Business Advisory Service Programme 

The BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICE (BAS) PROGRAMME works with micro, small and medium sized Enterprises to define their business needs and to identify services to be provided by local consultants. The BAS Serbia Programme offers grant of up to 50% of the total net cost of a project to a maximum of EUR 10,000 and provides cooperation in selecting the most suitable local consultants to solve specific business problems and to carry out particular consulting assignments. Where the local expertise is not available to meet the particular needs of an enterprise, outside consultants are brought in to work and share their skills with the local consultants.

OBJECTIVES OF THE BAS PROGRAMME:

1)   Assisting the growth and competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises by   financially supporting business advice and consulting activities to benefit from the best local consultants.

  2)   Developing and strengthening the skills and quality of local consultant’s capacity to serve enterprise needs

  BAS PROGRAMME BACKGROUND:

       BAS started operating in 1995 and has undertaken over 5,000 projects in 19 countries with approximately Eur 57 million Donor funding. Currently BAS operates in 15 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia, through 27 offices including recently established programmes in Albania, Romania and Serbia.  

Through a local BAS Office highly qualified local BAS Staff facilitates short-term consultancy projects by utilising BAS accredited local consultants.

All are managed by the BAS Programme Team at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – EBRD London Headquarters.