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Cross-Border Project Cafés
To what extent can this good practice be
adopted in other cross-border territories?
Unfamiliarity with the “rules of the game” in the neighbouring country
is a difficulty encountered by entrepreneurs in all cross-border
territories, which highlights the inadequacy of the information and
support for cross-border economic activity provided by the systems
in place. The issue of technical incubators is becoming more
important owing to the appeal of the business creation approach
(in view of the economic climate), despite of its administrative
complexity (the law, tax, financing, etc.).
The Project Cafés and the cross-border co-working spaces to
some extent constitute a means of testing the needs and wishes of
people with business projects at the local level – an interesting way
of assessing more precisely the potential usefulness of a dedicated
support structure such as a French-German business incubator, a
project that would inevitably be more onerous in its implementation
and management.
It should be noted that there is a similar programme, known as
BRYO, on the French-Belgian border, led by the Greater Lille
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, VOKA West-Vlaanderen and
the Wallonie Picarde Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which
particularly targets young entrepreneurs.
For more information:
Contact:
Lydia TAWREDU
Kiosk Office manager
Start Hop
+ 33 9 81 99 06 24