THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN SUPPORT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Starting from the fact that the economic development model is centered on the small and medium-sized enterprise, the paper aims to present the role of the business environment and the entrepreneurial spirit at national and European level in support of sustainable development of the EU's effort to support entrepreneurship initiatives and the competitiveness of SMEs, the organizational framework of their development in the vision of the EU and Romania, initiatives aimed at facilitating access to finance for SMEs and the development of youth entrepreneurship through universities. It will consider and formulate proposals to increase the contribution of SMEs to promote sustainable development, having as a starting point matters resulted from official sources such as EUROSTAT, The National Institute of Statistics, White Charter of the National Council of Private Small and Medium Enterprises in Romania.