The project “Activating the cultural heritage in the cross-border region between Bulgaria and Macedonia” in 2014 gave diplomas to twenty young people from the municipalities of Shtip and Blagoevgrad for making pottery and making business plans. 

This project is financed through the IPA program for cross border cooperation, and partners are the Municipality f Shtip and Blagoevgrad. The project “Activating the cultural heritage in the cross border region between Bulgaria and Macedonia” will last 18 months and has a total value of 98.627 euros.