On 8^th June, 2019, Saturday, at the International Slavic University “G. R. Derzhavin” in Sveti Nikole the third and the fourth part of the trainings for European funding through European programs was held.

The lectures were about:

1. European funds and programs for supporting the development of TOURISM, CULTURE, EDUCATION and SPORT in the Republic of North Macedonia and
2. European funds and programs for SMALL and MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES in the Republic of North Macedonia.

The lecture was divided into several sections on the following topics:

• Theme: Overview of the main European grants programs for supporting of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
• Horizon 2020 (Instrument for small and medium-sized enterprises), COSME and other programs directly managed by the European Commission and the European Union, that are implemented directly in Brussels. Areas, measures, open and anticipated calls for project proposals in the field of SMEs. The matters that we will encounter in the next program period 2021 -2027.
• Erasmus + and cross-border and transnational co-operation programs ofsupporting entrepreneurship and SMEs.
• Instruments for per-accession support IPA II and IPARD II, donators for various activities of supporting entrepreneurship and SMEs.

Lectures were Veselin Halachev – Chairman of the United Business Clubs, chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Small Business Association (ESBA) – Brussels, with the portfolio “European Programs and European Funds” and Kremena Dimitrova – member of the Board of directors of the United Business Clubs and Director of European funds department of the United Business Club.