On 24.10.2018 in Kumanovo was held a Consultative event for the project Innovation Hub: Comparative advantage for greater competitiveness. The event was opened by the Director of the Foundation of Small and Medium Enterprises Development-Kumanovo Mr. Dimitar Tashevski and then Mr. Aleksei Karaev, representative of the consulting company UMF Training, presented the results of the GAP analysis (which was done) to see the barriers and obstacles to the innovation and competitiveness of enterprises in the target regions. At the end of the project manager Ms. Beti Delovska opened a public debate on opinions and comments regarding the presented results of the GAP analysis. Active participation in the debate was taken by prof. dr. Nasser Raimi, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Tetovo, Mr. Ile Mitkovski – Director of APЕRM (Agency for Promotion of Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Macedonia), the representative of the Slavic University Mr. Dragan Petkovski, representatives from the municipality of Kumanovo, representatives of public institutions, as well as representatives of small and medium enterprises from Kumanovo.