EU Information Day: The COSME Programme and EU Financial Instruments for SMEs

15 May 2014


  • Welcome addresses
    • Speech (Romanian only) by Florin Georgescu, First Vice Governor, National Bank of Romania
    • Florin Nicolae Jianu, Minister Delegate for SMEs, Business Environment and Tourism
    • Ioana-Maria Petrescu, Minister of Public Finance
    • Fulvia Raffaelli, Deputy Head of 'Enterprise Policy and Support Programmes' Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
  • COSME programme 2014-2020: the EU support for SME's development and growth
    • Fulvia Raffaeli, Deputy Head of 'Enterprise Policy and Support Programmes' Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
    • Cristian Ormindean, Member of the Board of Administration of the "Romanain Centre for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" Foundation - CRIMM, project coordinator for PROSME BISNET (member of EEN)
  • Questions and answers
  • Supporting SME's financing in Romania
    • SME acces to finance in Romania - a short presentation of the National Bank of Romania's findings - Cristina Morar Triandafil, Senior Expert, National Bank of Romania
    • EU financial instruments: achievments and challenges ahead - Camelia Drăgoi, Mandate Manager, Regional Business Development, European Investment Fund
    • COSME financial instruments - Claudiu Ciprian Cristea, Head of 'SME Access to Finance' Unit, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
    • Horizon 2020 financial instruments - Armando Melone, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
    • SME Activities of the European Investment Bank - Antonios Papageorgiou, EIB SMEs Centre of Expertise, European Investment Bank
  • Questions and answers