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Cross-Border Project Cafés
What follow-up is envisaged?
The Urban Community of Strasbourg wishes to make permanent and
develop the initiative by reinforcing its budget, which could happen via
co-financing from INTERREG in the forthcoming programming period
for structural funds.
The cross-border Project Cafés have already been bolstered by the
setting-up in July 2014 of a co-working space for the Strasbourg-
Ortenau Eurodistrict: known as KiosK Office
, it has two sites, one
located in the TPO (TechnologiePark d’Offenburg), a partner in the
project, and the other in Strasbourg (to be set up by 2015).
Aimed at French and German business starters and entrepreneurs in
the Upper Rhine, KiosK Office receives people with business projects in
a dedicated space and for an adjustable period of time, provides them
with assistance with their administrative procedures in the neighbouring
country and directs them to partner structures where necessary, while
at the same time coordinating a cross-border economic network.
The services offered include:
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breakfast on Monday mornings with the presence of a coach
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technical workshops facilitated by specialists from both the public
and private sectors (covering tax, law, marketing, financing,
regional economic activity, etc.)
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professional language classes in small groups with role-plays
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meetings with business owners.
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