BSF Umar: Bank Fair for SMEs-2009 11 Feb 2009 at Aiwan-e-Iqbal support of SMEDA LCCI & PSIC
A seminar organized by State Bank of Pakistan in connection with Bank Fair for SMEs-2009, 11 Feb 2009 at Aiwan-e-Iqbal with the support of SMEDA, LCCI and PSIC.
21 Banks and 6 Organization participated in Fair
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SME Business Support Fund (BSF) is a company owned by the Ministry of Finance and funded by the Asian development Bank. BSF is a non profit organization created to ist both the SMEs and the Business development services Providers (BDSP’s).
The objectives of the BSF are to ist in the improvement of the competitiveness of SMEs and to enhance the revenue-generating capacity and profitability of emerging businesses. The BSF provides matching grants to SME’s to stimulate the use of business support services.
TARGET GROUPS
The target group comprises of tax paying SMEs (employing up to 250 staff and having turnover lesser than Rs 250 million) and BDSP’s . BSF can support individual enterprises or a group of enterprises.
ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE SUPPORT
Only new engagements of business services can qualify for funding.
BSF can support activities such as:
* Short-term consultancies for production process improvement, productivity enhancement, product development and adaptation, packaging, quality improvement, certifications, designing of moulds & dies and installation of equipment.
* Market and Consumer research, marketing, designing or promotional material, stall designing for trade fairs, benchmarking, software implementation and website designing.
* And others as approved by the BSF management team in line with overall objectives.
Funds are not available for capital expenditure or working capital
http://www.bsf.org.pk/index.php
SME Business Support Fund
Office No. 304, Siddiq Trade Center, Gulberg, Lahore Pakistan.
Tel: +92 42 5787546
Fax: +92 42 5871318
Email: umar.daha@bsf.org.pk
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