Framework Operation #4 for SME Competitiveness Guarantee

This Framework Operation will support Sub-Projects aiming at improving the competitiveness of enterprises by facilitating access to, and the availability of finance to SMEs, which are perceived by financial intermediaries as being high risk or lacking sufficient collateral. It will include also Sub-Projects aimed at providing solvency support to SMEs negatively affected by the COVID19 pandemic. In this case, intermediaries will provide subordinated lending to such final recipients, in order to address their recapitalisation needs and therefore contributing to, inter alia, stabilising the financial position of SMEs, enhancing their borrowing capacity and supporting business investment. It builds on the implementation of the previous guarantee programmes managed by the EIF, namely the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility, and it brings elements of novelty by providing solvency support to SMEs via subordinated debt transactions.

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Framework Operations (“FO”) represent envelopes under which the Implementing Partner then can add sub-projects. The FO is published when the first sub-project is signed. The field “Project locations” references the possible geographical location of sub-projects that can be signed under the FO. It does not mean that for each of the Member State listed a signed sub-project exists. 

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