EBRD – MSME Lending Capacity Building – Eastern Europe, 2017-18

Technical assistance for Eastern European mainstream bank aiming to expand its capacities in MSME and agricultural lending to effectively and efficiently provide (multi-purpose) MSME and agricultural loans across the country on a sustainable basis. Project comprised the following: (1) MSME Lending Strategy – provision of recommendations and assistance in the implementation of measures for expanding MSME and agricultural lending; review of the bank’s MSME strategy, as well as its current MSME and agricultural product range; and provision of assistance with new product development reflecting the bank’s strategy and market needs;
(2) MSME and Agricultural Lending Operations and Risk Management – support for the lending process and provision of recommendations for risk management function improvements in the areas of credit analysis and internal risk rating; and (3) Credit Scoring – feasibility assessment and provision of recommendations and assistance for improving the bank’s MSME credit scoring system.