The 7th Stakeholder Meeting in Romania was organised by the Regional Development Agency South-West Oltenia on 26th November 2021 online and was attended by members of the RECREATE Project Team and local stakeholders.

The meeting started with an update on the status of the implementation of the project and a presentation of the final Action Plan for the South-West Oltenia region, approved by the JS. This includes two actions that will support internationalisation and innovation for Transport SMEs in the region. In addition, also the RECREATE Good Practices approved and published on the Interreg Europe platform were shown.

It followed a presentation about the RO-BOOST project (“Boosting Smart and Innovation-Driven Growth for Romanian SMEs”), implemented by RDA SWO within the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), the largest business support network in the world with a presence in over 60 countries. The aim of the project is to support SMEs to internationalise and increase competitiveness.

The meeting concluded with a discussion about the future activities of Phase 2, including the implementation and monitoring of the Action Plans and the additional activities to be delivered, specifically related to business support during the pandemic.