The general objective of the project (purpose) is to support investments in entrepreneurial initiatives at the level of the Centre Region, in order to develop the economic environment and increase employment at regional level. The positive effect that the project will generate in the long term is both one with impact at the level of the Center Development Region, as well as at the level of the persons included in the target group and other similar categories of persons. In the long term, this positive effect can be quantified in the following elements: — Increasing the employment rate at regional level and, implicitly, at national level; — Integration into the labour market or professional reinsertion of categories of inactive persons capable of working; — Increasing the chances of immediate employment for students/graduates of higher education; — Supporting the local economic environment through the new SMEs set up and the grants granted; — Increasing the level of taxes and contributions to local budgets through the new entities established and the new jobs/salaries paid; — Increasing the level of professional skills specific to entrepreneurial activities among a significant number of people; — The development of the local and regional entrepreneurial environment through the development of social innovation hubs that will contribute to the dissemination of the project results among other target groups, being structures that will ensure the sustainability of the project; — Developing networks, partnerships at local/regional/national and trans-national level and facilitating the access of young entrepreneurs to networks with experience in the field of activity; — The development of local strategies and policies to support entrepreneurship and its adaptation to the local reality regarding the labour market, priority sectors, obstacles and ways of overcoming, supporting entrepreneurial initiatives, facilities for entrepreneurs, etc.; Social innovation at regional level through the impact of the project, activities and structures developed, in the development of local/rgional communities and the development of actions with beneficial impact on the environment; — Supporting sustainable development, both from the point of view of environmental protection and socio-economic development in the region; — Promoting the use of ICT and innovative elements (e.g.: strengthening research, technological development and/or innovation; supporting the transition towards a low carbon economy, etc.), including the concept of equal opportunities in each business financed by the project and implicitly in the products and services provided, so that the promotion of the use of these elements is extended to the regional level, including to the final consumers.