Bon Courage

Business Opportunities through Networking and Communication about Enlargement

EU with 25 Member States comprises a market of almost 450 mio people. In order to en-courage small and medium sized enterprises in Europe to identify and seize the opportunities this internal market holds the 'Bon Courage' project has been set up. With financial support from the European Commission, DG Enterprise, 28 partners are implementing this project between June 1st, 2005 and May 31st, 2006. The project will be implemented through four pillars:

Communication

to inform SMEs about the situation of the skilled craft sector in the enlarged Europe (market opportunities, legal aspects, contacts)
to provide more detailed information on specific sectors in participating countries

Coaching

to support SMEs who participate in co-operation events before, during and after the event

Cooperation

to organise 2 sectoral co-operation events in EU 25 to bring together SMEs from EU 10 and EU 15
to strengthen the cooperation in networks

Conferences

June 2005: Train the trainer seminar (Brussels, Belgium)
Nov. 2005: Vocational Education and Training in an Enlarged Europe (Cologne, Germany)
2006: Promoting Access to Networks for SMEs and their Intermediaries (Koper, Slovenia)

BON COURAGE - Partners (pdf | 104.9 KB)

BON COURAGE - Sectors (pdf | 118.0 KB)

This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of ZDH and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.