Euro-Info Centres are information offices established on the initiative of the European Commission to satisfy the information demands of small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in matters concerning the European Union and the European market.

On the recommendations of the Macau Government and under the auspices of the European Community, the Euro-Info Centre, Macau (EIC-Macau) was established in 1992. EIC-Macau is restructured in 2007 and becomes a relay office of the Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e ao Investimento (IAPMEI) in Lisbon, Portugal and is the first Euro-Info Centre to be established in the Asian Region. At present, EIC-Macau is jointly managed by the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM), Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau (BNU), Macau Trade & Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), and IAPMEI.

The Euro-Info Centre of IAPMEI is linked to a dynamic network of contact points:

• 253 EICs, 11 Network Co-ordinators, 24 Associate Members in the European Union, Norway, Iceland and candidate countries
  
• 16 Euro-Info Correspondence Centres in central and eastern Europe , Mediterranean region and third countries

EIC-Macau is committed to serving SMEs in Macau, China and other Asian countries or regions and our main objectives are the followings:

• To act as an interface between SMEs and European Institutions;
• To help enterprises profit more easily from the opportunities presented by Europe;
• To inform enterprises by providing expertise on Community matters;
• To advise and direct enterprises in their relationship with European institutions, emphasising EIC-Macau's Euro-specific, value-added advisory role;
• To assist SMEs by allowing them to benefit from EIC-Macau's close contacts with the other Euro-Info Centres and links with the European Commission;
• To promote information exchange, business, trade and co-operation between the European Union, Macau, China and other Asian countries or regions.