The project’s general target is the enhancement of the entrepreneurship in the cross-border area of Florina-Ohrid-Thessaloniki. This general target, in order to be succeeded, is separated in sub-objectives corresponding directly to its actions. Particularly, the project aims at the establishing of new individual, social and “green” enterprises and at the enhancement of the existing ones. In order to achieve this objective, it targets to an effective professional training and consulting – mentoring of its target group among entrepreneurial issues with the aim to offer them a qualified background, so that the unemployed to be able to set up their own enterprises and the existing entrepreneurs to be able to manage all their problems improving and developing their enterprises. The establishment of new enterprises and the reinforcement of the existing ones are connected directly to the other project’s objectives, the unemployment decrease and the creation of new job positions.
Through the authentication-certification of the business plans which shall be hammered out and the authentication-certification of the new enterprises, the project achieves one more of its objectives which is the enhancement of the entrepreneurial competitiveness. Because its objective is not just the establishment of new enterprises but these new enterprises to be authorized and certified, attaching them with competitive advantage. The project’s long-term objective is to continue to support its target group even after the funding’s end and to enhance the cooperation between the cross-border areas in issues of socio-economic policies. This means that it aims at the awareness of the governments’ authorities among their populations’ problems and acquaints them with economic and effective methods for their support. So, it’s obvious that the project does not focus on an only just target, but its objectives are various with a long-term duration.
Project duration: 07.06.2016-07.12.2017 (18 months)
Project partners: Municipality of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia and Greek Association of IT, Telecom Applications and New Technologies Companies, Hellenic Management Association, and Technopolis from Greece.
The project is funded by the European Union and National Fund of the participating countries under the IPA Cross Border Cooperation Programme “Greece – Macedonia” 2007-2013
Project web site: www.scbe-tbc.eu