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The Central Asia BAS Programme assists enterprises in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan through
the provision of practical business advice. This site provides information about the
Programme, the
donors that fund it,
how to participate and how to
contact us.
You can also take a virtual tour
through the steps of a typical BAS project and
learn about consultants in Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. You also can download the BAS project application form.
Central Asia BAS was initiated in 2001 with funds from the Japan Europe Cooperation Fund (JECF). Now funded by the JECF and the Swiss
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) and operated by
the EBRD's TAM/BAS Programme Team, the Central Asia BAS Programme aims to
assist locally-owned, private small
and medium enterprises in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan to achieve their development and growth objectives. The programme achieves this
by helping SMEs hire business consultants for advisory projects that enable the enterprises to enter new markets, improve internal
operations and products, reduce
operating costs, gain access to financing and plan future business operations.
Small management teams in Almaty, Bishkek Tashkent and Dushanbe develop and initiate between 5 and
10 new projects per month, and regional offices in 4 cities in Kazakhstan,
3 cities in Uzbekistan and 1 city in the Kyrgyz Republic allow the Programme to work directly with the
enterprises that need its support the most. Typical BAS-supported projects are short-term
projects with a rapid payback period, such as:
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