Under the umbrella topic of “Cohesion”, the event will be an info session that will showcase to participants the impact of the work of regions in using cohesion funds and how they will work for SMEs in the next stage.
The event will show the accomplishments of Interreg projects all aiming to improve policy instruments related to SMEs in their region through funds granted by the ERDF from the previous Cohesion Policy (2014-2020). SMEs have been recognized and described as important actors the EU can empower to help regions recover from the pandemic. This recognition is evident in the mentions about SMEs in the budget and recovery plan the EU has drafted for the next programming period. The event will delve into this concept together with a CoR representative who can give the audience a better understanding of the differences between the previous and current Cohesion Policy along with its possible implications to the projects that are presented in the session and to SME development in general. Afterwards, the audience will be informed of how projects that were funded by the previous ERDF period are helping SMEs in their regions develop with the added dimension of analysing and relating how the new Cohesion Policy can continue to support the scaling up of SMEs.
More concretely, the audience will be presented with several good practices that help SMEs to scale up. These examples will be used as a starting point to better address the recovery and growth of SMEs in the upcoming 7 years while ensuring that the policy objectives of the new Cohesion Policy are met. Throughout the entire session, audience participation will be encouraged and questions that provoke opinion from speakers and audience will be formulated to ensure a dynamic conversation.
Here the link for the registration https://evenium.net/ng/person/event/website.jsf?eventId=cohesion-policy-2021-2027-creating-conditions-for-success&page=tickets&loc=en_US&justSubmit=false&cid=132051
