CED USAID

SOROS ALBANIA
March 8, 2018
IAP- ITALIAN ALBANIAN PROGRAM FOR SMES
March 8, 2018

Project: Organizing of six roundtables workshops in the cities of Tirana, Elbasan, Pogradec, Kukes, Vlore & Gjirokaster
Objective: The objective of CED is to undertake the services as follow:
To support overcome the information asymmetries surrounding SME finance and help to improve the competitive performance of Albania’s SMEs, Rritje Albania plans to schedule and implement six Roundtable workshops in different cities throughout Albania.
Project Implementation: RDA Network has organized six roundtables workshops with businesses, chamber of commerce, bankers & CED representative’s and discussed in a very practical way the problems SMEs face, a variety of barriers that inhibit their access to needed financial services. These commonly include such things as collateral requirements, high cost of credit, limited financial information and weak finance and accounting systems in place to efficiently manage cash flow.
Partners: RDA Network, PMU and Italian Cooperation