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TOWARDS AN ENHANCED ACCESS TO FINANCING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

4/8/2019

Access to financial instruments is one of the key factors for growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) this policy brief identifies several problematic areas and provides suggestions for overcoming them based on research of the domestic legislation and practice and in accordance with comparative practices of countries from the european union.

1.-Enhanced-access-to-SME-financing.pdf
IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CRAFTS LEGISLATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BUSINESS CLIMATE

4/8/2019

This policy brief provides a review and recommendations regarding the legislation that defines the rules on craftsmanship as a business. It regards a wide legal framework that regulates craftsmanship, which, because of its complexity and contradiction, can have a negative impact on performing crafts activities.

2.-Impact-assessment-of-craft-legislation.pdf
WHAT IS THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP? – case study in five pilotmunicipalities

4/8/2019

Women are still facing numerous challenges and obstacles that obstruct the path of managing their own businesses. Based on the data and the conducted analysis, it was identified that women entrepreneurs still do not have the needed support from the institutions and all other stakeholders for starting their own business or in the process of running their business.

3.-Position-of-women-in-entrepreneurship.pdf
ON THE UNDERUTILISED POTENTIAL OF RURAL TOURISM IN THE COUNTRY

4/8/2019

This policy brief focuses on the state of affairs in rural tourism as one of the sectors of industrial policy. It presents the results from the strategic and legal analyses in the addressed area, as well as the results of the field research that included about 120 owners of rural tourism facilities. A series of recommendations for supporting the development of rural tourism in the country have been highlighted.

4.-Underutilised-potential-of-women-in-rural-tourism.pdf
INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR BETTER UTILIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS

4/8/2019

This policy brief analyzes the conditions regarding the utilisation of european funds by small and medium-sized enterprises and gives recommendations for creating new innovative banking financial instruments for project financing in the phases of: prefinancing, midterm-financing and cofinancing, in order to resolve one of the pressing issues in providing coverage for securing utilized funds.

5.-Instruments-for-better-use-of-EU-funds.pdf
REMINDER FOR ADOPTING GOOD PRACTICES IN IMPLEMENTING THE LATE PAYMENT DIRECTIVE

4/8/2019

This policy brief investigates the state of affairs in implementing the law on financial discipline as a means for ensuring greater liquidity of economic operators and timely payment of monetary liabilities existing between them. Also enclosed are recommendations for improvement of the legal and institutional framework for further harmonization with the late payments directive, and recommendations for improving the implementation and involvement of entities from different sectors.

6.-Towards-implementing-the-late-payment-directive.pdf
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MACHINING AND METAL PROCESSING SECTOR – RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION

4/8/2019

The only economic model that can be used as basis for growth of our economy in the long term is increasing the dynamics of exports, export diversification and export sophistication in sectors where the country has built comparative advantages or where there are realistic economic assumptions for such advantages. This policy brief indicates the key constraints the machining and metal processing sector face in the context of their capacity to start production and export of new products with a higher level of finishing, which in practice is an important basis in the creation of sectorial policies.

7.-Developing-machining-and-metal-processing-sector.pdf
MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

4/8/2019

This policy brief focuses on the findings of an overview of european and macedonian practices for monitoring the effectiveness of sme policies coupled with the results of the piloting of the new model for measuring their success implemented in four municipalities - city of skopje, shtip, kumanovo and prilep. The research results are rounded up with specific recommendations for improving the process of creating policies and measures for smes, at national and local level.

8.-Measuring-success-of-SME-policy-and-instruments.pdf
IMPROVING THE PRINCIPLES, POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS OF NEGOTIATION CHAPTER 20: ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY

4/8/2019

The reform process of chapter 20: enterprise and industrial policy aims to promote strategies, regulations and instruments that would improve competitiveness and the business environment, domestic and foreign investments and the overall business climate in which small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) operate, which would also lead to strengthened entrepreneurship and innovations. The policy brief shows the conclusions and recommendations from the chapter 20 platform expert workshop for promoting the reform process.

9.-Improving-Chapter-20-principles,-policies-instruments.pdf
IMPROVING THE ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES - NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN FINANCING PROGRAMMES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MEASURES AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO FINANCE

4/8/2019

The reform process of chapter 20: enterprise and industrial policy aims to promote strategies, regulations and instruments that would improve competitiveness and the business environment, domestic and foreign investments and the overall business climate in which small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) operate, which would also lead to strengthened entrepreneurship and innovations. The policy brief shows the conclusions and recommendations from the chapter 20 platform expert workshop for promoting the access to finance for SMEs.

10.-Recommendations-for-improving-access-to-finance.pdf
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