With the presence of representatives of DG NEAR, the partners of the Consortium discussed about the overall state of the project, presented the results of the activities implemented so far including some recommendations for enhancing the capacities of BSOs and SMEs in the Mediterranean region, with a particular focus on women and youth. Through project activities and studies, the partners have witnessed that supporting the access to finance for start uppers, women and youth, remains one of the biggest challenges of the region, together with bridging the digitalisation gap within the organisations.

The activities foreseen for the last period of project implementation were also presented by each partner as well as a strategy of communication against results and a sustainability plan of the project after its end have also discussed.

During the last semester, partners will be involved in collecting success stories under the project and continuing supporting the beneficiaries with capacity building activities and matchmaking events and B2B meetings through the digital tool Business Country Desk.