On July 1st, 2011 was signed the contract by Project “Improving Trade Capacity of Uzunköprü and Haskovo Project”, funded under Bulgaria – Turkey IPA Cross Border Programme.
The duration of the Project is 9 months and aims to contribute to the acceleration and increase of the mutual trade activities in the border region within the framework of the Cross Border Economic Cooperation. Lead partner is Uzunkopru Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, Turkey and Haskovo Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, Bulgaria is a Project partner.
Business development is a factor not only of great social importance, but also an important prerequisite for economic development in peripheral border regions. In this respect, the activities are a systematic approach to encourage cross-border business cooperation between Bulgarian and Turkish companies, thereby stimulating business development and prosperity of the border regions.
Project objectives:
- To insure the producers, businessmen, and SMEs in Uzunkopru and Haskovo to establish sustainable co-operations;
- To insure Turkish businessmen benefit from the experiences and knowledge base of the EU membership of Bulgaria;
- To increase the capacity for project development and implementing of other local authorities and relevant agencies to the cross border cooperation .
Due to a low level of business contacts and partnership between bulgarian and turkish compannies project activities are aimed to the economical development in cross border region. Priorities in the Project implementation will be:
- Creation of website that contains the information for trade policy of EU, customs transactions and tax laws, legal obligations and commercial agreements between Bulgaria and Turkey, guidelines for import and export, database for SME in the region and company profiles;
- Conducting of two seminars in Uzunkopru and Haskovo that will give possibility to the companies and business organizations from both regionscto present their products and to estabilish business comunications;
- Preparation of catalogue and Trade Guide of SME in Haskovo Municipality and Uzunkopru Municipality;
- the press conference will be organized in Uzunköprü with the involvement of the local newspapers and TV channels. At this Conference, the Cross Border Development Program will be handled and the activities within the scope of the Project will be detailed.
Joint project of both chambers of commerce and industry have a potencial to estabilish favourable business enviroment and to stimulate cross border cooperation among companies and business organizations from Haskovo Municipality (Bulgaria) and Uzunköprü Municipality (Turkey).
For contact:
Svetla Vasileva
/Project coordinator/
Programme is co-funded by the
EUROPEAN UNION
IPA Cross-Border Programme 
