Development Solutions NGO is implementing USAID funded Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) program to improve SMEs’ access to finance to support operational expansion and growth.

#Program objectives

1. Improve SMEs’ access to finance;

2. Improve corporate governance among SMEs;

3. Enhance transparency and strengthen internal control system of governmental and non-governmental organizations that promote development of SME;

4. Conduct research to identify business development strategies;

5. Issue micro grants to NGOs, SMEs, and Start-up companies with sustainable growth potential however ineligible to obtain financial support.

#Core activities

•  Organize trainings, workshops, and provide consulting services to support SMEs on finance, capacity building, planning, and corporate governance;
•  Deliver loan facilitation services to SMEs;
•  Create and establish good corporate governance to SMEs through training and consulting services;
• Enhance transparency and strengthen internal control system on activities implemented by governmental and non-governmental organizations that promote development of SMEs,

Locations of program implementation: Ulaanbaatar city, Bayankhongor, Darkhan-Uul, Dornogobi, Dornod, Zavkhan, Selenge, and Khovd aimags.