BSR Go-abroad

• Have you identified the key market metrics for choosing the right export market for your business? 
• Are you looking for (new) regional suppliers, international customers or partners? 

The BSR Go-abroad programme helps smaller businesses in the Baltic Sea Region engage in international activities. This includes anything from initial regional market expansion, transfer of knowledge as well as securing strong local value chains.  

What can BSR Go-abroad offer me? 

Checklist before your apply: 

Are you a micro SME?

• Companies with less than 10 employees, can participate in the BSR Go-abroad internationalisation programme. (Mid-sized companies with no more than 250 employees can also in some cases apply for the programme). 
  Remember – participating companies must be officially registered entities. 

Are you within our programme area? 

• You can participate if your company is within the Baltic Sea Region across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and Germany etc. See the countries in the Baltic Sea Region. 

Do you want to explore new international opportunities in the BSR? 

• We are looking for companies who are curious about exploring new business opportunities in the Baltic Sea Region: New customers, new suppliers, new expertise, new partnerships, innovation, funding etc. 

Are you committed? 

• We’re seeking passionate companies dedicated to expanding their business offers and exploring new markets across the Baltic Sea Region to strengthen their company and becoming more resilient to local and global changes. 

If you are a micro SME interested in expanding your market reach and building stronger supply chains within the Baltic Sea Region, we invite you to join our programme. For futher information please contant project manager Elis Tootsman, elis.tootsman@tehnopol.ee. 

The partner group behind BSR Go-abroad comprises 8 partners – all strongly rooted within the Baltic Sea Region: 

• Erhvervshus Sjælland and Business Lolland-Falster, Denmark 
• Startup Incubator Tehnopol, Estonia 
• Novia University of Applied Sciences, Finland  
• Technikzentrum Lübeck (TZL), Germany 
• Charge AS, Norway 
• Gdansk Entrepreneurship Foundation, Poland 
• Drivhuset Göteborg, Sweden 

BSR Go-Abroad is supported and co-financed by Interreg Baltic Sea Region and the European Union. The project runs from november 2023 until october 2026. Funding: total budget 2 998 300€, EU funding 2 088 600€, Norwegian funding 193 775€. 

BSR Go-abroad is aimed to support 250 micro SMEs through an internationalisation programme over a period of 2 years.  

Read more about BSR Go-abroad here.