Greek Bulgarian Business Partnership by Assistance, Services, Solutions to Promote Open Regions Team

Acronym	GR-BG BUSINESS PASSPORT
Project Number – MIS	5070648
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	Management and Administration Authority Technopolis Thessalonikis SA
Beneficiaries	INSTITUTE OF ROBOTICS-BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REASEARCH ACCOUNT OF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF GREECE Regional Municipalities Association MARITZA
Start Date	Apr 13, 2021
End Date	Nov 12, 2023
Budget	645.014,85 €
ERDF Contribution	548.262,62 €
National Contribution	96.752,23 €
Website	https://businesspassport.eu/

BUSINESS PASSPORT will face the the need to create an environment at a cross-border level, that promotes innovation and develop the formula for creation transfer technologies, by providing services for the dissemination of information, communication, education, etc. Since the creative thinking is necessary for the confrontation of the challenges of a rapidly changing world, it needs to find the place it deserves in business. The international competition, the constant changes in production conditions along with the changes in consumer patterns make today's innovation, the most important component of economic growth, but also a prerequisite for the competitive advantage of a business. The competitiveness of economies and businesses is judged by characteristics related to quality, design originality and product and service innovation. These features refer to the ability to identify, adopt and disseminate new, ever-evolving productive technological knowledge, and are also the result of creative solving of problems and strategic choices in the CB area. The key is to create a framework that aims in providing support to specific thematic fields and at the same time stimulate business creation. This is why BUSINESS PASSPORT foresees the operation of laboratories in incubators and will be supported by research and training bodies ensuring that knowledge is interconnected and directly linked to production, resulting in the constant modernization of know-how and their transfer to stakeholders. The ability of businesses to innovate and grow is, in common, the primary force that leads to the development and improvement of living standards locally and regionally. Small innovative businesses are an essential part of this process as they succeed structural changes and create new jobs by replacing those lost and this is the main concern in the cross-border area.