Enterprises - how to participate

To qualify for assistance, a company should meet the following criteria:

Legal status: enterprise is registered as a limited liability company, partnership, joint-stock company or co-operative according to local legislation.

Ownership: majority of shares is private and majority of shares is owned by local nationals

Maturity: enterprise is operating for a minimum of 2 years

Enterprise size: number of employees is between 10 and 150

Business sector: Small or medium-sized domestic enterprises in all business sectors, with the exception of primary agriculture, construction, real estate development, military, tobacco, banking and gambling;

 Programme support is available to enterprises engaged in food processing and production of building materials. Enterprises engaged in trade and services are also eligible for programme support;

Management quality: management has a realistic understanding of the problem, is ready to solve it using business advisory services, and to cooperate with BAS team and the consultant

Respectability: enterprise and management are credible and respectable

Project duration is not limited but effectively limited by the maximum funds of EUR 10.000 available per project. BAS will not support any project retroactively.