The MEDSt@rts project (“Med microfinance support system for start-ups”) is an ENI CBC MED standard project aiming to promote the access to credit to young entrepreneurs and to tackle unemployment and businesses in the shadow economy. The objective of the initiative is the creation of a common transnational program as an alternative system of access to credit inspired by ethical finance and solidarity principles, involving public and private institutions.

Therefore, the project aims to promote the access to credit for usually “non-bankable” subjects and to support the creation of new economic and professional opportunities able to contribute to the path of social inclusion and the fight against unemployment of economically fragile subjects (young and unemployed). The project will be launched on 31 January in Cagliari, Italy.