The eBay Government Relations Team recently hosted a delegation of four Italian entrepreneurs in Rome to meet with policymakers at the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, as well as at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as part of eBay’s 2024 Italy Advocacy Day.
Poland, which has Europe’s sixth largest and increasingly digitally-connected population, is a growing tech base of skilled firms and workers, vibrant small and medium-sized businesses that are proving receptive to online opportunities, and products that are proving valuable to consumers the world over. As digitization in Poland has grown, so has ecommerce, with cross-border sales expanding and small businesses serving as an important contributor.
Fostering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) digitalisation and bolstering international trade activity are cornerstones of a more cohesive Europe for SMEs. In this context, we recently published a report confirming that the eBay global marketplace is helping achieve these important goals across the EU.
Supporting structurally weak economic areas to help them catch up and provide improved standards of living across Germany remains an important priority. This includes disparities between East and West as well as the challenges of remote rural jurisdictions and areas marked by the decline of once-dominant heavy industries. However, as wealthier, and more urban hotspots attract more entrepreneurs, younger and higher skilled workers, and financial capital, it pushes against a more balanced national economy.
Moving away from a world of manufactured obsolescence and looking at how we can extend the life cycle of products through - not just through reuse but also through repair and refurbishment – is one of the things we can do to reduce the amount of waste sent landfills every day. Last year alone, for example, by sell
