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EU support to private sector & SMEs in the Western Balkans and Turkey Athens 11 April 2011 Yngve Engström Head of Unit Regional Programmes European Commission, DG Enlargement. Private Sector Development – EC focus in WB. Investment Climate FDI, competiveness and Trade SME Development
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EU support to private sector & SMEs in the Western Balkans and Turkey Athens 11 April 2011 Yngve Engström Head of Unit Regional Programmes European Commission, DG Enlargement
Private Sector Development – EC focus in WB • Investment Climate • FDI, competiveness and Trade • SME Development • SME policy, Access to finance, SME credit lines, Micro-credits • Human Capital Development • Human capital, Policy aspects, Education, Higher Education, Tertiary education and VET
Investment Climate • Support of policies, institutional reforms and administrative capacity building including anti-corruption • Implementation of the regional free trade agreement, CEFTA • The South East Europe Investment Committee and the OECD-led Investment Compact
SME Development SME policy index EBRD TAM / BAS (Turn-Around Management and Business Advisory Support) EFSE (European Fund for South East Europe) SME loans by IFIs Western Balkans Private Sector Support Facility
Human Capital development Preparation for the European Social Fund (ESF) European Training Foundation Regional R&D project South-East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL) OECD Regional Competitiveness Initiative (RCI) TEMPUS, Life Long Learning Programme and Erasmus mundus