Youth Entrepreneurial Service Foundation (YES) within the project "Strengthening the capacities and mechanisms for supporting the reform process of Chapter 20" organized an International Forum on "Integration into the European Union and the reform process of negotiation chapter 20: Enterprises and industrial policy ", From 18-19 April 2019, at Hotel Arka, Skopje. The two-day International Forum aimed to provide networking and exchange of good practices in the area of ​​Chapter 20.

In addition to the opportunities for networking at the international level, the event enabled the promotion of the activities of the newly established platform "Chapter 20", as well as promoting regional cooperation to create better industrial policies and policies for small and medium-sized enterprises. The forum included panel discussions as well as networking meetings between CSOs and institutions in the region in order to transfer knowledge and exchange good practices. The Forum included about 70 participants, experts in the field of chapter 20, representatives from relevant national and regional institutions, chambers of commerce, business incubators, technology parks, faculties and companies. On the forum there was also participation of NEXT-EM dooel.