Association of European Border Regions

AEBR, as an Advisory Partner, develops methodologies to execute the project and trains the stakeholders throughout the first phase of the project. Together, the partners will seek to enhance the capacities of SMEs to expand their businesses internationally, looking at the success and the particular needs identified in each region. At the same time, through this project also the institutional capacities and the governance models and support mechanism will be investigated. This procedure will allow to identify opportunities, cooperation structures and SME support schemes for boosting internationalisation in targeted border regions. The partners showcase different level of economic developed regions, where the rate of internationalisation of existing SMEs varies. The results from the exchange and the collaboration among the partners will represent a real picture of opportunities to develop and grow, applicable to most border regions in the EU. The duration of the project INTER VENTURES is 36 months, outcomes and information will be released throughout the implementation period as INTER VENTURES aspires to create knowledge on SMEs' internationalisation of use for many European stakeholders. In the course of the first phase of the project's implementation, AEBR has already developed three types of methodological guidelines that have been shared with the project's partners.