{"id":2823,"date":"2021-02-25T12:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelagonijaregion.mk\/2021\/02\/25\/smart-rural-entrepreneurship-smart-rural-2\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T09:33:45","slug":"smart-rural-entrepreneurship-smart-rural-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelagonijaregion.mk\/en\/2021\/02\/25\/smart-rural-entrepreneurship-smart-rural-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Rural Entrepreneurship \u2013 SMART RURAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kick-off meeting of the European Project &#8220;Smart Rural Entrepreneurship &#8211; SmartRural&#8221;, which is funded under Balkan Mediterranean 2014-2020 Program, was successfully held on 31st of January 2018 in Kozani.<br \/>\nDuring the meeting, all issues were discussed regarding the strategy that the partners will pursue for a successful and an effective implementation of the project. In the framework of the meeting and the detailed analysis of the project&#8217;s content, the common goal of all partners was identified in order to strengthen entrepreneurship and support rural employment through the development and exploitation of the SmartRural model that is based on innovation and sustainable development.<br \/>\nThe development of a freely accessible electronic bank of knowledge tool to support entrepreneurship (SmartRural business development guide, \u201cBusiness welcome\u201d policy recommendations report, etc), the development of an e-services Web Portal (networking services, GIS for Rural Business Zones, etc) and the provision of support services for the development of business activities (in startups and existing businesses), are some of the project deliverables.<br \/>\nThe eight (8) project partners from five Balkan countries (Macedonia,Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Albania) are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Center for Development of Pelagonija Region (Macedonia)<\/li>\n<li>Regional Development Agency of Western Macedonia S.A. \u2013 ANKO (Greece)<\/li>\n<li>leading project partner<\/li>\n<li>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki \u2013 School of Economics (Greece)<\/li>\n<li>Bulgaria Economic Forum (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Local Economic Development Agency \u2013 Razlog (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Larnaca and Framagusta Districts Development Agency \u2013 ANETEL (Cyprus)<\/li>\n<li>Municipality of Dropull (Albania)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The project officially started on 01.12.2017 with a duration of 24 months and a total project budget of 962,884 EUR. 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