SME Guarantee Facility Conference 2005

The European Investment Fund (EIF) hosted the second SME Guarantee Facility Conference that took place in Luxembourg on 28th April 2005. The SME Guarantee Facility is a mandate operated by EIF on behalf of the European Commission, which supports access to finance for SMEs by means of guarantees for SME debt financing.

View all conference documentation below:

• EIF Opening Presentation
• Encouragement Bank AD (Bulgaria)
• SPGM (Portugal): Portuguese Mutual Guarantee Scheme, Key Issues
• Credit and Export Guarantee Fund KredEx (Estonia): The Marketing of SME Guarantees by KredEx
• HVB Bank Hungary Rt. (Hungary): The Start of the New Activity and First Results
• Raiffeisen International (Austria)
• Evers & Jung GbR (Germany): The Challenge of Profitability for Microfinance in West Europe
• ALL.GAR Alleanza di Garanzia (Italy)
• Address by Interconfidi Nordest CEO and Leader of ALL.GAR (Italy)
• SOCAMA (France): Cooperation of SOCAMA and EIF under MAP
• CERSA (Spain)
• KfW Bankengruppe (Germany): New Developments in SME Financing, Mezzanine Capital for SMEs
• Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (Austria): Equity Guarantees
• EIF Closing Presentation
• Enterprise & Industry Directorate-General (European Commission): From the MAP to the CIP Programme