On Tuesday, 5 December 2023, the Border Focal Point Network organised the 15th episode of the 'Beyond Borders' Breakfast Debates series. Titled “Navigating the EU Single Market – How to help SMEs across borders?”. 

The session aimed to identify the obstacles preventing SMEs in cross-border regions from taking full advantage of the Single Market, understanding the root causes that generated such obstacles in the first place, as well as finding the best practices and methods, outside of existing financial frameworks, to overcome them. 

Speakers included: 

?️Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy and Independent Rapporteur on the Future of the Single Market for the Belgian Presidency of the Council. 

?️Beata Czaplińska, Director, Polish Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce 

?️Slawomir Tokarski, Director, European Territorial Cooperation, Macroregions, Interreg and Programme Implementation I, European Commission 

?️Antonio Novo Guerrero, President, European Clusters Alliance 

?️Ricardo Ferreira,Planning and Programming Officer – Border Focal Point Network 

?️Eugeniy Ivanov, General Manager, Euroconsultants Bulgaria S.A. AD

Read more about the event here.