To improve the business environment especially for innovative SMEs, including though public sector procurement to support innovation incentives;
To improve the conditions for enforcing intellectual property;
To reduce administrative burden on companies, and improve the quality of business legislation;
To work closely with stakeholders in different sectors (business, trade unions, academics, NGOs, consumer organizations, chambers of commerce) to identify bottlenecks and develop a shared analysis on how to maintain a strong industrial and knowledge base and put the EU in a position to lead global sustainable development.