This video is about Access to Finance. “Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent over 99% of businesses in the EU so it is crucial to support their growth and innovation. However, one of the most important issues facing SMEs is their difficulty accessing finance. The European Commission works to improve the financing environment for small businesses in Europe.”
Duration: 17 m
Business incubators nurture the development of entrepreneurial companies, helping them survive and grow during the start-up period, when they are most vulnerable. Their programs provide client companies with business support services and resources tailored to young firms.
This video is about EU Aid for trade, policy and figures. The EU's Aid-for-Trade Strategy was adopted in October 2007 in response to the WTO-led AfT Initiative, to help developing countries better integrate into the international trading system and take greater advantage of the poverty-reducing benefits of economic openness and enhanced trade efficiency.
Duration: 8 mm
The “EIP in Practice” is
an e-learning module on the EU External Investment Plan. It was
developed for staff of DG INTPA, NEAR, TRADE or EEAS
working in Headquarters and Delegations, to inform them on the EIP
and explain it in practical terms.
Duration: 45 minutes
Also available in: Français
Trade Facilitation is part of the EU's wider Aid for Trade agenda. The Aid for Trade Initiative was agreed among WTO Members in 2005 and the EU developed its Aid for Trade Strategy in 2007. This was followed in 2013 by the concluding of negotiations on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement(link is external) (WTO TFA).
Duration: 9mm
A
conducive investment climate is essential within a country’s path
towards inclusive and sustainable growth. It plays a key role
in attracting and retaining domestic and foreign investments. This, in
turn, ushers in an economic transformation by boosting the development and competitiveness of the private sector, creating jobs and deepening trade integration, in support of the Addis Ababa Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
This is the driving force behind the creation of the European Union’s (EU) External Investment Plan (EIP), which has established an integrated approach, based on 3 Pillars.
This Handbook presents the narrative on Investment Climate and its
drivers, as part of the implementation of the External Investment Plan
(EIP) and in particular its Pillar 3.
Handbook Version May 2019
This video is about supporting Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises work and services. “The EU and its Member States recognise the role of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) as enablers of sustainable development, as well as essential actors in the fight against poverty. MSMEs are engines of growth, employment, innovation and social development.”
Duration: 15 mm
Public-private dialogue (PPD) is a structured, participatory, and inclusive approach to policymaking aiming at improving the investment climate. Dialogue increases the flow of information related to economic policy and builds legitimacy of the policy process. It allows better transparency and greater inclusion of stakeholders in decision-making.
Duration: 12mm
This video presents ways to facilitate Public-Private Dialogues (PPDs). It explains a general background of the context of PPD in Africa , some do's and don'ts when facilitating PPDs and examples of projects on facilitating PPDs.
Duration: 12 mm
Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 10
This video helps to understand Financial Markets to Operationalise the External Investment Plan (EIP). it explains how to implement EIP access to Finance and presents two examples of EIP Pillar 1 and 2 support to Incubators in Mozambique and Angola - contrasting realities.
Duration: 16mm
This video is about value chain development. A value chain refers to the sequence of production processes from the primary production to its end uses. It is a system of different types of actors orientated towards the markets (farmers, collectors, processors, wholesalers, retailers…).
Duration: 35 mm