TAM/BAS donors: Japan [EBRD - Financing & support]

TAM support

In 2004, Japan provided € 1.8 million for TAM standard programmes along with € 0.8 million for TAM’s unique and innovative environmental programme. In 2005, Japan has agreed € 1.4 million to “The Japan - Western Balkans TurnAround Management Programme” to assist SMEs in Serbia and Montenegro, UNMIK administered Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Republic of Albania. These contributions have taken the total assistance from Japan, since 1993, to the TAM Programmes to over € 12.5 million, and 131 TAM projects have been carried out.

At present, over 261 active Japanese experts are registered on the TAM database of advisors, including environmental advisors to carry out Japan-funded innovative environmental programmes.
123 TAM contracts have been awarded to 44 Japanese experts under Japanese TC funding.
Over 43,700 employees have been positively affected. Combined turnover of 59 projects increased by $ 232 million during the TAM projects. This is equivalent to an increase of USD 4 million per enterprise. Productivity increased by an average of 53%.
EBRD and its local financial intermediaries have invested USD 64 million in a Japanese-TC funded TAM enterprise.

BAS support

Japan has provided approximately € 11.8 million of funding to support the BAS offices in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Far East Russia. This funding has financed 650 projects in a wide range of industries.

Close to 65,000 employees positively affected. Aggregate turnover of enterprises assisted in excess of € 1.8 billion.

Case Study: Pharmaceuticals in Uzbekistan

This pharmaceutical company with 187 employees was established in 1993 by several private entrepreneurs to import medicines to Uzbekistan.

Before the BAS-supported project, the company had a number of problems stemming from inefficient management in its existing subdivisions, to less-than-optimal distribution of assets, labour and other resources among its various business units.

These problems reflected on the company’s financial results and were an obstacle to overall profitability. The BAS Programme helped optimize the company’s organizational structure, increase its overall turnover and double its sales volume, implement internal corporate governance principles and introduce an effective management policy.