Microcredit can ensure prosperity, even for the smallest

The final virtual conference of the ATM for SMEs project was held on 8 December. Tibor Szekfü, director of the consortium leader Fejér Enterprise Agency summarized the project learning and achievements:

Microfinance can offer real help to the smallest - even in the COVID crisis

Strengthening microfinance institutions and their services to SMEs is becoming more and more important – this was the main message of the “ATM for SMEs” project dissemination conference. In the current economic downturn, subsidized microfinance is a powerful tool to help microfinances survive the crisis and each entrepreneur should have access.

Showing the new era of microfinance

Project “ATM for SMEs” continues in Norway with the scope of identifying of best practices in the field of access to microfinance for SMEs

Exchange of experiences in Spain

The Fejér Enterprise Agency organized a study trip to Spain for the members of the Hungarian Microfinance Association. The delegation studied the group lending activity of the Treball Solidari Foundation.

Microfinance can boost employment

The central theme of the 11th Annual Conference of the European Microfianance Network was “Employment – Challenges and Opportunities for Microfinance.” The international conference was celebrated in Lisboa, on 19-20 June.

Hungarian professionals’ visit to Spanish microfinance organization

Within the scope of the co-operation between the Spanish Microfinance Association and the Hungarian Microfinance Network a group of Hungarian professionals visited PINNAE Fundació in Barcelona, Spain to study its microcrediting, training and mentoring activities.

Innomarathon 2014 in Székesfehérvár

As a part of Innomarathon 2014 Intensive Programme, a visit to Alba Regia University Centre, Óbuda University was organized on 3rd of April 2014.

Students from Székesfehérvár win the first “Student Entrepreneur Competition,” organized by FEA

110 teams of high-school students entered the first nation-wide “Student Entrepreneur Competition,” organized by the Fejér Enterprise Agency and the National Consortium for the development of SMEs. The winners were students of the Székesfehérvár-based Lánczos Kornél High School.

"Return Ticket" national conference in Hungary

A national conference was dedicated to the achievements and outputs of the Re-Turn project in Hungary. The project aims at creating framework conditions for retaining human capital and countering brain drain.