InterVentures

Co-financing source : European Regional Development Fund Interreg Europe Program
Implementation period : 36 months from 01/08/2019 (Phase 1 - 24 months, Phase 2 - 12 months)
Project partners :

• European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Pannon (Hungary),
• Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Crafts in Lombardy (Unioncamere Lombardia),
• Rzeszów Regional Development Agency,
• The European Business and Innovation Center in Burgos (CEEI-Burgos),
• Klaipėda ID,
• Association of European Border Regions (AEBR),
• Klaipeda Municipal Administration,
• Society for the Development of the Province of Burgos (SODEBUR).

Project co-financing amount : 1,151,955.30 (83.67%)
Total project value : EUR 1,376,708

Idea and short description of the project

The idea of the project is to use the potential of enterprises located in the border areas in order to increase the degree of their internationalization and thus increase their competitiveness. INTER VENTURES brings together partners from five European border regions, representing different stages in the evolution of SME ecosystems, ranging from occasional collaboration to more structured networking and international clustering. During the project implementation, partners will intensively share their experiences and learn together through two thematic visits on good practice and four interregional meetings combining training with discussions. Regional stakeholders will be involved in the implementation of the project. On the other hand, the project aims to contribute to the improvement of existing business support mechanisms (policies related to EU funds available to SMEs). As a result of the project implementation, locally tailored regional action plans will be developed that can lead to the desired improvement of five selected regional ERDF programs to strengthen the internationalization of SMEs.

Action

• Participation in 4 interregional meetings (1-Pécs, 2-online, 3-Rzeszów, 4 -Milan), during which there will be training of partners also with the participation of selected key members of regional stakeholder groups
• Webinars for each partner region dedicated to stakeholder learning and analysis of the regional situation and needs (combining online lectures and question and answer sessions by an advisory partner (AEBR) with on-site discussion and group work moderated by internal and external experts thematic).
• 2 thematic visits for partners and regional stakeholders on relevant good practices (Burgos, Klaipeda) - conclusions will be presented in 2 portfolio analyzes.
• Production of reports on the analysis of the situation in each region and recommendations for regional policy.
• Development of regional policy recommendations through the AEBR's preparation of regional action plans and the formulation of recommendations for the next EU programming period.