Innovative cooperation initiatives in cross border region

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Bulgaria - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Date of latest update: 2024-03-09

Description

Description (EN):

The project aims to stimulate productivity and competitiveness, economic growth and investments in the region, intensify cooperation between business and R&D sectors and contribution for provision of favorable environment for optimizing educational, professional qualification and re-qualification. The project aims too improve the competitiveness of the regional businesses, through development of two databases and creation of 1 CBC business network as an output of a survey of 5000 SMEs. The operation contributes to applying new innovative initiatives for cooperation through development of innovating business network, applying new approaches, new tools - VOFIS and VEP and training people and SMEs to benefit from them in order to jointly address common challenges. The project positively affecting group of 5000 SMEs - potential partners in a cross-border cluster in the forestry sector, including woodworking and furniture enterprises and research, education and training institutions/centers from the cross-border eligible region.

Description (BG):

Проектът има за цел стимулиране на производителността и конкурентоспособността, икономическия растеж и инвестиции в региона, засилване сътрудничеството между бизнеса и R&D сектори и принос за сформиране благоприятна среда за оптимизиране на образователна, професионална квалификация и преквалификация. Целта на проекта е и повишаване конкурентоспособността на регионалните фирми чрез развитие на две бази данни и създаване на 1 ТГС бизнес мрежа като резултат от проучване на 5000 МСП. Операцията допринася за прилагане на нови иновационни инициативи за сътрудничество чрез развитие на иновативна бизнес мрежа, прилагане на нови подходи и инструменти - VOFIS и VEP и обучение на хора и МСП за ползването им с цел достигане на съвместни общи предизвикателства. Проектът засяга положително група от 5000 МСП - потенциални партньори в трансграничен клъстер в сектора на горското стопанство, включително дървообработване и мебелни предприятия, и научни изследвания, образование и обучителни институции/центрове от трансграничния допустим регион.

Description (MK):

Проектот има за цел да се поттикне продуктивноста и конкурентноста, економскиот раст и инвестициите во регионот, интензивирање на соработката меѓу секторите бизнис и R & D и придонес за обезбедување на поволен амбиент за оптимизирање на образовната професионална квалификација и преквалификација. Целта на проектот е исто така да се подобри конкурентноста на регионалните фирми, преку развој на две бази на податоци и создавање на една прекугранична бизнис мрежа како резултат на истражувањето на 5.000 мали и средни претпријатија. Операцијата ке придонесе за примена на нови иновативни иницијативи за соработка преку развој на иновативна бизнис мрежа, примена на нови пристапи и нови алатки - VOFIS и ВЕП и обука на луѓето и малите и средни претпријатија да имаат корист од нив, со цел заеднички да одговорат на заедничките предизвици. Проектот позитивно ке влијае на групат на мали и средни претпријатија составена од 5000 мали и средни претпијатија - потенцијални партнери во прекуграничниот кластер во шумарскиот сектор, вклучувајќи ги дрвопрераборувачките и претпријатијата за производство на мебел, како и истражувачките, образованите и обучните институции / центри од прекуграничниот регион.

Achievements (EN):

The cooperation developed and the expected results will widen possibilities for further development of the project - survey of the results achieved and respective new and improved content for VOFIS and VET implementation in forestry and other important sectors for the region; developing VOFIS and VET according to new global and local framework conditions for increasing local business competitiveness, based on using new technologies to increase the productivity, quality & sustainability of forestry sector production and to intensify the business activities in the supply chain in the cross border region. The achieved synergy and increased regional competitiveness will ensure the effectiveness of future science-business and science-policy making collaboration for further initiatives, including further development of the project, attracting more people and investments in the forestry sector and increasing the competitiveness of the forestry enterprises in the cross border region. The collected positive experience could be used for developing projects for improving competitiveness of other cross-border regions.

Website: http://www.ipa-cbc-007.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Indicator; Reached value; Comment Number of participants (split into men and women) in supported training and qualification initiatives;40.00;40 participants from the region split into men and women attended seminars and qualification initiatives. Received certificates Number of enterprises receiving non-financial support;10.00;10 of SMEs of forestry sector with personnel trained to benefit from VOFIS and VEP - 5 from Bulgaria and 5 from FYROM. Supported initiatives for economic development and investment promotion;3.00;Supported developing structured database of enterprises along the supply-chain in forestry in CBR region. Supported developing database of requirements from the target group and their implementation through VOFIS and VEP, published in Bulgarian, macedonian and English. Supported developing and implementation (through training) of 2 platforms – VOFIS and VEP for competitive economic development and investment promotion. Number of cooperation networks;1.00;developed one innovative cooperation network in forestry in the cross-border region (of SMEs, educational, research, local government, NGOs institutions, and international ones)

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation

Specific Objective: Improving the competitiveness of regional businesses

Thematic Priority:

(g) Enhancing competitiveness, the business environment and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, trade and investment through, inter alia, promotion and support to entrepreneurship, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, and development of local cross-border markets and internationalisation

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Българска Академия нас Науките

Address: 1, 15 Noemvri Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.bas.bg

Total budget: EUR 67 562.58

IPA2 budget: EUR 57 428.19

Македонска академија на науките и уметностите (МАНУ)

Name: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите (МАНУ)

Address: Bull. Krste Misirkov, 2 PO 428, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia

Legal status: n/a

Website: http://www.manu.edu.mk/mk/

Total budget: EUR 40 074.88

IPA2 budget: EUR 34 063.64

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Българска Академия на науките, Институт по минералогия и кристалография

Innovative cooperation initiatives in cross border region

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Macedonian academy of sciences and arts (MASA)

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Summary

Project name (EN): Innovative cooperation initiatives in cross border region

Project name (BG): Иновативна инициатива за сътрудничество в пограничния район

Project name (MK): Иновативна иницијатива за соработка во пограничниот регион

Project acronym: ICI

Project start date: 2016-10-18

Project end date: 2018-01-18

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 107 637.46

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 91 491.83

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 91 491.83.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Bulgaria - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-01-27

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

151 / 151 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Field project name (from 3 projects) translated from Bulgarian into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: Saving Inhabitants of One Mountain Along Two Rivers, SAVE US! and Digital Nature.

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