Projects

The aim of this Project is to improve the competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and to improve their management capacity. In particular, the Consultant was responsible for the preparation and conduct of a National Baseline Study of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises with the aim of a deeper and better understanding of the business sectors, the assessment of the current situation, the identification of constraints and opportunities, the quantification of demand, as well as and the proposal of roles and responsibilities for further development of the different branches of SMEs.

The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the diversification of the economy and sustainable regional development in Azerbaijan, while reducing socio-economic disparities between regions. The aim was the sustainable development of widespread economic activities in regions and particularly in rural areas in Azerbaijan. Pilot targets were the support to economic development of at least five selected agro-food value chains. All in all, the Contractor conducted training and needs analysis, prepared and implemented training activities, developed three territorial development plans along with their financing schemes and strengthen the capacity building of the Ministry of Economy.

The overall objective of the project was provision of technical assistance for the legal, educational, psychological support, and hosting services to refugees upon their relocation from their country of origin. The implementation of the project included provision of various types of services (legal, educational, technical etc.) to gradually incorporate the refugees in the local community, ensuring the sustainability and operability of its structure, awareness raising among civil society, as well as the development and improvement of instruments, administrative structures, tools and methods which will be used for the incorporation and the resettlement of refugees.

The Project was part of the undertaking of specific reform initiatives to upgrade and improve the supply and operation services of the organization alongside the adoption of best practices aimed at reducing unemployment in Greece.

The implementation of the project led to the development of upgraded and modern services, tools and procedures for linking supply and service labor market demand for both internal redeployments (such as Reconstruction of the Work Advisor, targeted and active approach of the employers, establishing mechanisms that measure business partners’ satisfaction, etc.) as well as partnerships with third parties (Government, Social Partners, Universities and Research Institutes, Regional and Local Administration, Private Employment Companies etc.).

When European Commission launched a process to support Greece’s reform plans, improving hospital management was one of the major objectives of health care reform, in order to ensure enhanced economic efficiency and sound financial performance. This included the use of double entry accounting, the establishment of sound internal control and quality management systems, and the integration of IT systems for the implementation of the double-entry system. Accordingly, the Greek government asked from all national health hospitals’ administrations to strictly follow the procedure of controlling, benchmarking and reporting all financial data (expenses) on a monthly basis. The main objective of the contract was to evaluate and strengthen internal financial controls in public hospitals, in order to produce effective operations, establish reliable financial reporting for the avoidance of fraud and the maintenance of compliance with regulations and laws through the application of double entry accounting.