• Also SM-companies need global competitiveness

Also SM-companies need global competitiveness

The small and medium sized companies in the region are faced with great challenges in our increasingly globalised world. SM-companies often have insufficient resources for development work. The aim of the Interreg-project Kvarken Global Business is to help SM-companies in the Kvarken area to reach an increased global competitiveness in ways that are presented in this brochure. The project has a wide foothold since the trade and industry organizations on both sides of Kvarken have participated in shaping the project according to the needs of the SM companies in the region.

The objectives of the project

The general objective of the project is to provide SM companies in the region with better conditions for keeping up with the global competition. The project hence contributes to increased prosperity in the Kvarken region.

The project will also:

- Improve companies’ co-operation across Kvarken and work towards common goal within and outside of the region.
- Enhance the degree of internationalization of the companies involved
- Improve the development of the business activities of the participating companies

The geographical scope of the project

The project is a part of EU’s Botnia-Atlantica programme and comprises the landscape Västerbotten and Västernorrland in Sweden as well as the landscapes Ostrobothnia and Mid-Ostrobothnia in Finland.