On 6 February 2018, the opening Info Day of the Second call for proposals under the Interreg-IPA Cross-border Cooperation Bulgaria-Serbia 2014-2020 Programme took place in Sofia. The event was very well attended, by 133 participants.

The following main topics were presented at the seminar:

• General Overview of the Second Call;
• Pertnership and Cooperation;
• Preparation of Project proposal;
• Application and Electronic Sumbission.

After each of the topics was presented, interactive thematic game was played followed with Q&A session. In total, 45 questions were raised and answered during the event. All received questions will be published on the programme web page in due time.

The overall impression is that there is a strong interest in the majority of the potential applicants, and a constructive approach for preparation of high-quality project proposals. Based on the received feedback can be summarized, that 100% of participants consider the event well-organized, and between 95% and 99% of them confirm that they have received good guidance/advice on how to prepare project proposals.