The project seeks to foster economic regeneration and job creation by developing community-based agritourism and strengthening linkages between the agriculture and tourism sectors in eight regions of Azerbaijan (Guba, Gusar, Shabran, Siyazan and Khachmaz in the north and Salyan, Jalilabad and Lan
The SME Finance Facility combines loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, German government’s development bank) with EU grant resources, to support SME lending in the Eastern Partnersh