18.02.2010
09:00 - 15:00

EU Finance Day for SMEs

European Commission Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs
Unit R 4
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Fax: +32 2 29 809 98

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European Commission - Enterprise and Industry DG
1049 Brussels
Fax: +32 2 296 94 28
Email: info-enterprise@ec.europa.eu

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Budget & Monetary Affairs

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Ulla Hudina
Email: ulla.hudina@ec.europa.eu

Crowne Plaza Hotel
Den Haag-Promenade, Van Stolkweg 1
2585 JL Den Haag

Netherlands

EU Finance Day for SMEs is a series of events in the Member States that the European Commission is organising to inform about the EU financial instruments for SMEs together with the national financial intermediaries that implement these instruments locally. The aim is to raise awareness about different sources of finance and provide a forum for sharing good practices in helping innovative SMEs get easier access to finance.

Programme:
9:00 - 9.30 Registrations

9:30 – 9:45 Opening speeches

09:45 - 10:00 European Union SME policies

10:00 - 10:30 Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) financial instruments

10:30 - 10:45 Experience with EU financial instruments in the Netherlands

10:45 - 11:10 EIB SME Loans

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break and Networking

11:30 - 12:15 Guarantees and microcredits as sources of financing

12:15 - 13:00 Equity sources of financing

13:00 - 13:30 Role of the Enterprise Europe Network in the Netherlands

13:30 - 15:00 Networking lunch offered

Dinand Maas, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs; Ludolf van Hasselt, Head of the European Commission Representation; Vesa Vanhanen, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission; Michael Raschke, European Investment Bank; Marcel Roy, European Mutual Guarantee Association.