The Development Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Maramures” (CDIMM Maramures) was established in the year 1994, on the initiative of a local group made up of the representatives of local authority, public institutions, representatives of local banks as well as representatives of local private companies. The foundation was established by the support granted by the PHARE Program of the European Union, through the CRIMM Bucharest Foundation, as part of the R9207 Program, the first European program that directly addresses the sector of the small and medium size companies (SMEs) in Romania. The CDIMM Maramures Foundation was established as a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political organisation. The CDIMM Foundation has as its objective to support the development of the private sector of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), on local level, or through a branch. Also, the foundation supports the development of the local NGOs.