Regional and SME Development Expertise
We offer a diverse range of services and advice in the complex sectors of regional and SME development:
- Regional Development Planning– development of regional development plans and programmes, implementation of programmes, policy advice on regional development tools, elaboration of strategic papers on regional and socioeconomic development, drafting of legislation.
- National Development Planning – development of national development plans and operational programmes, communication and publicity strategy for National Development Plans.
- Partnership building – Implementation and application of the partnership principle, building of partnership structures (i.e. inter-governmental cooperation structures, public-private partnership structures), development of legal basis, lead consultation and partnership building process.
- SME Development – Development of SME Policy in line with European requirements and standards, drafting of new legislation, direct support and training for SMEs in diverse areas, assistance to and building up of Business Service Providers and SME support institutions (institutional capacity building), assistance to start-ups, development of financial and non-financial support mechanisms for SMEs, etc.
- Institution Building and Human Resources Development – Organization and delivery of conferences, theoretical and practical training, workshops, seminars, study tours, measures for sustainability of training activities.
- Grant management – elaboration of eligibility criteria, application forms, procedure manuals, organisational structures, HR strategies, Performance Measurement of centralised and decentralised functions, et cetera.
- Monitoring – definition of monitoring report contents, development of indicators, elaboration of software for programme monitoring
- Evaluation – Evaluation of Impact of Regional Development Policies and Programmes. Economic analyses of impact of regional development programme, information systems to enhance regional development policy analysis capability.
We have built up an excelent good reputation and a network of high-profile experts in these fields. These experts are being supported by project managers very familiar with the sectors - guaranteeing a high quality of services for regional and SME development projects.
