Foreign Trade Chamber and partners launch new programs in BiH: Become an EU funds expert

The Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the VCC Foundation from Poland and the company PlanB. d.o.o., is organizing a specialist training program on the topic „EU Funds Specialist/Stručnjak za EU fondove“, reports the Bosnian news agency Patria.

The training program enables participants to acquire the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge about EU programs within which potential applicants from Bosnia and Herzegovina can submit project proposals.

During the training, participants will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with all open EU programs relevant to companies and other institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely IPA II and HORIZON 2020, and in addition, the COSME program, whose opening for Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected soon, will be presented, it was announced from the FTCBiH.

The training program will allow participants to spend most of their time doing practical exercises on specific project proposals of their interest with the support of an expert in the field of preparation and implementation of EU projects.

“EU Funds Specialist” is a certified training program, and participants will, in addition to the necessary knowledge, receive an internationally recognized Europass certificate after passing the final knowledge test.

The specialist training is planned to be held from January 25 to 29, 2016, and from February 8 to 12, 2016, at the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH in Sarajevo.

In the period between these two training sessions (five working days), participants will actively work on preparing a project proposal with the possibility of „on-line“ consultations with an expert, reports NAP.