The 1st International Conference of the Future e-Commerce Project took place in Matera, Italy, on January 11-12, 2023. 

It was a two-day meeting (11 and 12 January 2023).

During this meeting, the partners discussed the specific contents of the «virtual Guide E-Commerce and Handbook for Small Businesses in Rural Areas», established an equal distribution of tasks among the partners and set the internal deadlines for these tasks.

The participants in this transnational meeting were experts in the topics to be developed in this work package (training methodologies and e-commerce).

Each participant has previous experience in the field of training and project implementation.

The principle of gender equality and balance was fulfilled as 8 out of the 14 participants were women.

For the selection of the participants, the partner organisations carried out specific interviews to assess their knowledge, experience and level of English.