• 29-11-2021 15:03
• Velizar Petrov

On November 24, 2021, the online final conference of the five-year project "STOB Regions - Business Continuity and Transfer in the Regions" under the INTERREG - EUROPE programme was held.

The conference started with a teaser video from all partners and a welcome welcome.

The panel discussion was attended by Ms. Lucyna Kaminska - representative of the European Commission on Policies, representatives of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Transeo - international association for business transfers and acquisitions of SME, Tomasz Budziak - Deputy Chairman of Family Business Initiative Association Poland.

The project partners shared the main conclusions of the project workshops:

-        Summary of project activities and results

-        The lead partner from Germany -  “Sensitization, raising awareness and psychological aspects”

-        The partner from Finland - “Innovation and transfer of knowledge”

-        The partner from Poland - “Advisory services for the transfer process

-        The partner from Bulgaria “Different target groups of potential buyers”

-        The partner from Denmark - “Valuation, rating, and maintenance of value of companies in the transfer process”

-        The partner from Romania - “Matchmaking”

-        The partner from Spain - “Business transfer in rural areas”

-        The partner from Slovenia -  “Financial instruments to support business transfers”

The partners presented videos with stakeholders and entrepreneurs sharing the benefits of the STOB Regions project, what were the challenges in the beginning and are there still unresolved, what did you learn from the project, what method developed internationally should continue in the next few years.

From the Bulgarian side were presented the videos of Mrs. Dr. Dobrina Prodanova - Chairwoman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Plovdiv, Associate Professor Dr. Georgi Georgiev from VUARR Plovdiv and the entrepreneur Mr. Delyan Plachkov.

The partners shared the most memorable moments during the project. There were memorable moments in each partnership meeting, but RDA with the BC for SMEs shared the work on the development and adoption of the National Strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria 2021 - 2027.