EMERGe Project: A project signed with the World Bank in 2024 to enhance financial institutions' capacity and MSMEs'…
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This call is open to small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Afghanistan. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
This World Bank-backed project enhances the capacity of financial institutions and expands MSMEs' access to finance in Afghanistan through the Afghan Credit Guarantee Foundation. While primarily a financial-services and capacity-building initiative, it indirectly supports climate and sustainability outcomes by improving MSME financing access in a climate-vulnerable region.
About this grant
This initiative supports financial institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises in Afghanistan through a credit guarantee foundation, backed by a multilateral development bank. The programme aims to strengthen institutional capacity and expand MSME access to finance in a climate-vulnerable region, with indirect benefits for climate and sustainability outcomes. Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit organisations operating in Afghanistan. Applicants must demonstrate affiliation with or support for financial institutions active in the country, maintain a focus on MSME financing access, and include a capacity-building or institutional strengthening component aligned with multilateral development bank and Afghan Credit Guarantee Foundation priorities. Funding is available as concessional and blended finance through a grant instrument, supporting organisations at any stage of development.
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Key requirements
- ✓Affiliation with or support for financial institutions operating in Afghanistan
- ✓Focus on MSMEs and their access to finance
- ✓Alignment with World Bank and Afghan Credit Guarantee Foundation priorities
- ✓Capacity-building or institutional strengthening component
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- Who can apply for EMERGe Project: A project signed with the World Bank in 2024 to enhance financial institutions' capacity and MSMEs'…?
- Eligibility covers organisations in AF; sme, nonprofit.
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