Good practice
Gesellschaft für innovative Beschäftigungsförderung (G.I.B.), Germany The G.I.B. does not act as a central address to turn to for companies in crisis but supports organisations with the setting up or further development of a local offer in the regions. These so-called “Crisis Contact Units” aim strictly at small and medium sized companies and their usage is free of charge for the client. G.I.B. supports industrial development agencies and chambers of commerce willing to set up a unit with the provision of the relevant professional know-how and relevant learning material to go through with the client. The project is financed from funds of the federal-state North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Union. Numerous checklists and guidelines were developed in the framework of the project work. All the publications are available as downloads free of charge. 1. Help for founders and entrepreneurs by leaflets, brochures and calculation sheets 2. Counselling guidelines for multipliers and advisers 3. Internet supported service for crisis counselling In the framework of the follow-up project “Consolidation of Enterprises NRW” this internet supported service was developed further and it was made open to all interested consultants. Under www.gib.nrw.de/sanierungsberatung one will now find numerous checklists, information material and links to information, counselling and financing of enterprises in crisis. The service is now used by more than 4.000 consultants a month and, as far as we know, it is unique in Germany.