Deadline: 31-Mar-22
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), as the Programme Operator responsible for the “Business Development and Innovation” Programme, is hereby publishing a Call for Proposals under the Blue Growth grant scheme.
Programme Objectives
The Programme contributes to the overall objectives of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021, incl. reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and strengthening bilateral relations between Poland and Norway. The Programme aims at increasing added value and improving sustainable, innovation-based growth of Polish small and medium enterprises. The Programme seeks to stimulate and enhance economic cooperation between Polish small and medium enterprises and Norwegian entities.
Scheme Objectives
- The blue growth scheme is aimed to increase the competitiveness of enterprises pursuing their activities on inland or sea waters or their immediate surrounding by taking actions leading to implementation of innovative processes, products, services or solutions in the enterprise, which contribute to the development of enterprise’s economic activity, particularly to an income, profit or employment increase. Projects under this scheme may simultaneously contribute to pollution reduction in the sea or inland waters or their immediate surrounding. Eligible activities leading to implementation may consist of development, application or commercialisation of innovative processes, products, services or solutions.
- Project objectives have to be expressed using indicators to be determined and justified in the application. Indicators set for the projects have to contribute to the achievement of target values of the Programme indicators.
Funding Information
- The allocated support for this Call for proposals amounts to EUR 9,350,000.
- Respective minimum and maximum value of grant is EUR 200,000 and EUR 2,000,000.
- The support is granted in EUR. The National Bank of Poland’s average exchange rate as of the publication date of the Call for proposals, which amounts to 4,5377 PLN, is used to determine the amount of the support granted in EUR.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only micro, small or medium-sized enterprises established in the Republic of Poland, as confirmed by an entry in the appropriate register, who jointly fulfil the following requirements may apply for a grant:
- enterprises that have closed at least one fiscal year that lasted at least 12 months; and
- enterprises that in at least one closed fiscal year that lasted for at least 12 months, within 3 years preceding the year of application, have reached sales revenues worth at least the equivalent of EUR 20,000;
- Conditions and exclusions concerning the Applicant.
- The National Bank of Poland’s average exchange rate as of the publication date of the Call for proposals, which amounts to 4,5377 PLN, is used to convert sales revenues.
For more information, visit https://eeagrants.org/currently-available-funding/pl-innovation-call-for-proposals-in-blue-growth-2