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The "Support to SME Development in Armenia" or SMEDA project commenced in 2016. It is co-funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and it is implemented by GIZ’s “Private Sector Development in South Caucasus Programme”. SMEDA is part of the EU4Business (www.eu4business.eu) and EU4Innovation initiatives of the European Union.
The objective of SMEDA is to improve the business and investment climate and support the creation and development of SMEs to enable broad-based growth in Armenia along five result areas.
The project is implemented in cooperation with different partners aiming at strengthening the private sector, strengthening the capacities of Armenian SMEs to foster competitiveness, linking research and economic institutions, ensuring proper implementation of innovation business management practices, promoting and developing economic clusters, free economic zones, incubators, and techno-parks.
The focus of SMEDA is in general the support to small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Armenia. To do this, SMEDA works on different levels to strengthen the business environment – for example through supporting the development of national strategies for private sector development, the implementation of the SME strategy in Armenia and the development of a statistical overview over the SME in Armenia in order to target strategies and initiatives on their particular needs. The key partner in this area is the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments (MEDI) as well as the SME Development National Center (SMEDNC).
SMEDA also focuses on the support for business associations so that they may better advocate and lobby for SME relevant topics. Another focus is on improved linkages between research institutions and the private sector in order to achieve a better rate of commercialisation of ideas. A key partner in this field is the National Academy of Science. The development of economic clusters, techno-parks, incubators, free or industrial zones are another field for activities. The objective here is to improve the management of these entities and turn them into stronger hubs for economic development throughout Armenia. An additional field of activities targets the development of alternative funding mechanisms for innovative start-ups and existing companies. The Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) is a key partner here.