BDS4GROWTH - Support the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency and affiliates by developing their capacity to analyse and address business development services

The overall objective of the action is to enable high quality BDS provision to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the agrifood and tourism sectors to boost their contribution towards economic growth and employment. The specific objectives of the action are to i) Enhance the capacity of the MSME Development Agency to play a facilitative role in enabling governmental and non-governmental institutions to provide quality business development services (BDS); ii) Enable MSMEs in target sectors to access BDS to increase their competitiveness, productivity and internationalisation Business improvement of at least 300 businesses will be implemented and at least 300 new or improved (income, working conditions) jobs will be created in the enterprises supported by the action. The action is expected to have spill-over benefits into the surrounding industrial, service and trade areas, benefitting communities at large.

Project symbol

EGY/17/03/EUR

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Cairo

Start date

01/09/2018

End date

31/01/2021

Total allocation

1049582

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

918235

Development Partners

Delegation of the European Union to Egypt

Country/Countries

Egypt

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises as generators of employment and promoters of innovation and decent work