ReinFORCE SOCIAL Entrepreneurial Spirit through setting up Innovative Support Structures in the cross-border Territory

Acronym	SOCIAL FORCES
Project Number – MIS	5011020
Priority axis	4 - A Socially Inclusive Cross-Border Area
Investment priorities	9c - Providing support for social enterprises
Intervention fields	113. Promoting social entrepreneurship and vocational integration in social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in order to facilitate access to employment
Call	2nd Call for proposals under priority axes 2 & 4
Lead Beneficiary	Regional Development Agency of Rodopi S.A.
Beneficiaries	Municipality of Haskovo University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski" , Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haskovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Xanthi Chamber of Drama NGO "Gnossi Anaptyxiaki" Reconstruction and Development Union University of Macedonia, Department of Educational and Social Policy
Start Date	Oct 18, 2017
End Date	Dec 17, 2021
Budget	622.547,06 €
ERDF Contribution	479.050,74 €
National Contribution	84.538,36 €
Website	http://socialforces.eu

The project aims to reinforce the effectiveness of the regional policies and local initiatives in promoting and supporting social entrepreneurship, through the designing of common activities for setting up an innovative support structure acting as Social Entrepreneurship E- Help Desk in Greece and Bulgaria, as an asset for local economic development and territorial competitiveness.