The idea behind this project lies on the impact that the acceleration activities have both on labor force and on business entities.
On the one hand business entities that employ experts and invest on education and training activities could adapt faster to the challenges of the social, economic, technological and political environment. But this is by far not adequate. All new challenges require networking, synergies and optimization of the existing functions and innovative solutions. On the other hand, well trained individuals choose to leave the cross-border area, attempting to achieve the best offer for the qualifications in regions away from the cross-border area. This project creates an integrated eco-system based on the following principles – knowledge, in the form of the identification of current needs, both on the demand and the supply side and acceleration, in the terms of enhancing developmental actions, by amplifying the desire to take risks from the business side, and strengthening the transformation of the ideas into actions, in the individual level.
MAIN OBJECTIVE is to assist individuals to develop their skills and business entities to increase their capacity by creating a coherent, integrated and innovative business eco-system that allows networking and boosting ideas in order to reduce the gap between supply and demand in the market in cross-border region.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
- Expansion of knowledge with the cross-sectional and qualitative (in-depth interviews) surveys, which will illustrate insights and trends, while they will reveal important weaknesses that the project will focus;
- To Assist and boost ideas. Support and assistance to the operations of the existing SMEs, by developing a toolkit in order to strengthen current operational capacity (digital marketing tools, Ad-hoc business support, pool of experts, workshops and seminars for new developments and preparation for future needs);
- Openness and Promotion. Umbrella actions in two directions; joint efforts, for a harmonized presentation of the intervention and identity building, and promotion and dissemination events, for engaging stakeholders and community of the cross-border area.