Session 3 Jeannine de la Bursi Ministry of Economic Affairs The Netherlands 14 September 2017, Paris France

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Debt Restructuring
and Insolvency
Assistance for
SMEs
Jeannine de la Bursi
Ministry of Economic Affairs
The Netherlands

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1. How do you reach the struggling SME
2. What assistance can be offered

3. Reaching out to struggling SMEs
• Legal system: preventative or
punitive?
• When and where to provide info
• Hear the question behind the
question
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Policy measures 1
Money
• Contigent on viability of the
business
• Often paired with coaching

5. Policy measures 2
Coaching and advice
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6. Policy measures 3
Regulation
• Insolvency law
• Other regulation
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7. • Encourage contact (at the right time)
• Help with money (but not without conditions)
• Help with coaching (without asking a lot of money)
• Check your legal system for adverse side effects
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