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1 Clusters and SMEs CEIEBRD Cooperation in Croatia 6 April

2 Overview 1) Conclusions 3rd CEI workshop on Clusters Find individual model of clusters (relative to region, type of industry) Clusters as partnership (CBC and local, national, international) Clusters growth points to be found in forum events, networking with associations, esp. SME associations, local banks, and intermediaries at local, national and international level

3 Overview 2) Conclusions 3rd CEI workshop on Clusters Need to evaluate Strengths, weaknesses and opportunities Evaluation done through Local industries Knowhow Work force National and international institutions, companies, networks

4 Overview 3) Conclusions 3rd CEI workshop on Clusters THINK GLOBALLY internationalisation, keep up with pace of technological and IT development Explore FINANCING at various level (enterprises) Develop and / or improve RANGE OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, esp. in support to SMEs and clusters development LEADERSHIP, need strong leadership, also trainings and development of models for ensuring top leaders GOAL, define what the enterprise can be, local partnership, areas, what the area has got to sell / offer

5 CEI Cooperation CEI role in regional cooperation CEI role in Regional Cooperation Develop Strategies (with partners in the 17 countries) Mobilise national resources (Summit, WGs, Ministerial meetings) and international support (EU, UN, IFIs, OECD, CoE etc.) Investment Facilitation Programme for knowhow transfer between CEI countries Cooperation Activities, Forum (Investiguide and Matchmaking programme Project opportunities promotion (through the POM in cooperation with the UNECE) Technical Cooperation for special projects

6 Working Groups System CEI Working Groups System on Agriculture Poland on Civil Protection Italy on Combating Organised Crime Italy & Slovak Republic on Culture and Education Slovak Republic and FRY on Energy Ukraine on Environment Austria and Hungary (Task Force E&T) on HRD&T Czech Republic on Information and Media Romania and FRY on Interregional and CBC Hungary and Poland on Migration Hungary and Belarus on Minorities Hungary and Romania on Reconstruction and Development BiH and Croatia on Science and Technology Italy on SMEs Slovenia and Croatia on Tourism Croatia on Transport Italy on Youth Affairs Macedonia

7 CECCI Central European Chamber of Commerce Initiative CECCI Objectives Interface between Public Authorities and businessmen to promote effective transnational cooperation. Administrative and legislative simplification of the context in which businessmen operate. Diffusion of the most advanced technologies and information technologies. Improving in particular SME s access to research and innovation. Improving SME s access to loans and risk capital financing.

8 Financing CEI Cooperation Projects Funded by the CEI (1) Investment Projects with IFIs (Total project cost >EUR 15m, CEI Funding apx. EUR 100,000500,000) E.g. Wholesale Markets, Sarajevo Airport,Albania Microfinancing, Transport Corridor VIII, Romanian Railways Development Programmes (CEI Funding apx. EUR 500,000) E.g. Business Advisory Services, Commercial Law Training

9 Financing CEI Cooperation Projects Funded by the CEI (2) Cooperation activities / International events (Total project cost approx. EUR 50,000, CEI Funding approx. EUR 5,00025,000) E.g. Innovation Centre in the Gomel Region, Szeged Training Programme, Conference on Tourism, Port Planning, PPP for Transport Projects KEP (knowhow Exchange Programme) (in progress). E.g. training for Structural Funds Projects for Matchmaking (Several project ideas and proposals in the above categories. CEI support is used for promotion, database maintenance, publications, Internet)

10 Programmes CEI Enterprise Programme CEI Enterprise Programme The CEI Business Advisory Service (BAS) supports micro and SM enterprises to improve their quality and competitiveness while increasing the capacity and competence of the local business consultancy industry. Each CEI BAS office in a CEI country (at present: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia) has a budget to provide grants to enterprises that use mainly local consultants. The CEI TurnAround Management Programme aims to strengthen the commercial and management capacity of potentially viable enterprises, including those that are newly or nearly privatised. TAM screens the enterprises to select those with the potential to be competitive in market economies (2 TAM projects in each of the following locations: Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine).

11 CEI Member Countries No. of Projects Total Contracted Total Granted by Donors Balance Approx. Projects Croatia ,114 1,148, , Slovenia 154 1,019,314 1,142, , BosniaHerzegovina , ,200 96, Bulgaria , , , Macedonia , ,000 85, Montenegro , ,000 45, ,521,563 18,780,871 3,259,308 GRAND TOTAL 2,

12 BAS Project Type 2,977 Projects To Introduce Quality Management & Certification 22% To Reduce Costs 16% Other 4% To Improve Market Performance 30% To Improve Management Effectiveness 28%

13 BAS Total Funding 36.5 Million J AP AN 5,2 6 8 CE I 3,5 8 9 S W IT ZE R LA N D 3, U K 1, A U S T R IA F IN LA N D 3 18 S W E DE N LU X E MB O U R G G E R MA N Y 14 0 NO RW AY 7 5 S P E C IA L F U N D S 6 1 D E N MA R K 4 0 E U 9,675 B T A F 11, 14 0

14 CEI Network The Economic Dimension of the CEI CEI Network Cooperating Organisations: Gov Gov Gov: Government Departments Fi: Financial Institutions Fi Int Org: International Organisations Co: Private Sector Companies Tech Org: Technology Organisation/ Institutes/ Universities Tech Org Int Org Tech Org Fi Co Co Co

15 CEI Package for SMEs and local economic development Initiatives and Instruments CEI Summit Economic Forum Cooperation CEI LEED CEI BAS TAM programme CEI Investment Facilitation Programme KEP (transfer of knowhow) Cooperation CEI Investment Compact OECD (Stability Pact framework) Technical cooperation for EBRD SME programmes (including credit lines and export facilitation) Cooperation with Italian bilateral funds (Law 212, 84) Women Entrepreneurship Euroregions and cooperation with local authorities MatchMaking system and CEI Project Opportunity Methodology (database, Investiguide) CECCI action programme for SMEs CEI support to free zone development and industrial outsourcing

16 Contacts Marta Simonetti Political Analyst, Office of Chief Economist and Secretariat for CEI Projects European Bank for Reconstruction and Development One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN Tel: +44(0) Fax: +44(0)