The Policy Learning Platform organised an online matchmaking on 22 April, for the benefit of the Region of Western Macedonia in Greece and on the topic of resource and energy efficiency support schemes for SMEs. SMEPlus partners and stakeholders from Germany (Department for technological innovation and resource efficient production, Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development of Hessen), Sweden (University of Gävle) and Spain (Economic Development Agency, Regional Government of La Rioja) took part in the meeting as experts.

Purpose of the matchmaking was to discuss options to design and deploy a new energy and resource efficiency support scheme for SMEs in the Region of Western Macedonia (Greece) to help them increase their competitiveness while also upgrading the environmental performance of their operations.

SMEPlus good practices PIUS Programme and ENERGIG & ENERLEAN Energy Efficiency Networks were identified as key examples for the Region of Western Macedonia. Check the summary matchmaking report for key takeaways and further details.