EU4Business - EIB DCFTA Initiative East (part of the EU DCFTA Facility)

Project duration

2016-2021

Budget

€62 million

Cover of EIB DCFTA Initiative East (part of the EU DCFTA Facility)

Brief Description

Supports the private sector – small businesses first – so that it can benefit from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement

Countries covered: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Objectives

To provide wider access to finance in the form of first loss SME loan portfolio guarantees
To support local currency lending
To support micro-finance institutions to prove financing to local micro-enterprises
To support agriculture and rural development, agroindustry sectors

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Actions in brief

Access to finance, micro-finance, local currency lending
Technical assistance (capacity building)

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