EU4Business About

About

The EU4Business Initiative serves SMEs as the beneficiaries of EU support in the Eastern Partnership countries — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Scroll down the page to learn more about the EU4Business portfolio, projects, partners and other useful initiatives.

EU4Business Initiative Portfolio Projects Partners Other Initiatives

EU4Business Initiative

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Eastern Partnership region have the potential to create jobs and drive economic growth. Obstacles such as limited access to finance, burdensome legislation and difficulties entering new markets are hindering their progress.

EU4Business portfolio of projects

data in 2022

€957M

total budget of support

110

projects

EU-supported projects

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Start date: 31.08.2023

End date: 31.08.2030

EFSD – FMO Guarantee for Georgia

MSMEs, including entrepreneurs in the agriculture value chain, women and youth-led businesses.

Start date: 17.01.2022

End date: 16.10.2025

Establishment of a Technology and Creative Industries Hub in Kapan

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies (TUMO) is a dynamic educational hub blending education, creativity, and technology. Since 2011, TUMO has offered a free after-school program empowering teenagers to direct their learning. With over 22,000 students weekly in TUMO centers and TUMO Boxes across Armenia, it provides self-learning activities, workshops, and project labs targeting 14 learning objectives. Expanding its reach to Kapan, TUMO Kapan will be housed in the historic Kapan Railway Station, dating back to 1932.

ongoing projects

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Partners

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CNFA Europe

Czech Accreditation Institute

Czech Office for standards, Metrology and Testing

DMI Associates

Fundatia Representanta Fundetiei Fundacja Solidarnosci Miedzynarodowej

International Centre for Migration Policy Development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

Partikas un Veterinarais Dienests

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Other Initiatives

EU4Digital

EU’s flagship regional programme, the EU4Digital initiative, supports digital transformation and the harmonization of digital markets in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. It includes helping lower roaming charges, improving high-speed internet for economic growth, and aligning digital frameworks across various sectors, from logistics to health. Strengthening the digital economy and society will support businesses, create additional employment opportunities and foster economic expansion.

EU4Health

The EU4Health program was established in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic and as a means to enhance crisis preparedness within the EU. It aims to address long-term health challenges by strengthening, fortifying, and improving access to health systems for greater resilience in EU member states and third countries including the Easter Partnership (EaP) region.