In 2017 WB EDIF published its first collection of stories from the Region. This booklet also gives a concise overview of the WB EDIF platform and main targets.
A highly attended event was organized in Belgrade, on 16 March 2018, where the European Investment Fund presented the recently launched Call for Expression of Interest under the “EU for Serbia – Financing for SMEs“.
A highly attended event was organized in Belgrade, on 16 March 2018, where the European Investment Fund presented the recently launched Call for Expression of Interest under the “EU for Serbia – Financing for SMEs“.
The WB EDIF Guarantee Facility is managed by the EIF and provides guarantees and counter-guarantees to financial intermediaries in the Western Balkans, supporting SMEs with growth potential.
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Crnogorska Komercijalna Banka (CKB), have signed a guarantee agreement to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Montenegro via a Guarantee Facility under the Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF). Read more
Following the good results of the first round of financing of the WBEDIF Guarantee Facility, and with the endorsement of the Platform Adivisory Group (PAG), the instrument has been replenished with additional European Union funding. On 18 March 2016 the corresponding Call for Expression of Interest went live and the EIF shall begin receiving applications and selecting Financial Intermediaries to allocate funding to. Read more
Intermediaries are being selected following an open Call for Expression of Interest, launched on 17.04.2013 and closed on 30.06.2014 – more information on the working with WB EDIF Guarantee Facility
In December the EIF signed its first three Agreements under the Guarantee Pillar of the Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (“WB EDIF”) with the ProCredit Group supporting SMEs in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo* Read more
