Project Initiator and Main Donor
HSBC Bank plc - Prague branch
HSBC in the Czech Republic is part of the global organisation providing the banking and financial services of the HSBC Group.
HSBC was founded in 1865 as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. Today, the HSBC Group is one of the largest financial and banking organisations in the world. Their shares are publicly traded on stock exchanges in London, Hong Kong, New York and Paris.
HSBC Bank plc opened its Prague branch in March 1997 and provides a number of corporate banking services to major enterprises.
HSBC in the Czech Republic focuses on corporate banking:
- Export Financing
- International Trade
- Treasury and Global Markets
- Working capital, Investment finance and Aquisitions
- Receivables Finance
- Cash Management
Professional Partners
Czech Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic is the body representing the business community of the Czech Republic and is an integral part of economic life in the Czech Republic. It protects the interests of its members - small, medium and large enterprises, bringing them together in the regional network of chambers and business communities.
The Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic (hereinafter CCCR) is the strongest organisation representing entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic. It was established by Act No. 301/1992 Coll., on the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic and the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic and it is one of the most important representatives of the business sector in the Czech Republic. The CCCR directly unites more than 13,000 members (enterprises, self-employed) organised in 65 regional and 83 sectoral subdivisions of the CCCR.
The Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP)
The Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP) was founded in June 1992 as a state-owned export credit agency, insuring credits connected with exports of goods and services from the Czech Republic against political and commercial risks.EGAP, now part of the state export support programme, provides insurance services to all exporters of Czech goods irrespective of their size, legal form and volume of insured exports.
Czech Export Bank
Czech Export Bank (hereinafter “CEB”) is a specialised banking institution, directly and indirectly state-owned, for the state support of exports. It was set up in 1995 and is one of the pillars of the government’s pro-export policy system.The CEB mission is to provide state support for exports through the provision and financing of export credits and other services connected with exporting. The CEB thus supplements the services offered by the domestic banking system by financing export operations that require long-term financing at interest rates and in volumes that are not available to exporters on the banking market under current domestic conditions.This allows Czech exporters to compete on international markets under conditions comparable to those enjoyed by their main foreign competitors.
White & Case Attorneys
White & Case was founded in Wall Street, New York in 1901. It is an office with an international scope that provides complex legal consultancy of the highest quality within a number of jurisdictions. Today, White & Case has lawyers in 36 offices and 25 countries in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In Central and Eastern Europe, White & Case has operated since 1990. Offices in Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucarest, Moscow and Almata closely cooperate on a number of projects that go beyond the borders of individual countries.
The White & Case Prague office has provided a legal and tax advisory in the Czech Republic since 1991 and is the largest international legal office in Prague. With more than 70 lawyers and tax advisors, the Prague office particularly specialises in mergers, acquisitions, private equity, complex banking and financial transactions, restructuring and insolvency, property investments, court trials and direct investments. The Prague office provides advisory services in compliance with Czech, British, Slovak and New York legislation.
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit www.ey.com
Association of Small and Medium sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of the Czech Republic
The Association of Small and Medium sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of the Czech Republic brings together small and medium sized enterprises and entrepreneurs and their organisations from the whole of the country on an open and non-political basis. It successfully promotes the fundamental ideas of the Programme Development of SMEs in the Czech Republic, which they prepared in 2003 and which they continuously update.
The Association cooperates with the Government and various ministries and in recent years it even initiated a number of legal measures that aid in the formation of the business environment of our country. It is a place for commentaries on the preparation of legislation. It is a member of the Business Council and a number of other advisory bodies of the Government and ministries, including the Assessment Committees. It is also represented on a European level as it is directly on the Board of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (UEAPME) in Brussels, the largest representative of SMEs in the European Commission.
The Association cooperates with the Government and various ministries and in recent years it even initiated a number of legal measures that aid in the formation of the business environment of our country. It is a place for commentaries on the preparation of legislation. It is a member of the Business Council and a number of other advisory bodies of the Government and ministries, including the Assessment Committees. It is also represented on a European level as it is directly on the Board of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (UEAPME) in Brussels, the largest representative of SMEs in the European Commission.
For its members it mainly provides an INFORMATION SERVICE targeted at the sector of SMEs and sole traders from a variety of areas, as well as attending professional meetings, seminars, conferences and business meetings in the Czech Republic and abroad and generally promotes the interests of this sector in the Government and other institutions. With the goal of promoting sole traders and SMEs, the association provides sponsorship, it nominates and is the professional evaluator of the national competition “Company of the Year & Entrepreneur of the Year”, announced by the daily newspaper Hospodarske noviny. Furthermore, it is a professional partner of the banking products competition “Golden Crown”, “Czech Business Big Fish” and the unique project “HSBC GRANT for the Promotion of International Trade”.
Media Partners
EKONOM (Economia publishing)
EKONOM is a prestigious independent weekly magazine that provides objective and unbiased information for the decisions of entrepreneurs, managers, investors and representatives of public administration. EKONOM represents exceptional entrepreneurial personalities, news, managerial practice and financial tools for personal and business life. It offers a professional advisory service, professional discussions and exclusive interviews. EKONOM is the most widely read and the most powerful weekly magazine in its category in the Czech Republic.
