Helping
small and medium enterprises grow
EU4Business is an umbrella initiative of the European Union that includes all EU support to small and medium enterprises in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine.
EU4Business is an umbrella initiative of the European Union that includes all EU support to small and medium enterprises in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine.
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EU4Business encompasses all EU support to the private sector in the Eastern Partnership region providing access to finance, business development services, and improving business enabling environment.
0
projects supporting SMEs in 2025
€1.432
bn
total budget
of EU support
in 2025
of EU support
in 2025
0
pillars of support
improving access to finance business development services promoting better business regulation
Check the human stories
All storiesBrewing change: How an Azerbaijani SME is building a specialty coffee business in a tea-loving nation
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How the ‘Digital Marketing Essentials’ course equips Azerbaijani professionals with future-ready skills
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Georgian Tech Startup Kovzy Eyes European Expansion with
EU Backing
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From a University Lab to Global Markets: How EU-UNDP Support Is Taking CHAMPY to Europe
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How Georgian Women are Redefining Their Careers in Tech with EU
Support
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Georgia's Wild Harvest Goes Global With Help From the EU
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EU Helps Bread Baker Revive Community Near Russian-Occupied Border
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Coffee Under Fire: How an Entrepreneur Built a Business in Frontline Kharkiv
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KidsLand – from an adult’s vision to children’s joy
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Toys in the Dark: How a Ukrainian Manufacturer Kept Production Running Through Blackouts
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Where Tourism Becomes a Living for Women: Harmonia Garden and the Power of Women’s Enterprise in Garni
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When the Lights Go Out, the Scanners Stay On: How an EU-Supported Clinic Keeps Chernihiv Diagnosed
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Results in 2025
11.7%
Increase in smes’ turnover
89,388
New jobs created
€8,9
bln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
76,378
Number of SMEs Supported
20.5%
Increase in smes’ turnover
12,554
New jobs created
€1,2
bln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
7,590
Number of SMEs Supported
12%
Increase in smes’ turnover
11,416
New jobs created
€300
mln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
8,156
Number of SMEs Supported
9.8%
Increase in smes’ turnover
37,134
New jobs created
€3
bln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
39,255
Number of SMEs Supported
14%
Increase in smes’ turnover
19,640
New jobs created
€1,7
bln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
9,337
Number of SMEs Supported
9%
Increase in smes’ turnover
8,644
New jobs created
€2,7
bln.
Turnover of supported SMEs
12,040
Number of SMEs Supported
Key Updates
All news
12.05.2026
The European Union has launched a Call for Expressions of Interest inviting EU/EEA and Armenia-based private companies to explore concrete investment opportunities in Armenia.
06.03.2026
On 5 March, a new package of eight programmes helping Ukraine tackle the country’s most urgent economic and social challenges was endorsed by the sixth Steering Board of the Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF).
04.03.2026
The financing is provided under the EBRD’s Youth in Business Caucasus programme and is the first transaction under that programme in Georgia. It will increase access to finance for private youth-led MSMEs, helping young business owners to start, grow and formalise their businesses.
03.03.2026
Brussels, 3 March 2026 – Representatives of the European Commission, national governments, international financial institutions, development banks and private sector partners gathered in Brussels for the EU4Business General Assembly, reviewing progress in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Eastern Partnership region and discussing priorities for the coming years.
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Opportunities
EU4Business encompasses all EU support to the private sector in the Eastern Partnership region providing access to finance, business development services, and improving business enabling environment.
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Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Moldova
Ukraine
- Micro financing, grants and loans via national banks
- Advice and training for SMEs and business support organisations
- Improving the business enabling environment
- Micro financing, grants and loans via national banks
- Advice and training for SMEs and business support organisations
- Improving the business enabling environment
- Micro financing, grants and loans via national banks
- Advice and training for SMEs and business support organisations
- Improving the business enabling environment
- Micro financing, grants and loans via national banks
- Advice and training for SMEs and business support organisations
- Improving the business enabling environment
- Micro financing, grants and loans via national banks
- Advice and training for SMEs and business support organisations
- Improving the business enabling environment
