As part of EBSOMED project, BUSINESSMED organised, on 10th of October 2018 in Tunis, a certified training course on project development and management. the workshop, entitled “EU Funds for Mediterranean BSO’s Cooperation Workshop”, gathered over twenty Business Support Organisations’ executives from southern neighbourhood countries.

The training course was arranged in cooperation with the training and consultancy organisation Welcomeurope and presented by Trainer/Consultant Mrs. Melissa Moothoo. As walking through the EU funds platforms and policies, the training provided an overview of the opportunities available for Employers’ Confederations and covered the core principles and institutional framework of the EU and its funding programmes and highlighted tools needed to apply to calls for proposals.

The workshop was structured as follow:

• Institutional framework of the EU and its funding programmes
• Intracommunity programmes
• External aid cooperation programmes
• First insight in the EU project leader obligation

At the end of the workshop, the participants were awarded the certificates of completion.

This training falls within the framework of EBSOMED’s instrument, BSOs Academy, which offer dedicated capacity training for BSO executives and focus on capacity enhancing measures such as strengthening the ability of BSO staff to manage business organisations. Other BSOs academies will be arranged during the project implementation.