The kick off meeting of the project 3C4SME Cross border Cooperation and Competitiveness for SMEs,  cofunded under the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme, will be held on 14 and 15 May in Bari.

The project aims to facilitate the access to credit for firms in the programme area and check the replicabiliy of the cooperative guarantee instrument, successfully tested in Puglia.

Lead partner: Regional Union of Handicrafts and Small Enterprises of Puglia  U.R.A.P. Craftsmen and SMEs Association (IT). Project partners: Interprovincial Union of Craftsmen and Small Businesses of the provinces of Campobasso and Isernia (IT); Municipality of Fier (AL); National Business Center (AL); Municipality of Kotor (ME); Directorate for development of small and medium sized enterprises (ME).