1.The Facility shall provide Union resources to increase access to, and availability of, microfinance for:
(a)persons who have lost or are at risk of losing their job, or who have difficulties entering or re-entering the labour market, as well as persons who are facing the threat of social exclusion or vulnerable persons who are in a disadvantaged position with regard to access to the conventional credit market and who want to start or further develop their own micro-enterprise, including self-employment;
(b)micro-enterprises, especially in the social economy, as well as micro-enterprises which employ persons referred to in point (a).
2.The Facility shall provide Union resources for access to microfinance, and actively promote equal opportunities for women and men.