News 2004
January
- East Africa & Indian Ocean: Pro€Invest promotional workshops in Sudan and the Comoros
- UE: kick-off meeting for forestry evaluation study in Bruxelles
February
- Italy: workshop on internationalization and economic development in Modena Province
- EU: first focus group with business associations for forestry evaluation study
- East Africa & Indian Ocean: completed sector study for the Pro€Invest program
March
- Southern Africa: awarded contract for a consulting assignment within the framework of the EU-SADC Investment Promotion Program – ESIPP. Kick-off meeting in Gaborone
- Southern Africa: mission to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa for the ESIPP program
April
- Italy: completed customer satisfaction study for SACE, Italy's official expert credit agency
- Kosovo: management of KREF formally transferred to the EBRD
- Southern Africa: missions to Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mauritius and South Africa for the ESIPP program
May
- Italy: new consulting assignment on air transport and airport restructuring (private client)
- Morocco & Algeria: new consulting assignment in SME development awarded by NAED - IFC
June
- EU – ACP Countries: cooperation with Pro€Invest continues: awarded new contract for sector oriented promotional activities in EU countries
- Italy: course on SME development at the Master in International Development – Università di Bologna
- Morocco: field mission within the framework of NAED - IFC assignment on SME development
- Kosovo: consortium including CAST, Economisti Associati and Finanzakademie awarded a long term TA contract supporting the formulation of a comprehensive economic development policy
July
- EU: new consulting assignment on transport infrastructure and policy in new EU Member States (private client)
- Serbia & Montenegro: Economisti Associati participates in a World Bank Institute project supporting the local export credit agency
- Southern Africa: ESIPP workshop in Johannesburg, with participants from 12 countries
August
- Algeria: start of field work activities for the NAED - IFC assignment on SME development
- EU: as part of the TEEC consortium, awarded new evaluation study for DG ECFIN
September
- Serbia: mission within the framework of WBI project
- Hungary: awarded new contract (economic analysis of municipal infrastructure)
- Morocco: Economisti Associati participates in the national SME Conference
- Southern Africa: completed assignment for ESIPP Program
October
- Serbia: mission within the framework of WBI project on export promotion
- Morocco and Algeria: field missions within the framework of the NAED - IFC assignment on SME development
- UE: inception phase for evaluation study for DG ECFIN
November
- Tunisia: as part of ECODES consortium, Economisti Associati awarded new assignment for the establishment of a venture capital fund promoted by EIB
- EU: completed evaluation study on forest-based industries for the European Commission
December