Asia Invest Programme

The Asia-Invest Programme was launched in 1997 as an initiative of the European Union to promote and support business co-operation between the European Union Member States and South Asia, South-East Asia and China. This 5-year Programme provides assistance to intermediary organisations to facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships between EU and Asian companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as to strengthen the framework conditions to increase trade and investment flows between the two regions. The Programme will continue for another 5-year period, 2003-2007, with a budget for projects funding of EUR 35 million.