ValueFacturing SMEs

Developing social dialogue to promote the competitiveness of SMEs

The European Commission-funded international project Valufacturing SMEs is an initiative led by Confimi Industria within the partnership of Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The  main objective of the project is to foster SMEs competitiveness in manufacturing global value chains through social dialogue. The project consortium analyses the positioning of SMEs through global value chains (GVCs) and factors that can enhance and/ or hinder their participation in manufacturing GVCs.

ValueFacturing SMEs is a catalyst project for an ever-improving dialogue between employers’ and workers’ trade unions. The ultimate goal is to make Europe the most attractive place to invest in small and medium businesses and nurture their growth.

The 24 month duration project is implemented by an international consortium and partners from targeted countries, the project will produce a guidelines’ decalogue to strengthen social dialogue at the company level, focusing on collective bargaining and the quality of the labour market for SMEs. The decalogue will be used as a springboard to reach out to all European counterparts.

Main outputs of the project:

1. Primary research
2. Roundtables and trainings
3. Development of a decalogue
4. Dissemination of results

The ValueFacturing project is an international cooperation of 14 organisations from four European countries (Albania, Belgium, Italy, Hungary).

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Project details:

Lead partner: Confimi Industria (Italy)
Total project budget: 372 394 EUR
Implementation period: 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2025.
Official website of the project: https://www.digitalsme.eu/projects/valuefacturing-smes/