Success stories

Members of Ukraine Chamber of Commerce learn from counterparts in Spain
Ukraine
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28/11/2017
Vice President of Volyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ukraine receives valuable week-long training on membership services from Seville Chamber of Commerce in Spain. The East Invest 2 BSO Exchange Programme empowers Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), associations and related BSOs (such as Chambers of Commerce) in Eastern Partnership countries by matching them with experienced...
Rizvan Garayev
From a small café to a chain of restaurants: how Rizvan transformed his business with the help of EU4Business
Azerbaijan
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27/11/2017
“When they left the business to me, I don’t think my parents ever imagined that their little café would ever change. [...] however, they planted the seed of entrepreneurship in me. And some good common sense to find the right (financial) partner,” says Rizvan Garayev, who transformed the café he in herited in Baku into a chain of bakeries and restaurants, with the help of Access Bank, the...
Serxan Dadasov Serdar
An eye for a deal and a helping hand from EU4Business
Azerbaijan
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22/11/2017
“It’s one thing to see a market for something and quite another to figure out how you are going to satisfy it. And still another to make the whole thing happen. Once you’ve got the first two taken care of, leave it to Access Bank to find a solution," says Serxan Dadasov Serdar, whose retail clothing business benefitted from support made available under the European Fund for South East Europe (...
LTE training
Preparing Georgian SMEs for exporting to the EU
Georgia
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22/11/2017
EU4Business helps DCFTA Information Centre provide Georgian SMEs with knowledge of EU market requirements Later this month, the EU4Business project “SME Development and DCFTA in Georgia” will mark one year since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). The MoU laid the groundwork for cooperation on development of the Chamber’s...
Business advice transforms Georgian car rental firm
Georgia
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09/11/2017
With the help of EU4Business and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the company representing AVIS car rentals in Georgia has turned around its business, transforming its web presence and more than doubling sales. AVIS was the first company to rent cars at airport locations, back in 1946 in Detroit. Today, visitors arriving at Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi international...
Going global: EU and EBRD support Georgian companies in their export ambitions
Georgia
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08/11/2017
Agroland, a small processing factory in western Georgia, plays an important role in promoting locally grown agricultural products. The family-run business brings aromatic bay leaves from beautiful Georgian villages with sometimes hard-to-pronounce names to the kitchens of European and global consumers. “Our suppliers are mainly farmers from neighbouring villages,” says the owner, Aleksandre...
‘You have seen my fall, now watch my rise’ – Moldovan wine industry rises from the ashes
Moldova
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02/11/2017
“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” This quote describes perfectly the wine industry of the Republic of Moldova, which slowly but surely has found the strength to recover after the Russian Federation’s embargoes, imposed first in 2006 and then in 2013. The wine export restrictions imposed by Russia in 2006, at a time when Russia was the main market for Moldovan wines and...
Memogram - EU4Business beneficiary, which offers an innovative photo shooting and printing service in Georgia
With EU4Business help, Georgian companies expand their business
Georgia
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30/10/2017
Most businesses in Georgia are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), accounting for 94% of businesses and 43% of all jobs. Yet they contribute only 18% to the country’s GDP, meaning there is significant room for growth if ways are found to unlock and tap into their potential. Both the Georigan government and the European Union realise what is at stake, which is why the EU has set support for...
TEA HOUSE
From innovation to social entrepreneurs: how EU4Business helps SME development in Armenia and how the country’s entrepreneurs respond
Armenia
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26/10/2017
Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Armenia feel that their main problems start at their own borders, with the taxes and customs regulations applied by the Armenian authorities. However, few of them raise these issues, as most entrepreneurs are concerned about confidentiality and the consequences of their actions – factors that create obstacles to business development. This is where...
I wanted to create something new: how Andrii’s business took off with the help of EU4Business
Ukraine
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20/10/2017
“ In our region, agriculture has always been predominant. As I always liked the industry, I wanted to become engaged by creating something new ,” says Andrii Vyacheslavovich Isichenko, who found support for his ambition from the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) and the EU4Business initiative in Ukraine. “I decided to engage in the production of flexible packaging, made of propylene. This...