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The EFSE aims to foster economic development and prosperity in the Southeast Europe region and in the European Eastern neighbourhood region through the sustainable provision of additional development finance, notably to micro and small enterprises and to private households, via qualified financial institutions.

Watch a video from the final conference of the EU4Business project, East Invest 2, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 21 June 2017. Over 100 participants heard success stories of how SMEs in Eastern Partnership countries have grown during the project, thanks to trade and investment advice from their national business support organisations.

This Green Paper, produced by the Better Regulation Delivery Office, with the support of the EU4Business FORBIZ project, seeks to identify and analyse issues related to the application of energy efficiency and energy saving tools in Ukraine, namely: enterprise energy passports, norms and standards for fuel and energy expenditure, energy efficiency audits, energy labelling, government support pr

SMEs in the EaP countries have the potential to make a significant contribution to job creation and to drive economic growth. However they still face challenges which prevent them from realising their full potential.