Under INTRA project "Internationalisation of Regional SMEs" RAPIV officially submitted to the Ministry of Economy, DG "European Funds for Competitiveness" a Proposal on Procedures from the Indicative Annual Work Program for 2018 of OP "Innovation and Competitiveness".

The proposals are based on the results of the "Analysis of the internationalisation of SMEs in the North-East region of Bulgaria", the best practices for the internationalisation of SMEs from Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK presented during study visits and discussions meetings of the Regional stakeholders Group, meetings and discussion with businesses.