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Armenia: EU4Business grant opportunity for IT companies in Shirak marz

Armenia

08/05/2018

As part of the EU4Business project on ‘Boosting Technological Developments in Shirak Marz’, the Microsoft Innovation Centre Armenia and Gyumri Information Technologies Centre have announced a new grant opportunity for partner IT companies. The deadline for applications is 20 May. The goal of the grant opportunity is to assist IT companies operating in Shirak marz in expanding their activities and...

Pavel Filip, Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn

Moldova: continued EU commitment drives trade growth

Moldova

04/05/2018

EU High Representative Federica Mogherini met Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip in Brussels on 3 May on the occasion of the fourth Association Council meeting between the EU and the Republic of Moldova. With trade between the EU and Moldova up a further 18% in 2017, accounting for 55% of Moldova's total trade, the two sides discussed further steps to translate increased trade volumes into...

Armenian delegation in the spotlight at Hannover Messe 2018

Armenia

04/05/2018

Supported by the EU-SMEDA project, four Armenian Precision Engineering and IIoT (industrial internet of things) companies recently had the opportunity to be part of this year's Hannover Messe 2018 , the world’s biggest trade fair for engineering. Prior to the trade fair, several sessions for capacity development and preparation had been conducted by EU-SMEDA. Additionally, a road show was...

SME statistics in focus as Armenian statistical service visits Denmark

Armenia

30/04/2018

Staff of the Armenian National Statistical Service have taken part in a study tour to Denmark, organised by the EU4Business SMEDA (Support to SME Development in Armenia) project. The visit follows four expert missions on SME statistics organised by EU-SMEDA, aiming at enhancing the capacities of the National Statistical Service. The key topics discussed and observed in Denmark were: information...

MODA UK: EU4Business supports Ukrainian manufacturers to take part in UK’s top trade fashion event – apply now

Ukraine

24/04/2018

Ukrainian clothing and footwear manufacturers have an opportunity to take part in the UK's number one trade fashion event, MODA UK in Birmingham, on 5-7 August, with the support of the EBRD in the framework of the EU-funded EU4Business initiative. Over the next two years (2018-2020), British-Ukrainian company VimesVC LTD, working on behalfof the EBRD under EU4Business, will provide support to...

EAVE on Demand Producers’ Workshop in Yerevan

Armenian film producers take part in cutting edge production workshop

Armenia

17/04/2018

Between April 12 and 15, selected Armenian feature film producers took part in the EAVE on Demand Producers’ Workshop in Yerevan, organised by the EU-funded SMEDA project. EAVE , European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, is one of the leading training and development providers for producers in Europe, renowned for its EAVE Producers Workshop . During the intensive training in Yerevan, producers had an...

Development awards for winners of tourism hackathon in Armenia

Armenia

12/04/2018

The three winners of the hackathon aimed at generating innovative ideas for tourism in Armenia have been announced by the jury at the Vanadzor Technology Centre (VTC) in Armenia’s Lori Region, at the end of an event supported by the EU-funded SMEDA project for support to SME development in Armenia, in partnership with VTC and the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF). The SMEDA project granted...

Laying the ground for innovative tourism in Armenia’s regions

Armenia

11/04/2018

A hackathon aimed at generating innovative ideas for tourism was launched on 7 April at the Vanadzor Technology Centre (VTC) in Armenia’s Lori Region, supported by the EU-funded SMEDA project for support to SME development in Armenia, in partnership with VTC and the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF). Around 50 young and enthusiastic teams gathered at the VTC to compete around innovative ideas...

EBRD Advice for Small Businesses celebrates 15 years of success in Georgia

Georgia

05/04/2018

Up to 1,150 advisory projects with local small and medium-sizes enterprises (SMEs) have been implemented by the Advice for Small Businesses (ASB) team of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) since the launch of the programme in 2003, in Georgia. Around half of the projects were carried out outside the capital city, and about one-fifth of the enterprises were led and/or...

Workshop puts focus on SME statistics in Ukraine

Ukraine

29/03/2018

The OECD organised its first workshop on business statistics on 13 March in Kyiv, Ukraine, focused on definitions and methods for producing entrepreneurship and structural SME statistics. The workshop was held in the framework of the EU-funded project on ‘Improving SME Statistics in Ukraine’, part of the EU4Business: From Policies to Action programme, implemented by the OECD. The purpose of the...