15/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - Development of small businesses supported by EU. The EU and Algeria presented their CAP-PME programme aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Algiers on Tuesday 15 March. It is an instrument “of the future”, the EU Delegation in Algiers said in a press release. CAP-PME is an “instrument to assess, to build on, and to consolidate support and European cooperation programmes for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises” in Algeria. The Delegation highlighted the series of support programmes developed for SMEs: EDPME (programme to support SME development), known as POME I (2002-2007) then PME II (programme to support SMEs/SMIs and promote information and communication technology literacy, 2009-2014). Companies which have taken part in these programmes and have begun to reform their activities are eligible for CAP-PME. (FB)