There are several structural barriers to the competitiveness of the regional economic fabric. The PROGRES project aims to support the cross-border growth thanks to: the development of industrial and commercial partnerships, networking between professionals and the emergence of innovative ideas that could be converted into profitable new economic models. By pooling several stakeholders in providing company support and by integrating their long-term know-how as well as leaning on their past experience in cross-border collaboration, the PROGRES project helps strengthen the growth of start-ups and medium-sized companies in the territories concerned, as well as their cross-border and international relationships and exchanges, thereby promoting better integration of the territory targeted by the cooperation.