Small Enterprise Development in MACEDONIA
Small Enterprise Development in MACEDONIA
Small Enterprise Development in MACEDONIA
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MCIC-The NL<br />
Government<br />
CRS-Horizonti<br />
Caritas Norway<br />
UNDP<br />
UNDP/Norway<br />
UNDP/Norway<br />
UNDP/Norway<br />
Macedonian <strong>Enterprise</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />
Foundation facilitates the development of micro,<br />
small and medium private enterprises and<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividual entrepreneurs <strong>in</strong> the form of revolv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
credits and technical assistance to banks.<br />
The Catholic Relief Services provide small<br />
group loans for SMEs and new entrepreneurs,<br />
especially for woman entrepreneur and<br />
disadvantage persons.<br />
Institutional capacity build<strong>in</strong>g and economic<br />
development.<br />
Capacity build<strong>in</strong>g of Local government: enabl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
economic environment <strong>in</strong> Stip & Kicevo.<br />
Partnership for employment generation: SME<br />
development.<br />
Employment mediation for young unemployed:<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g employment & SME development.<br />
JICA JICA (Japan International Cooperation<br />
Assistance) provides support and donations<br />
for medical equipment (public health sector),<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividual farmers (spare parts for agri<br />
equipment), scholarship for experts, etc.<br />
PREDA (Prilep<br />
Regional<br />
<strong>Enterprise</strong><br />
<strong>Development</strong><br />
Agency)<br />
World Bank.<br />
Private sector<br />
development<br />
PREDA is supported by the Swiss Government:<br />
support to SMEs and Associations <strong>in</strong> Prilep<br />
region. After 2007, PREDA be part of APPRM<br />
network for SME support.<br />
The components:<br />
(i) Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Regulation. This component<br />
addresses the Government’s weak capacity<br />
to establish and implement bus<strong>in</strong>ess friendly<br />
regulatory regimes.<br />
(ii) Metrology, Standards, Test<strong>in</strong>g and Quality<br />
(MSTQ) system. This component addresses<br />
the enterprise sector’s difficulties <strong>in</strong> compet<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> domestic and foreign markets related to poor<br />
national MSTQ <strong>in</strong>frastructure and services.<br />
(iii) Competition Policy Regime.<br />
1998 to<br />
present<br />
2000 to<br />
present<br />
<strong>Small</strong> <strong>Enterprise</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />
Saso<br />
Klekovski<br />
and Tetjana<br />
Lazarevska<br />
Vase<br />
Davaliev<br />
2002-2007 Vasko<br />
Karangeloski<br />
2004-2006<br />
closed<br />
Vasko<br />
Karangeloski<br />
2003-2007 Vasko<br />
Karangeloski<br />
2005-2008 Vasko<br />
Karangeloski<br />
2000 to<br />
present<br />
2000-Mar<br />
07<br />
Kosta<br />
Balabamov,<br />
consul of<br />
Japan <strong>in</strong> RM<br />
Willy<br />
Parlmeyer,<br />
TL<br />
2004-2008 Ms. J.<br />
Varnaleva
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