Regional Conference of Enterprise Europe Network
In Podgorica, Montenegro, from 12-13.9.2018 was held the regional conferences of South-East Europe countries, members of the Enterprise Europe Network. At the conference, besides the representatives of the consortiums of all regional EEN, representatives of the EU participated: Natalia Martinez Paramo, European Commission, EASME, Head of Unit COSME and István NÉMETH, European Commission, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, as well as Marija Popović , project manager for all EEN projects of the consortiums from SEE.
Annual regional conferences are of great importance to all who work as associates of organizations from the region of the former Yugoslavia on the EEN project, since cooperation and achievement of the results on the project are the most intensive among the countries in the region (which is evident not only in SEE but in other European regions ). During the conference, experiences and ideas for new common tasks and improvement of work with clients are exchanged.
In front of the EEN CIRNT team, Đuro Kutlača had a presentation on the importance of the Enterprise Europe Network to work on the preparation of the smart specialization strategy in Serbia under the title “Smart specialization: challenges and opportunities for SMEs in the Western Balkans and the role of EEN in capacity building and SME support in implementing the S3 priorities “.
