The SME Committee met with the EU SME Envoy, Daniel Calleja Crespo. The role of the SME Envoy is to open up channels of communication between the Commission, SMEs and their representative organisations, and encourage similar developments in Member States. The Envoy's main objectives are to reduce legislative burdens, to develop further access to finance, and to promote access to markets. SME members are encouraged to send details of specific obstacles to doing business in Europe to Géraldine Verbrugghe, our new full time special assistant on SME policy.