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Launch date: 2015
Active donors: Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei China and the United States.
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Highlights
The Small Business Impact Fund is directing donor funds to financing, advisory and policy dialogue activities to support small and medium-sized enterprises in EBRD’s regions. Over the years, the EBRD has been on the frontline of providing regular development support and emergency and crisis response to small businesses across its regions of operations. In 2022 alone, the Fund raised EUR 33.3m for SME support activities in Ukraine and those countries affected by the war. The fund supports key flagship programmes of the EBRD, including:
- The EBRD's Women in Business programme, which addresses the challenges faced by women-led businesses across our countries of operations.
- The EBRD's Star Venture programme, which supports promising start-ups, accelerators and consultants.
- The EBRD's Advice for Small Businesses programme, which provides advice to SMEs in a wide range of areas, from strategy to operations, quality management, financial reporting, energy efficiency and more.
- The EBRD’s SME Direct Finance Support, which is channelled through the EBRD’s trademark frameworks, Direct Finance Framework (DFF) and Risk Sharing Framework (RSF).