The WB EDIF Platform marked its 5th year of operations by holding a celebratory anniversary event in Sarajevo on November 7th 2017, where Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of EU Delegation to Bosnia & Herzegovina, opened the day of discussions. Read more
On Wednesday 12th July, the Western Balkans Summit took place in Trieste, Italy.
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The EBRD and the Enterprise Expansion Fund (ENEF) will jointly invest in the European Voluntary Pension Fund Management Company (EPF) together with Skupna pokojninska družba and the Pension Reserve Fund of Republika Srpska. Read more
Belgrade, Serbia – June 21 2017 – The Government of Serbia signed an Agreement to join the Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF) as a Limited Partner. The Serbian Government joins ENIF in the subsequent closing, bringing the total fund size to more than EUR 41M available for in-vestments in early stage technology companies in the Western Balkans. Read more
On Friday 16th of June the Platform Advisory Group (PAG) met in Stockholm to attend the 10th meeting of the WBEDIF and to discuss ongoing progress of the Platform as well as future potential activities. The meeting was kindly hosted by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
The survey is a unique instrument developed in the context of the Vienna Initiative to monitor cross-border banking activities and deleveraging in CESEE, to better understand the determinants / constraints influencing credit growth in CESEE and to gain some forward-looking insights into cross-border banks’ strategies and market expectations regarding local financial conditions. Read more
The Government of Kosovo signed an Agreement to join the Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF) as a Limited Partner. Kosovo Government joins ENIF in the subsequent closing, bringing the total fund size to more than EUR 40M available for investments in high growth potential tech companies in Western Balkans. Read more
IP strategy consulting firm, ClearViewIP was recently selected by the European Investment Bank to lead new support programme for the Western Balkans region focused on IP-driven business investments. Read more
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Raiffeisen Bank, have signed a guarantee agreement to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Albania via a Guarantee Facility under the Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF). Read more
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and three ProCredit group subsidiaries have signed guarantee agreements to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia, Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This was made possible via the Western Balkans Guarantee Facility, funded by the European Union under the Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility. Read more
