The Entrepreneurs’ Centre of Somogy County Foundation (SMVK) was established by the General Assembly of Somogy County in 1991 with the intention of supporting and strengthening the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises across the county. The main objectives and activities of the SMVK: developing entrepreneurial culture by educational, and training programmes; providing microfinance for SME-s; improving the competitiveness of enterprises, promotion of investments; providing up-to-date business information; generating and implementing joint projects to strengthen and develop the international economic relations among the SME-s, organising the participation of the enterprises on domestic and international fairs.

The Foundation, including its offices in the county has played a significant and ever increasing role in the economy of Somogy County, and has a deep knowledge in sectors that are typical subjects of enterprise development. The SMVK is in regular contact with the SME-s, economic development organisations, furthermore regional innovation actors - universities, educational and research institutions. The foundation work in many international projects, these includes also tourism projects, which are responsible for introducing of the region's natural values, the tourist attractions and tourist services in the region. SMVK's tasks in these projects include co-ordination of tourism demand and supply and taking part in the promotion of tourism services of the region. SMVK also considers it important to to participate in organizing and implementation of fairs, which introduce the local products and service providers of the region.

Find more info on their website: http://www.vallalkozoi-kozpont.hu/?fbclid=IwAR0Kwq63zsWIHAj_TDsWN4UEVOznQsnAmW6zA2CGM4DOlf_c1pjyzpd75j8

or FB page: https://www.facebook.com/somogyhvk/

The most important currently running tourism project with participation of SMVK is the Amazon of Europe Project. Besides that, SMVK has experiences in EU co-financed international cooperation programmes both as partner and lead partner. 

TOURPACK (IPA HU-HR CBC) is one of already implemented projects: 

 The project aimed to survey the tourist offer of the Drava region, to unite the offered elements and to increase the region tourist attraction and strengthen its market position with an unified promotion. The concrete goals were:

- to form and expand the network cooperation between the tourist services;

- to strengthen the relationship between provider and mediator services;

- to communication and promotion of the tourist programs;

- to urge the touristic investments.

The main activities: create a database about the touristic services providers, and services of the Drava region, made a website (www.tourpack.eu) and a mobile application about the touristic offer of the region, elaborate cross-border touristic programme packages.