The former Youth Center in Lyaskovets was transformed into a modern Transborder Business Incubator
Today was held a ceremony for the official opening of the building of the renovated Youth Center in Lyaskovets . The ceremony was held by the mayor of the municipality of Lyaskovets Dr. Ivelina Getzova and Nicoleta Ivan Korina – secretary of the municipality of the Romanian city Videle. The ritual for sanctification of the new building was performed by Father Bogdan, a priest from Lyaskovets, and all the guests and representatives of the design team, supervisors and contractors were welcomed by Bulgarian tradition with traditional bread and salt from children in folk costumes dancing at “Ludo mlado” club. In Bulgarian custom with bread, geranium and “Welcome”, were welcomed the guests from Lyaskovets and Romania.
Once the ceremony was over, Dr. Getsova and Mrs. Corina expressed their satisfaction with the good cooperation, wished for many future successes and joint initiatives and were applauded by guests and citizens for the new acquisition.
Lyaskovetz and Videle have partnered on a project whose activities continue to be carried out and thanks to which the outdated building of the Youth Center in Lyaskovets has become a modern and well-equipped Cross-Border Business Incubator for Ecotourism and Organic Agriculture. This was done under the “Green Jobs network” Project- Encouraging eco-tourism and organic agriculture, as innovative mechanisms for employment and sustainable local development in rural areas in transborder area Romania-Bulgaria. With funds from the Interreg VA Romania – Bulgaria Program 2014-2020, the building of the former Youth Center in Lyaskovets has become a modern business building equipped to provide training, consultancy services and support to start up your own business and create employment in the cross-border region.
The total investment for complete reconstruction, equipment and furnishing of the business incubator is 540 166 lev, including for construction and assembly works for reconstruction of a building for public use – BGN 402 203. Designer of the site is arch. Lachezar Lalev, and the contractor of the construction and installation works is “National Construction Company” – Sofia.
For the provision of business and consultancy services, a contract for mobile counseling for the creation of green jobs has been signed, with a team of five experts providing advice on starting up business, helping with developing a business plan, information services to find appropriate sources of funding, information and counseling services for unemployed people to improve their adaptability to the labor market.
The main future activities in the business incubator are trainings and courses for improving the mobility in rural areas, organizing language courses and transborder employment events for encouraging ideas, possibilities and good practices for generating employment in the transborder region. This will add to the main goal of the project – increasing the possibilities for employment and mobility of the workforce by developing knowledge and skills in the field of ecotourism and organicn agriculture in the transborder regions of Bulgaria and Romania.
In the building of the transborder business incubator will be situated the office of the Local initiative group – Lyakovets-Strazhitsa, which obtains a finance resource for starting new services and production, modernizing the farms and improving the quality of life in the territory of the two municipalities.