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“Financing Export Projects of Small and Medium Enterprises” is an interactive educational program that will give you an overview of the financing options available for your company’s export activities, projects, and programs. The course not only covers the theoretical framework and methodological foundations but mainly focuses on practical skills that you can immediately apply in your professional career.
Successful graduates will receive an official micro-certificate issued by the Prague University of Economics and Business.
The course is designed to support the export expansion of Czech and Moravian small and medium-sized enterprises not only into the European Single Market, but especially into new markets outside Europe and, in the long term, into the Ukrainian market once the armed conflict has ended.
The content focuses on deepening the knowledge and practical skills of course participants by providing an overview of options for obtaining financial resources and utilizing them for export projects and programs of small and medium-sized Czech and Moravian enterprises. It familiarizes participants not only with current options for bank financing of exports, including government support programs, but also enables them to actively master the methodology for assessing financial health to support effective managerial decision-making regarding capital market financing through the issuance of debt securities in accordance with the terms of the European Savings and Investment Union program.
Advanced ability to evaluate the optimal source, type, and category of banking and non-banking providers, including support programs (guarantees) and financing offers for foreign trade contracts and/or SME investment projects, with the aim of optimizing the company’s management’s financial and investment decision-making
The analytical ability to actively work with online trading platforms and actively evaluate price trends in the Czech and European primary and secondary capital markets for debt instruments—securities issued to finance the operations and projects of SMEs
The ability to develop an operational and medium-term financial plan for a small and medium-sized enterprise, including capital investments, costs, and revenues from an investment project, with a focus on expanding the SME’s products into foreign markets
Analytical Competence in Testing and Forecasting the Financial Health of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Using Predictive Financial Analysis and the Financial Health Index to Prepare Bond Issues Based on the Principles of the SIU Program on the Czech Capital Market, or Alternatively to Provide a Loan Guarantee from the NRB (National Guarantee/OP TAK Loan Expansion)
The ability to develop an ex ante credit score for a debt securities issue based on the Investment Risk Index, supplemented by a qualitative assessment of the issuer using AI, in the form of a fundamental financial forecast, including prescription recommendations
Advanced ability to select and formulate analytical information and outputs from fundamental financial analysis and forecasts for a securities underwriter, in accordance with the requirements of Section 9a of the Securities Act
The course is tailored for:
The course is conducted through a hybrid, interactive format consisting of thematic workshop discussions and guided group consultations, including the use of the modern Moodle LMS platform. In-person attendance is required only for the introductory and final workshops. Modules are unlocked in advance of the topics covered in the course outline. Instructors and their guests will answer questions during the workshops and provide feedback on individual assignments leading up to the completion of the final case study. Voluntary online consultations with the instructor are available once a week to discuss topics from the current module and work on the final case study.
The workshops as well as final presentations will take place from 14:15 to 17:30 in a hybrid format—that is, on-site at the Prague University of Economics and Business (Žižkov campus) and via Microsoft Teams.
| Module | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.10.2026 | Main Forms of Export Activities by SMEs in the Czech Republic; the Government’s Pro-Export Policy and Current Forms; Opportunities and Challenges in Supporting SME Exports |
| 2 | 14.10.2026 | Financing of Export Contracts; SME Activities and Projects; Theory; Practice and Current Perspectives |
| 3 | 4.11.2026 | Current Conditions at Banks and in the Capital Market for Financing Exports and Foreign Business Projects of Czech SMEs |
| 4 | 4.11.2026 | Non-bank sources of financing for exports and foreign activities of Czech SMEs from the capital market; assignment for a seminar paper—Microproject |
| 5 | 2.12.2026 | The Savings and Investment Union program in the context of the Czech debt market; conditions and opportunities for financing SME export activities and projects |
| 6 | 2.12.2026 | SME project management; product management; testing; modeling and forecasting financial health for SME securities issuance terms under the SIU program in the Czech capital market; operational financial planning and outlook in SMEs |
| 6.1.2027 | Defense of a Case Study on Export Project Financing |
Ing. Arnošt Klesla, Ph.D.
As an expert in predictive financial analysis systems and the creator of the APREXIT financial health forecasting system, he has long worked in the field of financial controlling and analytical methods for measuring, testing, and developing the financial health of small and medium-sized enterprises. His extensive professional experience enables him to integrate corporate financial management methods with the areas of banking and capital financing, including the export activities of SMEs.
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