EBSOMED is a 4-year project, co-financed by the European Union and coordinated by BUSINESSMED as part of a consortium of six partners. More than thirty organisations from 26 countries are also affiliated to the project....
GACIC Joint Workshop with Donors - Donor Funding, Banking and Novel Financial Instruments in the MEDA-Region
GACIC Joint Workshop with Donors - Donor Funding, Banking and Novel Financial Instruments in the MEDA-Region
In the framework of EBSOMED, GACIC organizes, in collaboration with ASCAME, the Workshop "Donor Funding, Banking and Novel Financial Instruments in the MEDA-Region", to be held in Cairo, Egypt, on 16-17 June, 2019.
Access to finance was and will remain the key obstacle to the growth of SMEs, which is a key service that BSOs have to provide to their members.
The objective of this operation is to provide a comprehensive and updated list of funding opportunities that are available to BSOs, SMEs, grants, technical assistance and credit lines. The event shall equip EU and MED BSOs with the background of available programmes to enable them to draft international cooperation proposals. It will match-make BSOs with each other and with bilateral and multilateral donors and DFIs. It will raise awareness of BSOs of the channels and the responsible of various funded programmes, as well as the opportunity to mediate their needs to the decision makers in DFI.
The 2-day event will provide information to BSOs and their members on EU funding opportunities and facilitate their participation in EU initiatives and programmes. It will on the one hand inform the BSOs about the programmes and channels for developing new projects to be lead by the BSOs addressing to support their members as the final beneficiaries.
The EBSOMED workshop will capitalise on the achievement of the activity, acting as a regional coordinator for international projects development, linking potential partners from the region.