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The event will be structured in two parts: a morning session with different panel discussions on WBIF programmes and on crowding in private investments notably from EU companies, and an afternoon session dedicated to matchmaking opportunities.
Participants will learn about how to access WBIF-backed support in the form of loans, equity, technical assistance and advisory services that are available through financial institutions with financing from the EU. In this context, both financial institutions and companies will share practical experience. Furthermore, EU companies and representatives from Chambers of commerce will talk about opportunities and challenges to integrating regional and European value chains. The afternoon session will provide the opportunity for Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Finance (B2F) meetings, allowing Western Balkans’ MSMEs and EU companies, International Financial Institutions, local Financial Intermediaries, and local Chambers of Commerce to network and exchange views on needs and opportunities.
For more information, please find attached the agenda of the event.
Participation is free of charge, and I would like to invite you to register your participation under the following link: https://open4business-empowering-msmes-in-wb.b2match.io/ , indicating whether you will participate in person or online.
The link will be open for registration to March 23. Following this deadline, registered participants will be able to book meetings until April 7. Finally, I would like to inform you that the hotel has reserved a limited room contingent for participants of the event for the preferential rate of EUR 150 per night for a single room included (available with the following link).
Participants will learn about how to access WBIF-backed support in the form of loans, equity, technical assistance and advisory services that are available through financial institutions with financing from the EU. In this context, both financial institutions and companies will share practical experience. Furthermore, EU companies and representatives from Chambers of commerce will talk about opportunities and challenges to integrating regional and European value chains. The afternoon session will provide the opportunity for Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Finance (B2F) meetings, allowing Western Balkans’ MSMEs and EU companies, International Financial Institutions, local Financial Intermediaries, and local Chambers of Commerce to network and exchange views on needs and opportunities.
For more information, please find attached the agenda of the event.
Participation is free of charge, and I would like to invite you to register your participation under the following link: https://open4business-empowering-msmes-in-wb.b2match.io/ , indicating whether you will participate in person or online.
The link will be open for registration to March 23. Following this deadline, registered participants will be able to book meetings until April 7. Finally, I would like to inform you that the hotel has reserved a limited room contingent for participants of the event for the preferential rate of EUR 150 per night for a single room included (available with the following link).
- Brokerage event
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- Belgrade, Serbia
Practical information
- Where
- Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 69, Belgrade, Serbia
- When
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- Host organisation
- PRIVREDNA KOMORA SRBIJE
- Website
- https://open4business-empowering-msmes-in-wb.b2match.io/
- B2B website
- https://open4business-empowering-msmes-in-wb.b2match.io/
Description
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and the Enterprise Europe Network, in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST), has the pleasure of inviting you to the regional Business event “Open4Business: Empowering MSMEs in the Western Balkans - Pathways to the EU”. It is organised in the remit of the EU Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) and will take place on 9 April 2025 in Serbia, at Hotel Metropol Palace, (Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 69, Belgrade).
The objective of the event is to facilitate private investments in the Western Balkans by:
• Informing MSMEs hands-on about accessing WBIF-backed financing.
• Encouraging match-making among MSMEs in the Western Balkans region, between EU and Western Balkans’ MSMEs and between Western Balkans’ MSMEs and banks (B2B, B2F).
• Facilitating knowledge-sharing between MSMEs in the Western Balkans region and EU businesses, public authorities and DG ENEST on policies but also obstacles to doing business.
The objective of the event is to facilitate private investments in the Western Balkans by:
• Informing MSMEs hands-on about accessing WBIF-backed financing.
• Encouraging match-making among MSMEs in the Western Balkans region, between EU and Western Balkans’ MSMEs and between Western Balkans’ MSMEs and banks (B2B, B2F).
• Facilitating knowledge-sharing between MSMEs in the Western Balkans region and EU businesses, public authorities and DG ENEST on policies but also obstacles to doing business.