Slovak Business Agency


: Jan 4, 2019


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For more than 20 years the Slovak Business Agency (SBA) has been supporting development and growth of Slovak SMEs. SBA prepares specific programmes for the support of SMEs, which increase skills and competence of entrepreneurs as well as the professional preparation of the potential entrepreneurs. SBA disposes with a pool of experts, mentors, contacts and agreements with various stakeholders that deal with the SME issues.

The Agency increases awareness about the SMEs issues, regularly discusses their on-going SME-initiatives and specifically promotes and provides guidance on the application of the “Think Small First principle”.

Complex business support for new and established entrepreneurs is provided under one roof through via the National Business Centre (one-stop–shop concept). Thanks to the ongoing SBA microloans program and the venture capital, even very small businesses can afford access to favourable finances.

SBA drafts out quantitative and qualitative information on the SME sector from statistical data, own surveys, consultations with representatives of the business sector, universities, foreign partners etc., which serve as the base material for the proposals of state politics, strategies and legislation, as well as for the purpose of the facilitation of innovation, internationalization, business setup and growth.

Combining data with being an SME envoy, with power delegated by the Ministry of Economy, SBA is responsible for establishing a close, direct link between the European Commission, SMEs and their representatives. This is emphasized also via Enterprise Europe Network (formerly Euro Info Centre) – the global network existing across the EU and beyond, which helps small businesses to make the most of the European marketplace.

SBA is a holder of ISO 9001 08 Quality Management System certificate.

Keywords and matching areas:

 Accelerators
 Entrepreneurship and SMEs
 Microfinance
 Eco-Innovation
 Sustainable Development
 Cross-border cooperation
 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
 Business Development
 Sociology and Economic Research

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