Public event will take place in Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) on 21 February 2019 (Thursday) at 10:00 within the project „Handicrafts and social economy: A driver for socially inclusive growth in the CB region”, with acronym „SocialCrafts“, under the Cooperation Programme “Interreg V –A Greece-Bulgaria” 2014-2020
The venue of the event is the 22nd September Hall of “Georgi Izmirliev – Makedoncheto” square.
During the event participation can take:
– the public from the targeted cross-border region,
– representatives of the different target groups targeted by the project – representatives of NGOs, craftsmen, local producers, people with disabilities;
– media;
– public authorities;
– representatives of civil society.
The project “SocialCrafts”, its objectives, the planned activities, the results and the progress achieved will be presented during the event. The opportunities provided by the project to the target groups will also be presented.
Within the framework of the event, the following topics will be presented:
– Development of a pilot insertion programme offering support to artisans and disadvantaged persons
– Establishment of mobile units to provide support and consultancy to artisans and disadvantaged people in remote areas
– Establishment of two Employment Support Centers for inclusion in Razlog (BG) and Kavala (GR)
– Developing an onine platform and mobile app for members of the network (handicraft sellers) to promote their products and services.
Open contest for novel business ideas and best ideas “Challenge yourself as an entrepreneur” within the project „Handicrafts and social economy: A driver for socially inclusive growth in the CB region”, with acronym „SocialCrafts“, under the Cooperation Programme “Interreg V –A Greece-Bulgaria” 2014-2020 will be announced during the event.
The aplication form https://goo.gl/forms/v50NVrEVIE1ciSpj1 is active until 15.04.2019, 17:00. The contest is targeted at those of you from the districts of Haskovo, Kardzhali, Smolyan and Blagoevgrad who are over 18 years old and have ideas for social entrepreneurship. An important condition for participating in the competition is to have a good, innovative business idea in the field of social entrepreneurship that you strongly want to realize. The winners of the contest will receive expert support on how to develop their entrepreneurial idea.
Within the framework of the public event, an exhibition of local products and crafts from the cross-border region is foreseen. Rituals will be presented and traditional foods will be tasted.
Everyone can participate in the event!
The event will be streamed online at the following link https://youtu.be/Bxi_a2hdWw0
A sign language translation is provided.
The event program includes the following topics:
