (PH)