Finnvera provides financing for the start, growth and internationalisation of enterprises and guarantees against risks arising from exports. Finnvera strengthens the operating potential and competitiveness of Finnish enterprises by offering loans, domestic guarantees, export credit guarantees and other services associated with the financing of exports. The risks included in financing are shared between Finnvera and […]
Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund / Fondi Kosovar për Garanci Kreditore

The Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund (KCGF) is a local, independent, sustainable credit guarantee facility issuing portfolio loan guarantees to financial institutions to cover up to 50% of the risk for loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The KCGF was established in January 2016 under the Law on the Establishment of the Kosovo Credit […]
Mutualité des p.m.e.

MPME is a mutual guarantee scheme, established in 1949 as a cooperative society on the initiative of the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts and the Federation of Craftsmen. If the original aim of the Cooperative was helping in the reconstruction of the skilled trades and crafts sector after the destructions of World War II, […]
Investment plan for Europe: EIB Group and Bpifrance sign two agreements to support sustainable industry and innovative SMEs

Bpifrance and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group are strengthening their commitment to the Investment Plan for Europe with two new agreements: support for technological industrialisation via the creation of the first European investment platform and financing of innovative SMEs and midcaps with the renewal of the InnovFin SMEG agreement. The signing ceremony took place […]
Invitation to the XXI Ibero-American Forum on Guarantee Systems and Financing for MSMEs
BancoEstado, administrator of the Chilean Fund of State Guarantee for Small Enterprises (FOGAPE) and the Ibero-American Guarantee Network (REGAR) are organizing the XXI Ibero-American Forum on Guarantee Systems and Financing for MSMEs. The event will take place on the 20th and 21st October 2016 in Chile’s capital Santiago and will focus on “Guarantee systems, access […]
Il passaggio generazionale delle attività di famiglia

Il tema del nostro ultimo evento annuale tenutosi in Porto é stato “Il passaggio generazionale delle attivitià di famiglia”; esistono molte PMI o micro-imprese a conduzione familiare che sono di vitale importanza per la crescita e per la nostra economia in generale. É importante tenere bene a mente le loro esigenze ed opportunità al fine […]
The Transfer of Family Businesses – all the presentations

The theme of our Annual Event in Porto was “The Transfer of Family Business” as many of SMEs or micro-enterprises are family-run and are therefore vital for our economy and growth. It is important to keep their needs and opportunities in mind to support their success now and in the future. What happens if one […]
Launching a Global Network of Guarantee Organizations

On Friday 24 June 2016 the Global Summit of SME Guarantee Organizations Leaders decided in Porto to set up a Global Network of Guarantee Institutions (GNGI) in order to improve credit access for SME worldwide. Following the first Global Summit in 2007, the second meeting during the European Association of Guarantee Institution’s (AECM) annual event […]
La transmission des entreprises familiales

Le thème de notre dernier événement annuel qui se tenait à Porto était “La transmission des entreprises familiales”. Beaucoup de PME et de micro-entreprises sont des entreprises familiales et sont donc d’importance vitale pour la croissance et notre économie. Il est important de garder en tête leurs besoins et leurs opportunités pour soutenir leur succès […]
Slovenian Regional Development Fund/ Slovenski Regionalno Razvojni Sklad

Slovenian Regional Development Fund with the current capital of over 98 MIO EUR acts as one of the key institutions of regional development policy in Slovenia since 1995. We aim for more sustainable achievement of long- term public goals in the development of regions, rural areas and protected areas. Our beneficiaries are SME’s, farmers, holdings, […]