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REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR ARTISANS

"Building competitiveness through cooperation and innovation: Accessing export markets for handicraft products"

Third training – Training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging”

In the period from February 4th to 6th in Etno Village “Timchevski” in Kumanovo, training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging” was held, in which participated 25 artisans, 10 from Kosovo and 15 from the Republic of North Macedonia. After the completion of the three-day training, the following segments regarding the realization and evaluation were summarized:

Program and objectives of the training

The training “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging” aims to enrich and expand the existing knowledge, skills and techniques of the handicraftsmen. By studying new techniques, artisans will have the opportunity to use different mixing techniques to improve designs and quality of existing products, but also to create new creative and innovative products, which will significantly increase their competitiveness in the foreign markets. Continue reading “Third training – Training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging””

Second training – Training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging”

In the period from December 13th to 15th in Hotel Continental in Skopje, training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging” was held, in which participated 24 artisans, 10 from Kosovo and 14 from the Republic of North Macedonia. After the completion of the three-day training, the following segments regarding the realization and evaluation were summarized:

Program and objectives of the training

The training ” Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging “aims to enrich and expand the existing knowledge, skills and techniques of the artisans. By studying new techniques, artisans will have the opportunity to use different mixing techniques to improve designs and quality of existing products, but also to create new creative and innovative products, which will significantly increase their competitiveness in the foreign markets. Continue reading “Second training – Training for “Advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging””

First training – Training for “Managing a small business and e-marketing”

In the period from December 5th to 8th, in “Continental” Hotel in Skopje, training on “Managing a small business and e-marketing” was held, which included 33 artisans, 17 from Kosovo and 16 from North Macedonia. After the completion of the four-day training, the following segments regarding the realization and evaluation can be summarized:

Program and objectives of the training

The training “Managing a small business and e-marketing” was conceived in such a manner as to enable maximizing knowledge, experiences, skills and motivation among present artisans as current entrepreneurs who have the desire and capacity to develop their own business. Continue reading “First training – Training for “Managing a small business and e-marketing””

Work shop “Sale through online platform”

“Building competitiveness through cooperation and innovation – access to foreign markets for handicrafts “, contract number 2018/396-327

Date: 20.11.2019

Time: 14.00

Place: Youth Center House

The workshop was held on 20th of November at the Youth Center of Gjilan, where there were 10 selected artisans who had gone through several stages of training and also attended the coaching program as part of the project and other participants where in total there were 18.

166 artisans participated in all six training’s

Four days training on managing a small business and e-marketing was organized from 05.12.2018 to 08.12.2018 in Skopje.

Three days training on advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging was organized from 13.12.2018 to 15.12.2018 in Skopje.

Three days training on advanced eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging was organized from 04.02.2019 to 06.02.2019 in Kumanovo.

Three days training on innovating handicraft design in line with expectations of customers from developed markets was organized from 13.02.2019 to 15.02.2019 in Gjilan.

Three days training on basic eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging was organized from 27.02.2019 to 01.03.2019 in Gjilan.

Three days training on basic eco-friendly handicraft production and packaging was organized from 05.03.2019 to 07.03.2019 in Gjilan.

The trainers and logistics were provided within planed budget items.

166 artisans participated in all six trainings, 81 from North Macedonia and 85 from Kosovo (women: 139, single mothers: 11, young people: 44, unemployed people: 75, ethnic minority: 17, people with disability: 10).

This website was created and maintained with financial support from the European Union, within the project "Building competitiveness through cooperation and innovation: Accessing export markets for handicraft products". Its contents are the sole responsibility of the project implementers – ZBK Creation, the Association Zenith and the Advocacy Training and Resource Center – and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.