Romania’s financial capacity of ensuring the grant for the co-financing of European projects is not sufficient, Aurel Saramet, head of the National Fund for SME’s Credits Assurance (FNGCIMM) said at the South-East European Financial Forum on Wednesday.
Half of the Romanian SME’s are willing to apply for European structural funds, which entails a guarantee sum of up to 6 billion Euros whereas Romania’s capacity is maximum 2.5 billion Euros.
A solution to this problem might be the involvement of the Romanian import/export bank Eximbank, and the change of the guarantee system, according to Saramet.
