Expertise France and Entrepreneurship
Expertise France contributes to the development and structuring of entrepreneurial ecosystems. It thereby stimulates the creation of companies generating wealth and employment. Its activities are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and national strategies for private sector development.
The French international technical cooperation agency offers technical and strategic support, as well as measures for financial support and training. The network of public partners, entrepreneurship support structures and expertise mobilised enable the implementation of programmes working on both the macroeconomic and microeconomic dimensions, thereby activating international cooperation or “South-South” cooperation.
A co-construction approach
In response to the needs identified, Expertise France takes a co-construction approach with the various stakeholders to design programmes that aim to contribute to establishing an enabling institutional environment, a public-private dialogue, and sustainable and inclusive economic development. More broadly, the ownership and institutionalisation of interactions between the State, the private sector and civil society foster the emergence of entrepreneurship and its development.
Expertise France helps build the skills of organisations through technical assistance, the allocation of grants and the mobilisation of expertise. It also contributes to refining and implementing regulatory reforms to improve the business climate, investment and business creation.
Expertise France uses its experience to support the creation of financing mechanisms, training in entrepreneurship and innovation mechanisms which help build sustainable and structuring activities. The range of services it has developed is gradually being expanded to cover the value chain of the journey of entrepreneurs operating in various sectors of activity and at different stages of development.
A cross-sectoral range of services
With European and French financing, Expertise France implements programmes on various themes, including:
• Innovative entrepreneurship
• The mobilisation and economic investment of diaspora
• The integration of women in economic development
• The creation of an enabling environment for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises
• The green economy
• Inclusive finance and microcredit
• Business development services
• Evaluations
• Infrastructure development
Our main lines of action
