About BPN International

Business Professionals Network (BPN) is a Swiss non-profit organization founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Jürg Opprecht.

We support small and medium-sized enterprises with growth potential. Our goal is to create sustainable jobs. This will enable the development of the economy and poverty alleviation, in which Georgian entrepreneurs who want to invest and develop in their enterprise can make a great contribution. That is why our priority is to support entrepreneurs.

BPN currently operates in Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Mongolia and Georgia.

History of BPN Georgia

  • 2016: Establishment of BPN Georgia Ltd.
  • 2018: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between BPN Georgia and the microfinance  organisation Crystal. The main purpose of the memorandum was to launch a joint “Credit & Coaching” product, which involves training and coaching by BPN on the basics of business management preferential loans offered by Crystal.
  • 2020: In the course of the corona pandemic, BPN Georgia creates a range of new webinars with training courses on crisis-related topics such liquidity planning, self- and staff motivation, leadership in crisis.
  • 2021: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the VTB Bank which envisages that BPN will support VTB’s SME clients with business planning, training in the basics of business administration and one-on-one business coaching.
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