INTERREG – Cultivating connections and partnerships in border regions.

Fostering cross-border business cooperation of SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border

In the Interreg V-A Programme between Hungary and Croatia for the period 2014-2020 a specially designed cross-border SME development scheme (called B Light Scheme) was introduced and implemented with the aim of fostering value-added business cooperation between SMEs operating on different sides of the border.

On basis of the experience of the 2014-2020 scheme the new B Light 2  shall provide support in two different ways:

• • Focus of joint appearance on each other’s and third markets.
  • Cooperation-based innovative product, service and technology development of SMEs operating in the border area.

Detailed information about the Project can be found HERE

Overall project objective: Fostering value-added cross-border business cooperation of SMEs operating in the border area.

Specific objectives of the project:

• • raise awareness about the importance of cross-border economic cooperation and its added value to regional economy;
  • raising the number of joint SME business cooperation in the border area, especially in the rural areas with low economic performance;
  • promotion of cross-border trade between SMEs through direct support provided to economic entities;
  • fostering innovation activities in the area through support of cross-border innovation cooperation projects of SMEs.