BRIDGE – Business Resilience Initiative for Development & Growth Ecosystems

Building more resilient SMEs across the Kvarken region

BRIDGE

Building more resilient SMEs across the Kvarken region

BRIDGE – Business Resilience Initiative for Development & Growth Ecosystems

The geopolitical situation increases demands on the resilience of companies. The main objective of the Interreg Aurora funded project BRIDGE is therefore to strengthen SMEs long-term competitiveness by capacity building about robust business models, innovation and management of resilience-related risks, by establishing new cross-border collaborations and business relationships to reduce critical external supplier dependencies, and by facilitating policy lab to develop a radmap for increased business sector resilience in the Kvarken region.

The goal is meetings with 200 companies, that 100 companies participated in matchmaking and that 20 companies completed the growth program. The project willresult in more and deeper cross-border business and joint international business.

Contact Veronica Berg, Project Manager, Kvarkenrådet, veronica.berg@kvarken.org

LEAD PARTNER EU
Kvarkenrådet EGTS

PROJECT PARTNERS
Kristinestads näringslivscentral AB -Kristiinankaupungin elinkeinokeskus Oy
Umeå kommun
Jakobstadsregionens Utvecklingsbolag Concordia AB
Skellefteå kommun
Vaasanseudun Kehitys Oy – Vasaregionens Utveckling Ab

TYPE OF PROJECT
Regular project

SUB-AREA
Aurora

PRIORITY
Smart and sustainable growth

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Competitiveness of SME:s

PROJECT DURATION
2026-09-01 – 2029-02-28

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
1 378 659 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
896 128 Euro

Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The BRIDGE project contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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