The European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to advance the understanding of entrepreneurship and to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in Europe.

ECSB facilitates the creation and distribution of new knowledge through research, education and the open exchange of ideas between professions and across national and cultural borders. ECSB organises high-quality conferences for its members, such as the RENT conference in co-operation with EIASM, in order to facilitate and enhance the exchange of knowledge within the ECSB membership.

ECSB is a Global Organisation
The network of ECSB’s members covers nearly the whole of Europe geographically; it has some 400 members in over 30 countries. Through its affiliation to the International Council for Small Business since 1989, the European network is also connected to the global academic and professional small business community. Visit ICSB website (www.icsb.org)

The Structure of ECSB
ECSB’s organisation is composed of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee consists of three members: President, Past-President and President-Elect. The Board of Directors consists of the three members of the Executive Committee and six other members. Country Vice Presidents are an important link between ECSB and its members in different countries.

Country Vice Presidents The Secretariat of ECSB is in charge of the daily routines of ECSB. The Secretariat is situated in Turku School of Economics, in Finland. Please contact us in matters concerning e.g. membership. The Board of Directors serves as the long-range planning and policy-making authority of ECSB, responsible to the Membership, while the Executive Committee serves as a management resource to the President in the implementation of Board policies. The Board of Directors consists of three members of the Executive Committee and five other members.

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