11Brussels 01/10/2010Brussels 01/10/2010

EAST-Invest / SEAST-Invest / SME FacilityME Facility

TAM/BASTAM/BAS

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EAST-InvestEAST-Invest

Project description: develop a networking mechanism to promote links and exchanges between EU MS and EaP countries, but also between EaP countries.

Budget: 7.000.000 MEUR + 10 - 20% co-financing

Implementation period: 36 months

Direct beneficiaries: SMSs and SMEs Business Facilitators from EaP

Beneficiary countries: 6 Eastern Partnership countries = Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia

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Eastern Partners CountriesEastern Partners CountriesUkraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and

GeorgiaGeorgia

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Specific objectivesSpecific objectives

• Strengthening public-private dialogueStrengthening public-private dialogue - - networking mechanisms: one business networks – networking mechanisms: one business networks – EURO-Net and EAST-NetEURO-Net and EAST-Net

• Facilitating exchange of best-practicesFacilitating exchange of best-practices and and establish interconnectionsestablish interconnections between EU and between EU and Eastern Neighbourhood SMEsEastern Neighbourhood SMEs

• Developing the capacity of Eastern Developing the capacity of Eastern Neighbourhood SMEs support organisationsNeighbourhood SMEs support organisations to to facilitate improved SMEs networking and trade facilitate improved SMEs networking and trade developmentdevelopment

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Types of Types of activitiesactivities

1.1. SME-TECH: SME Technical Assistance FacilitySME-TECH: SME Technical Assistance Facility

2.2. TRADE-TECH: Trade Fair Technical Assistance TRADE-TECH: Trade Fair Technical Assistance Facility;Facility;

3.3. EAST-MATCH: SME Business-to-Business FacilityEAST-MATCH: SME Business-to-Business Facility

4.4. BUS-TECH: Business Facilitator (Operator) BUS-TECH: Business Facilitator (Operator) Technical Assistance FacilityTechnical Assistance Facility

5.5. ORG-EXCHANGE: Institutional Exchange FacilityORG-EXCHANGE: Institutional Exchange Facility

6. SME-SEARCH Facility

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SME-TECH: SME Technical Assistance SME-TECH: SME Technical Assistance FacilityFacility

Objectives: To provide to SMEs from the Eastern Neighbourhood

Countries technical assistance, including capacity building and individual consultancy to enhance their capacities for networking and establishing business links with EU SMEs;

SME-TECH can include actions in two main fields: technical assistance, including capacity building

and individual consultancy on customs regulations, market conditions but also on topics directly related to internationalisation of SMEs

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TRADE-TECH: Trade Fair Technical TRADE-TECH: Trade Fair Technical Assistance FacilityAssistance Facility

Objectives:Objectives:To stimulate initial contact between SMEs from EU and the To stimulate initial contact between SMEs from EU and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries, identifying business Eastern Neighbourhood Countries, identifying business opportunities and market potential and encouraging the opportunities and market potential and encouraging the SME participation in International / regional trade fairs. SME participation in International / regional trade fairs.

TRADE-TECH activity consists in guided visits to international TRADE-TECH activity consists in guided visits to international or regional trade fairs which are recognised as relevant to or regional trade fairs which are recognised as relevant to the targeted sectors. Business services and pedagogical the targeted sectors. Business services and pedagogical services should be combined in the same action. services should be combined in the same action.

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EAST-MATCH: Business-to-Business EAST-MATCH: Business-to-Business FacilityFacility

Objectives: To provide European and Eastern Neighbourhood Country

SMEs with the appropriate environment for business meetings, accelerating their internationalisation in commerce,

technology, etc.

Instruments: Business meetings, including business-to-business,

pre-arranged meetings, (B2B) and follow-up meetings; Technical seminars; Technical visits.

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BUS-TECH: Business Facilitator BUS-TECH: Business Facilitator (Operator) Technical Assistance (Operator) Technical Assistance

FacilityFacilityObjectives: Train associations representing the private sector in the

Eastern Neighbourhood Countries (member operators of EAST-

NET) with the experience and good practice available in umbrella

(partner) organisations, preferably from EU

Themes:

Topics of interest on management and institutional strengthening of participating institutions, experiences,

good practices, etc.

Areas that directly impact on the services provided by institutions to their members (internationalisation,

training, lobbying etc.).

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ORG-EXCHANGE: Institutional ORG-EXCHANGE: Institutional Exchange FacilityExchange Facility

Objective:To improve the reciprocal knowledge of participating

operators, from any participating countries within EAST-INVEST, with a view to sharing work methods and therefore contributing to a lasting and effective collaboration.

Type of actions:The central element of the ORG-EXCHANGE instrument is

the study trip to an EURONET country and an EAST-NET country to experience and learn the day-to-day work of a similar organisation:

• An executive of an EAST-NET institution visits one or more organisations in the EU and vice-versa.

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SMEs-Search FacilitySMEs-Search Facility

SME-SEARCH: a partner-search facility – will consist in data base for partner search

This facility will be supported by a dedicated website, which will be developed by the project and will be used for information and support for all other activities of the project.

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TAM/BASTAM/BAS

Project Description: specialized technical assistance for selected SMEs from EaP Countries

Budget: 10 MEUR for the period 2010-2011

Implementation period: 24 months

Direct beneficiaries: Small and Medium Size Enterprises

Beneficiary countries: 6 Eastern Partnership countries = Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia

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Main activities

The TAM and BAS Programmes are complementary The TAM and BAS Programmes are complementary schemes aimed at helping enterprises adapt to the schemes aimed at helping enterprises adapt to the demands of a liberal market economy, supporting SME demands of a liberal market economy, supporting SME capacity for innovation, and striving to develop local capacity for innovation, and striving to develop local SMESMEss as well as business advisory services sectors. as well as business advisory services sectors.

TAM has a broad approach focusing on TAM has a broad approach focusing on substantial substantial managerial and structural changesmanagerial and structural changes within within companies and are implemented over a period of 18 companies and are implemented over a period of 18 monthsmonths

BAS supports more BAS supports more narrowly defined projectsnarrowly defined projects with with a rapid payback and last about 4 monthsa rapid payback and last about 4 months

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enhanced competitiveness and expansion of marketsenhanced competitiveness and expansion of markets (increased sales, productivity and exports, new production (increased sales, productivity and exports, new production line/technology, changes in product ranges and production line/technology, changes in product ranges and production processes); processes); improved management effectiveness and skillsimproved management effectiveness and skills (new (new organisational structure, best practices in corporate organisational structure, best practices in corporate governance); governance); improved strategic planningimproved strategic planning (improved financial (improved financial management information and controls, new marketing management information and controls, new marketing strategy, new business/investment plan);strategy, new business/investment plan); reduced costsreduced costs (labour productivity increases); (labour productivity increases); enhanced quality management and certificationenhanced quality management and certification (certification awarded, associated internal organisational (certification awarded, associated internal organisational improvement, compliance with EU regulations), improvement, compliance with EU regulations), improved environmental managementimproved environmental management (reduced (reduced emissions or energy consumption). emissions or energy consumption).

Specific objectives of the project