Project aim:
to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in the border regions of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia by increasing their access to European and internal markets through creating of a franchising network.

Project objectives:

• Creation of the awareness of franchising as a successful form of business for SMEs in the Baltic States.
• Improvement of understanding and knowledge of franchising through sharing experience and information at the international conference.
• Creation of the Baltic Franchise Council, the institution that would support SMEs and represent their interests in the franchising sector in the Baltic Sea region.
• Creation of an internet database of franchising companies in the Baltic States.

Target group:
small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in different sectors of economy.

Project duration:
September 2003 – June 2004.