Serbia EU/EBRD SME Competitiveness Support Programme - Evaluation Study and Capacity Building

Overview
Project Summary Document

TCRS 14446

Status Approved

Location

Serbia

Business Sector

Notice Type

Public

PSD Disclosed

16 Nov 2021

Project Description

The SME Competitiveness Support Programme in Serbia (“the Programme”) aims to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs in national, regional and international markets by incentivising them to undertake investments necessary to increase their productivity and competitiveness, to improve their production capacities and enhance processes and product quality through the introduction of the EU standards in the field of environmental protection, product safety, product quality and occupational health and safety. These improvements will boost the overall competitiveness of SMEs within both the national and regional economy along with the EU internal market. The Programme comprises EBRD credit lines to financial intermediaries in Serbia for on-lending to SMEs supported by the EU-funded incentives to SMEs and technical assistance for Programme implementation. The Programme is expected to finance a significant amount of green economy technologies that will be accounted as part of the overall results.

The objectives of the “Serbia EU/EBRD SME Competitiveness Support Programme - Evaluation Study and Capacity Building” technical cooperation project are to:

1. Establish whether the investments supported by the Programme led to an increase in the competitiveness of the SMEs that have benefited from it;
2. Provide recommendations on how similar programmes could be deployed in the future and how local stakeholders could ultimately continue the implementation of this product beyond the EU support;
3. Ensure sustainability of the Programme and transfer of know-how; further dissemination of best practices to a wider group, provide local capacity-building to organisations which could in the medium term implement a government-supported programme of similar nature or objectives.

Understanding Transition

Further information regarding the EBRD’s approach to measuring transition impact is available here.

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

For business opportunities with EBRD (not related to procurement) contact:

Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

For state-sector projects, visit EBRD Procurement:

Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

Enquiries

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

For business opportunities with EBRD (not related to procurement) contact:

Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

For state-sector projects, visit EBRD Procurement:

Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

General enquiries

Specific enquiries can be made using the EBRD Enquiries form.

TCRS 14446

Status Approved

Location

Serbia

Business Sector

Notice Type

Public

PSD Disclosed

16 Nov 2021

Project Description

The objectives of the “Serbia EU/EBRD SME Competitiveness Support Programme - Evaluation Study and Capacity Building” technical cooperation project are to:

Understanding Transition

Further information regarding the EBRD’s approach to measuring transition impact is available here.

Business opportunities

For business opportunities or procurement, contact the client company.

For business opportunities with EBRD (not related to procurement) contact:

Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

For state-sector projects, visit EBRD Procurement:

Tel: +44 20 7338 6794
Email: procurement@ebrd.com

Any competitive selections for business opportunities relating to this project will be published on the EBRD's website: Consultancy Procurement Opportunities.

General enquiries

EBRD project enquiries not related to procurement:
Tel: +44 20 7338 7168
Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

The AIP sets out how the EBRD discloses information and consults with its stakeholders so as to promote better awareness and understanding of its strategies, policies and operations following its entry into force on 1 January 2020. Please visit the Access to Information Policy page to find out what information is available from the EBRD website.

Specific requests for information can be made using the EBRD Enquiries form

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

If efforts to address environmental, social or public disclosure concerns with the Client or the Bank are unsuccessful (e.g. through the Client’s Project-level grievance mechanism or through direct engagement with Bank management), individuals and organisations may seek to address their concerns through the EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM).

IPAM independently reviews Project issues that are believed to have caused (or to be likely to cause) harm. The purpose of the Mechanism is: to support dialogue between Project stakeholders to resolve environmental, social and public disclosure issues; to determine whether the Bank has complied with its Environmental and Social Policy or Project-specific provisions of its Access to Information Policy; and where applicable, to address any existing non-compliance with these policies, while preventing future non-compliance by the Bank.

Please visit the Independent Project Accountability Mechanism webpage to find out more about IPAM and its mandate; how to submit a Request for review; or contact IPAM via email ipam@ebrd.com to get guidance and more information on IPAM and how to submit a request.

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Serbia EU/EBRD SME Competitiveness Support Programme - Evaluation Study and Capacity Building

Project Description

Understanding Transition

Business opportunities

Enquiries

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Project Description

Understanding Transition

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)