STRENGTHENING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AND COLLABORATION IN THE ELIGIBLE PROGRAMME AREA

Acronym	STRENGTHEN
Project Number – MIS	5070090
Priority axis	1 - A Competitive and Innovative Cross-Border Area
Investment priorities	3a - Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators
Intervention fields	066. Advanced support services for SMEs and groups of SMEs (including management, marketing and design services)
Call	6th CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS
Lead Beneficiary	CHAMBER OF SERRES
Beneficiaries	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY-BLAGOEVGRAD EUROPEAN INFORMATIONAL AND CONSULTANCY CENTER-BG REGIONS LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER ΟF REGION ΟF CENTRAL MACEDONIASA
Start Date	Apr 13, 2021
End Date	Jul 12, 2023
Budget	499.138,56 €
ERDF Contribution	424.267,78 €
National Contribution	74.870,78 €
Website	https://strengthen-project.eu/

The development of extroversion and exports is one of the main levers in order to overcome the intense problems created by the economic crisis and the prolonged recession in both countries. In this context, the initiative for strengthening the entrepreneurship culture and collaboration in the eligible programme area, aims to highlight, promote and enhance the extroversion of quality Greek and Bulgarian products and services by stimulating their export activity, upgrading their general international trade, their international networking, the search for partners, etc.