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Croatia Call: Business Development, Innovation and SMEs

Deadline: 15-Nov-20

The “Business Development and Innovation Croatia” Programme (hereafter referred to as “the Programme”) shall contribute to the general objectives of EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021, respectively to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area (EEA) and to strengthening bilateral relations between EEA EFTA States and EEA and Norway Grants Beneficiary States.

The Programme has the objective to increase value creation and sustainable growth in Croatian businesssector. The Programme seeksto stimulate and develop long-term business cooperation between Norway (hereafter referred to as “the Donor State”) and Croatia based on business development andinnovation.

Funding Information

  • The total amount available for financing of projects from these Calls are Euro 19,064,148.
  • Individual Project Scheme Euro 16,064,148 and Small Grants Scheme for SMEs Euro 3,000,000.
The budget is divided between two Grant Schemes as follows:
  • Individual Project Scheme: Total amount available for financing of projectsforthis grantscheme is: Euro 16,064,148 which is divided between the two focus areas of the Programme in the following indicative amounts:
    • Green Industry Innovation: Euro 8,564,148
    • Blue Growth: Euro 7,500,000
  • Small Grants Scheme for SMEs (SGS) 1: Total amount available for financing of projects for this grant scheme is: Euro 3,000,000 which is divided between the two focus areas of the Programme in the following indicative amounts:
    • Green Industry Innovation: Euro 1,500,000
    • Blue Growth: Euro 1,500,000

Eligibility Criteria

Individual Projects Scheme for focus areas Green Industry Innovation and Blue Growth
  • Eligible applicants: SMEs, as defined in the Commission Recommendation 2003/3611 , and large enterprises with no more than 25 % public ownership, registered as legal persons in Croatia and functioning in accordance to enforced Croatian legislation on commercial companies, respectively: Law NN 40/2019 (Croatian Companies Act).
  • The Applicant must have been in operation for at least 3 years at the date of the deadline of these present Calls.
  • Eligible partners: Any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, registered as legal person in the Donor States (Norway) or in Croatia.
Small Grant Scheme for SMEs (SGS 1) for focus areas Green Industry Innovation and Blue Growth
  • Eligible applicants: SMEs, as defined in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, registered as legal persons in Croatia and functioning in accordance to enforced Croatian legislation on commercial companies, respectively: Law NN 40/2019 (Croatian Companies Act).
  • The Applicant must have been in operation for at least 1 year at the date of the deadline of these present Calls
  • Eligible partners: Any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, registered as legal person in the Donor State (Norway) or in Croatia.

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