On July 15, 2021, at 10 o’clock via the ZOOM platform, the first meeting (Kick off meeting) was held between the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA), acting as the lead partner for the Go International (GoInt) project, and the project partners, the German-Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Greek-Italian Chamber of Commerce.

Mrs. Jenya Dinkova from the Managing Authority of the INTERREG „Greece-Bulgaria“ 2014-2020 cross-border cooperation program, headquartered in Thessaloniki, participated in the meeting.

During the meeting, greetings were extended by the lead partner (BSMEPA) and the Managing Authority, officially marking the beginning of the project implementation. All project work packages were discussed, and the roles of each partner, as well as the experts responsible for carrying out activities within the GoInt project, were allocated and confirmed.

Challenges and opportunities for each of the project’s countries were presented. The establishment of a common management team (CMT) was discussed, which will oversee project implementation and reporting activities related to it.