Deadline: 10-May-23
Applications are now open for the Small Grants Scheme-2 on Soft Measures – Development of business skills for enterprises in the focus areas Green Industry Innovation, Blue Growth and ICT.
The Programme has the objective to increase value creation and sustainable growth in Greek business sector. The Programme seeks to stimulate and develop longterm business cooperation between Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and Greece based on business development and innovation.
The aim of this Call is to support enterprises to increase their business development capacity through activities like training to fill skill gaps, networking with clients and partners, get new insights about markets or technologies, mentoring for female entrepreneurs etc.
Funding Information
- Total amount available for financing of projects for this Small Grant Scheme-2 is EUR 1,000,000.
- The minimum amount of grant assistance applied for shall be EUR 10,000.
- The maximum amount of grant assistance applied for shall be EUR 200,000.
Outcomes
Such activities could contribute to the expected outcomes for this Call, which are:
- Increased competitiveness of Greek enterprises within the focus areas Green Industry Innovation, Blue Growth and ICT
- Involvement of entities from the Donor States is encouraged, as this will contribute to “Enhanced collaboration between Donor States entities and Greek entities.
Eligible Activities
- Training, coaching, mentoring on topics like strategic business development and business modelling, financial planning, corporate board competence, protection of IPR, international/European/national regulations, green innovations, circular economy, sustainable blue economy, Health Safety and Environment (HSE), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) etc.
- Training, coaching and mentoring specifically targeted to female entrepreneurs to gain more skills on how to establish or grow businesses within the three focus areas of the Programme;
- Organising workshops, seminars, experience / good practice sharing events with the aim of boosting environmental sustainability, or related to ICT or blue economy.
- Business matchmaking events aimed at partnerships for business development and capacity building
- Study trips, conferences, workshops, seminars, experience / good practice sharing events with the aim of enhancing the bilateral collaboration, networking and learning contributing to environmental sustainability, or related to ICT or blue economy.
- Participation in fairs organized in the Donor States aimed at bilateral partnerships for business development and capacity building
- Feasibility studies, data collection, analyses directly contributing to or exploring environmental sustainability, ICT-related or blue economy related business development and -opportunities.
Project Target Group
Enterprises supported to improve capacity for business development (Project target group):
- SMEs that have received business skills support3 (training, coaching, mentoring etc.).
- Large enterprises that have received business skills support (training, coaching, mentoring etc.).
- Business organizations/clusters that have supported SMEs to increase their business knowledge.
- Number of professional staff trained (disaggregated by gender, male and female)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants:
- SMEs, and large companies with no more than 25% public ownership, established as legal entities in Greece
- Not-for profit organisations (including clusters and business associations) established as legal entities in Greece.
- Eligible partners:
- Any public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organisations, established as a legal person in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or in Greece.
- An Applicant shall submit only one project proposal under this Call. The same entity can be a partner in one or more other applications.
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