The project will in general refer to potential and existing women entrepreneurs and will provide necessary support in order to strengthen their business skills and provide additional technical support and assistance in order to grow and expand micro and small businesses owned and run by women in the cross-border region between Polog and Elbasan.

It will start with personal interviews with women and will map their needs and skills that need to be improved, areas of improvement etc. Then it will prepare appropriate plans in order to build capacities organised around three blocks:

· Building of skills and competences of potential entrepreneurs for starting up its own business.

· Improving of production, and income for the existing microenterprise, and organising all of the work related producing new products, improving of selling and trading skills, networking and B2B meetings etc. Herein also on-line platform will be created and also regional BtB meetings and business fairs will serve for opening of new opportunities at the market and finding business partners in the cross-border area and wider Balkan region.

· Revision of policy on microenterprise development – starting with feasibility study from 6-12 months, and continuing with consultation meetings with national and local authorities, producing of recommendations and elaboration of policy briefs. In addition, media coverage and production of video material and journalist stories will be put in use for raising awareness on issues of interest and possible and sustainable solutions to resolve the identified problems.