Programmes and Options
Objective:
The EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) aims to help you invest more into Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
How does it work:
You can receive European Investment Fund - as part of the EIB group - guarantees and counter-guarantees, including securitisation of SME debt finance portfolios, to help you provide more loans and leases to SMEs
Criteria:
- Guarantee institutions, credit or financial institutions duly authorised to carry out lending or leasing activities to SMEs according to applicable legislation
- Financial or credit institutions and loan (debt) funds duly authorised to carry out lending or leasing activities to SMEs according to applicable legislation
Interested? What next?
- You can apply to become a COSME LGF financial intermediary here.
- You can found current financial intermediaries here.
- Frequently Asked Questions.
