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EU to invest over €1bn in Cyprus as part of its social cohesion policy

07/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

CYPRUS. Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement, the Single Operational Programme and the Just Transition Plan for Cyprus, the European Union will invest more than €1bn in this country between 2021 and 2027.

North Macedonian SMEs to benefit from €4m green loans

06/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

NORTHERN MACEDONIA. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has granted a €4m credit line to Stopanska Banka.

Diomidis Nikoletopoulos, EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Luxembourg, National Bank of Greece, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Odile Renaud-Basso, Skopje, Sme, United States

Proparco and UIB join forces to support Tunisian entrepreneurs

12/08/2021 | Services

TUNISIA / FRANCE. Proparco grants an exceptional guarantee of 1 M€ to the International Union of Banks to enable it to grant loans guaranteed at 80% by the subsidiary of the French Development Agency group to Tunisian Smes.

AFD, bank, ChooseAfrica, companies, covid-19, France, French Development Agency, Guillaume Barberousse, health crisis, Proparco, Raoul Labbé de la Genardière, Resilience, Sme, Tpe, Tunisia, UIB, Union internationale des banques

EBRD and GEF to finance the transition to a circular economy in Turkey and the Western Balkans

10/05/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Global Environment Facility are launching a new programme called the "Regional Circular Economy Initiative" for the five Western Balkan countries and Turkey.

Albania, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, Bosnia and Herzegovina, circular economy, EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, GEF, Gianpiero Nacci, Global Environment Facility, Gustavo Fonseca, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, regional circular economy initiative, Serbia, Sme, Turkey

Digitalisation of Mediterranean business services boosted by pandemic

06/22/2021 | Talent for a new economy

Digitalisation was already underway in Mediterranean organisations providing services to business. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have reinforced the argument of its urgent necessity. Version française

Amec, Anima, Anima investment Network, Beligh Ben Soltane, business services, digital, Ebsomed, Emmanuel Noutary, France, health crise, Mediterranean, pandemic, Sme, Sonia Fernandez, Spain, TUA, Tunisia, Tunisian investment authority, webinar

EIF and HBOR provide financial support to three private equity funds in Croatia

09/02/2020 | Services

CROATIA. The European Investment Fund and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development are jointly investing €205 million in three Croatian private equity funds.

Adriatic Structured Equity Fund, Covid-19, Croatia, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Croatian Mezzanine Debt Fund, CROGIP, EIF, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Union (EU), FRC2 Croatia Partners, HBOR, Hrvatska Banka Za Obnovu I Razvitak, Prosperus, Sme, Tamara Perko

Developing financial institutions for more inclusiveness in the MENA region

05/28/2018 | Development models in Mediterranean

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bank, economic, Egypt, Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Europe, Financial institutions, financial markets, islamic finance, Jordan, MENA, microfinance, Morocco, Sme, sustainable, Tunisia

The profile of export-oriented firms

02/23/2017 | Socio-economic assessments

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What factors determine a firm’s ability to export? To answer this question, Femise experts carried out a comparative study between firms located in the European Union, Israel, Turkey and those in the MENA region (Middle East, North Africa).