Services
“SMEDA” is completed with the staff of relevantly qualified and experienced business consultants and trainers. Additionally, the agency employs the capacities of the about 340 invited high-qualified experts and consultants from various fields of industry, agriculture and other sectors of activity.
Scope of services offered by “SMEDA” to potential customers includes the following:
CONSULTANCY SERVICES:
Business Consulting:
- General business consulting to local enterprises;
- Business planning and investment planning;
- Company restructuring and development;
- Human resource development;
- Strategic planning;
- Feasibility and pre-feasibility studies;
- Market research/studies, industry sector surveys/analyses;
- New product development and promotion;
- Agriculture sector survey and analysis;
- Support and development of agricultural projects;
- Consulting on issue and monitoring of small loans and small grants.
Community/Regional Development:
- Facilitation to creation and development of Community Based Organizations (CBOs), associations, cooperatives and other types of rural/community unions;
- Facilitation and support of the community beneficiary business projects initiated and developed by local CBOs;
- Management and monitoring of community business development projects funded by international donor organizations;
- Implementation of regional level economic strategies and regional studies.
Support to Foreign Investment:
- Study of local investment possibilities;
- Assistance in partner search and assessment;
- Evaluation of investment proposals offered by potential partners;
- Support and assistance in conducting the negotiation processs;
- Logistical Support;
- Due diligence studies.
Business Trainings:
- General Business Training programs - training courses, workshops and seminars (of diverse formats and duration);
- Training in Business Planning;
- Trainings in Financial / Tax / Cost Accounting;
- Training in Marketing;
- Training in Financial Management;
- Special Format Business Trainings for specific target groups (start-up entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, youth entrepreneurs, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), other target groups;
- Trainings/workshops for the managers and work personnel of local business centers, rural service/extension/agricultural machinery service centers, credit unions and for her similar business service provider agencies/organizations.
Agriculture Related Trainings:
- Training in Farmer Organizations
- Training in Agricultural Extension
- Training in Gender Aspects in Agriculture
- Training in Solar Energy and Biogas Production
- Training in Livestock Feeding
- Training in Animal Feed Production
- Training in Livestock Breeding
- Training in Dairy Production
- Trainings in Potato Production
- Training in Onion and Garlic Production
- Training in Corn/Beetroot/Cereals Production
- Training in Storing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
- Training in Apiculture (beekeeping)
- Training in Trout and Pond Fish Production
- Training in Hazelnut Production.
Community Development Trainings:
- Training in Community Based Economic Development.