An International Workshop on Strengthening the promotion of innovative start-ups and job opportunities in rural areas of the EUSAIR countries will take place in Hotel MEPAS, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, 21 March 2023.

The objective of the event is to put together different stakeholders from Bosnia and Herzegovina and other EU and non-EU EUSAIR countries with the aim to support the EU integration process through the sustainable agriculture and green rural development with a particular focus on the promotion of innovative start-ups, job opportunities and youth entrepreneurship in rural areas.

The event is organised by a project “Promoting EU integration through sustainable agriculture and green rural development in the EUSAIR non-EU countries".

Overall objective of the project:
to support the acceleration of the EU integration process of BiH and non-EU EUSAIR countries with a specific focus on the issue of sustainable agriculture and green rural development in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other non-EU EUSAIR countries.

Specific objectives:
OS1: To enhance awareness of the public administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other partner countries to promote innovative start-ups and employment opportunities in rural areas, with particular reference to young people, to fight unemployment and brain drain and promote social cohesion;
OS2: To promote the adoption of sustainable and integrated agricultural practices and rural development in the EUSAIR region, with particular attention to the adaptation to EU regulations of non-EU EUSAIR countries.

Further information is available here.