<p>" Endorsed by the Council in December 2020, the Single Market Programme represents a key achievement to improve the functioning of our Single Market. Bringing together activities currently financed under six different programmes, it will strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs as well as enhance the protection of consumers with a total budget of €4.2 billion. This session will present the main features and actions of the Single Market Programme, in particular its SME pillar (COSME successor). It will also provide an overview of the upcoming calls."</p>