SIDBI is implementing a multi agency / multi activity Project on Financing and Development of Indian MSMEs. While SIDBI has been assigned with the responsibility of implementing the project, the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India is the nodal agency for the same. World Bank, Department for International Development (DFID) UK, KfW Germany and GTZ Germany are the international partners in the Project. The objective of the Multi-Donor Project is to strengthen growth and competitiveness of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), by improving their access to market-oriented financial and business development services. The overall goal of the German TC contribution is that of MSMEs has better access to qualitatively appropriate financial and non-financial enterprise-oriented services. The GTZ TC has two main components. The first component promotes the development of strategies and programmes concerning market based development of business development services (BDS). The second component offers development, training and advisory services to participating banks regarding financial services (FS) for SME

Incorporated in1978, AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India that provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as importers/international buyers who choose India as their preferred sourcing destination for garments. For Indian exporters, AEPC is quite literally a one-stop shop for information; advise, technical guidance, workforce and market intelligence. Members have access to updated trade statistics, potential markets, information on international fairs and assistance in participating at these fairs. It also plays a large rolein identifying new markets and leading trade delegations to various countries. In recent years AEPC has worked tirelessly in integrating the entire industry - starting at the grass root level of training the workforce and supplying a steady stream of man power to the industry; identifying the best countries to source machinery and other infrastructure and brokering several path breaking deals for its members and finally helping exporters to showcase their best at home fairs as well as be highly visible at international fairs the world over

SIDBI established on April 2, 1990 under an Act passed by Indian Parliament is the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of industry in the small scale sector and to co- ordinate the functions of the institutions engaged in the promotion and financing or developing industry in the small scale sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Mission "To empower the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector with a view to contributing to the process of economic growth, employment generation and balanced regional development." SIDBI has been supporting the MSME sector with various innovative schemes and has brought specialized and customized made products for addressing their financial and non financial requirements. SIDBI has been the lead nodal agency for many GOI schemes including the Textile

Established in 1975, GTZ is organised as a private company owned by the German Federal Government. The BMZ is its major client. The company also operates on behalf of other German Ministries, partner-country governments and international clients such as European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank, as well as on the behalf of private enterprises. It provides viable, forward looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. India has been a partner country of German Development Cooperation for nearly 50 years. For almost all of this time, GTZ –Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH - has been active in India on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). To address India’s development priorities of sustainable and inclusive growth, GTZ’s joint efforts with the partners in India currently focus on three priority sectors: Energy, Sustainable Economic development and Environmental policy, conservation and sustainable use of Natural resources