USAGE OF ACB-MININD SOFTWARE IN THE CBA ANALYSIS FOR FINANCING INVESTMENT PROJECTS THROUGH EUROPEAN FUNDING IN CORRELATION WITH THE FINANCING FROM THE BANKING SYSTEM

The extension of the European Union with the first “wave†of new members in 2004 and later with the second “wave†of members in 2007 brought new opportunities for the countries in Eastern Europe, being obvious that “effective utilisation of EU support can foster the success of their economic performanceâ€. Financing investment projects proposed by the SMEs can be realized through several financial sources internal and external, from which two of the most common external sources constitute from subsidies-grants and through banking system. One of the most important financing programme present in Romania, available for SMEs is SOP IEC, which awards grants for investments proposed by production companies. This financing program encourages its beneficiaries to combine the European grant with private funds mostly provided through the banking system. The paper analyzed the methodology used in Cost Benefit Analysis and also The ACB-MININD software which is compulsory to be used for the CBA analysis of these investment projects links for the first time elements of analysis used by the European Commission with elements of analysis used by the banking system. In this context the present article tries to analyze how the ACB-MININD software links the main elements of Cost-Benefit analysis such as NPV or IRR with elements of the bankability software which are mainly used by the banking system such as: cash-flow analysis, loan/interest payment and financial sustainability. Also are presented the links between the banking sector and the external financing sector in the field on investment projects. As final conclusions of this paper we will demonstrate the theoretical and practical role of cost-benefit analysis - financial component to select the best applications that will be proposed for funding under the European grant programs and to link them to the banking system in order to ensure a proper co-financing for these investment projects.