Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Sme's Development

establishment: –bedaya centre for entrepreneurship and smes development was established in january 2010 according to gafi board statement, in order to implement the strategy of supporting and developing small & medium investments mission: –to support the growth and development of the smes in egypt; in line with the national strategy toward raising the economic development indicators. key pillars: 1) bedaya smes clinics program:providing consultations from professional volunteer consultants in various business disciplines, at almost no cost, including but not limited to: legal financial hr planning management marketing business improvement it consultations are provided through one-to-one meetings between the sme and the consultant or through workshops. 2) access to finance: a.conventional financing: •referrals to banks •credit guarantee company only 5 smes have got the required funding out of total number of 43 files that were submitted through bedaya centre b.non- convention