Fostering inclusive economic growth by helping refugees integrate into the Armenian economy and enabling local businesses to contribute to social cohesion.
On 19th September 2025, the EBRD in partnership with the EU, launch the “Refugee Response Window for Armenia” (the “RRWA”) under the SME Competitiveness and Inclusion Programme in the Eastern Partnership. The RRWA is designed for individuals, who migrated to Armenia during the period of the 27th of September 2020 and the 23rd of September 2023 and are eligible beneficiaries under the displaced people support programmes of the Government of Armenia (the ‘Refugees’). Under this new programme, tailored support to is available to entrepreneurs forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh and to businesses in Armenia that hire and support forcibly displaced individuals.
RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
European Commissioner for Enlargement
EBRD Managing Director, Türkiye and Caucasus
EBRD Head of Armenia
National Team Leader, EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line
Associate Director, EBRD
Principal Manager ASB, EBRD
George Akhalkatsi, EBRD Head of Armenia
Presentation of results achieved to date, the new Refugee Response Window for Armenia (RRWA) investment incentives and the way ahead.
Presented by Anna Khachatryan, Associate Director, EBRD
Value opportunities of combining Advice for Small Businesses (ASB) services with EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line loans and investment incentives
Presented by Zara Ohanyan, Principal Manager ASB, EBRD
RRWA Eligibility Criteria and Application Process
Presented by Lilit Gharayan, National Team Leader, EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line
The Q&A session moderated by Lilit Gharayan
Arsen Torosyan, RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement
Elisabetta Falcetti, EBRD Managing Director, Türkiye and Caucasus
Signing of an EBRD-EU funding agreement on the new incentive scheme for refugees.
The agreement will be signed between Elisabetta Falcetti, EBRD Managing Director for Türkiye and Caucasus, and Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement
