The Single Market Week for New Growth which will be celebrated from 15 to 20 October 2012 will focus on recalling the achievements of 20 years of the Single Market; presenting and discussing new initiatives to stimulate growth in the Single Market; and Mobilizing the views and expectations of young adults about the Single Market.

The European Commission unveiled the objectives for the "Single Market Week for New Growth" which is going to be celebrated from 15 to 20 October 2012. Such objectives include recalling the achievements of 20 years of the Single Market; presenting and discussing new initiatives to stimulate growth in the Single Market; mobilizing the views and expectations of young adults about the Single Market. Also, in advance of Single Market Week, early in October, the Commission will adopt a package of measures to strengthen and deepen the single market, called "Single Market Act 2", following an initial package of single market measures adopted last year.

A central interactive event will be organised in Brussels on 15 October in the European Parliament. It will be a mix of stimulating debates, video presentations, discussion rounds, quizzes with the audience and the award ceremony for the "Generation 1992" competition with the aim of providing input for future policy. A key focal point of the event will be on the generation of 20 year-olds, who were born in the year when the Single Market came into being and who do not remember Europe as it was before the Single Market.

On the other hand, many national events will be also organised in the EU Member States in the days and weeks following 15 October. Their aim is to bring together citizens, businesses and public organisations to examine and discuss the state of the single market in a national context.