Early Warning Europe provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document. The document discusses the establishment and development of Early Warning Europe and its pilot programs in 4 European countries from 2014 to 2017 to help companies in financial distress through crisis management, turnaround support, and connecting them with legal and financial help. It also outlines Early Warning Europe's vision for a global network and requests recommendations for skilled volunteers and partners, around 1 million euros in funding over 3 years, and initiatives to encourage companies to seek help.

1. Early Warning Europe
& Four Pilot Countries

2. Background in 3 Minutes

3. April 2014: From Idea to Reality…

4. 2015: COSME Negotiations

5. December 2016 – EW Poland

6. April 2017 - Early Warning Italy

7. May 2017 - Early Warning Greece

8. May 2017 - Early Warning Spain

9. Why?

10. How?

11. Early Warning Tool Library
• Recruiting People and Building the Organization
• Establishing Communication Channels
• Establishing Strategic Partnerships
• Identifying Companies in Distress
• Initial Contact and First Diagnosis of the Companies
• Crisis Management and Turnaround
• Handing over Companies to a Lawyer
• Ending of Contact and Follow-up
• Maturement of the Organization
• National Fundraising

12. When?

13. Second Wave Strategy

14. Vision & Global Potential

15. What do we need from you?
• Recommendations for highly skilled volunteer
mentors in your home countries
• Recommendations for professional and
altruistic organizational partners in your home
countries
• Approprite funding of approximately 1 mio.
euro over a period of 3 years
• Initiatives to change the cultural mindset
towards acceptance of asking for help

16. Early Warning Europe
& The Western Balkan