With a total budget of €62.8 million, AICS Tirana is funding 6 projects for the Economic Development of the Western Balkans (Albania: 2 grants and 2 soft loans; Serbia: 1 grant; Regional: 1 grant) regarding:
- Job creation: supporting local entrepreneurship and promoting employment for young people and women;
- Strengthening the local productive sector: developing small and medium-sized enterprises to make the economic fabric more competitive and resilient, while encouraging the transfer of knowledge and innovative technologies;
- Investing in human capital: promoting technical and vocational training and the transfer of know-how to stimulate economic growth and innovation;
- Access to integrated financial instruments: facilitating access to credit lines with competitive interest rates on the domestic market and providing targeted technical assistance to improve SME value chains.