To facilitate access to finance, the European Commission published a practical guide providing information on how to access over € 50 billion of public finance in the 27 Member States. Secondly, the Commission launched a European wide training campaign for the Enterprise Europe Network to help SMEs get access to finance.

The practical guide for SMEs presents over 120 national or regional financing programmes and provides key information helping SMEs to apply for the different programmes in terms of characteristics, terms, conditions and contact information. The Commission has established the Enterprise Europe Network to help SMEs to become more competitive, to internationalize, and to find business and technology partners. SMEs wishing to access finance, can contact the nearest member of the Enterprise Europe Network, who will be able to provide information on EU and national sources of finance.
The European Commission is preparing an Entrepreneurship Action Plan that will address areas where the entrepreneurial potential of citizens can be unleashed and where key bottlenecks can be overcome and obstacles to entrepreneurial activities removed.

More information:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/finance/guide-to-funding/indirect-funding/index_en.htm