EC-Growth Call for Proposals: Entrepreneurial Capacity Building for Young Migrants

Deadline: 24 May 2018

The European Commission-Growth is currently accepting proposals for a programme entitled “Entrepreneurial Capacity Building for Young Migrants” to support the creation, the improvement and the wider distribution of support schemes for migrant entrepreneurs.

This call will identify potential entrepreneurs among migrants and raise awareness about entrepreneurship within migrant communities. Specifically, the focus is on:

Training courses (e.g. on entrepreneurship, business planning, the legal aspects of setting up a company and hiring employees, etc.)
Mentoring schemes for migrant entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs

The aim of these activities is to help migrants to become self-employed and build a successful enterprise (profit-generating and/or with social objectives).

Budget Information

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at €2,225,000.

Duration

The maximum duration of projects is 24 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Applications from legal entities established in one of the following countries are eligible:
- EU Member States (Proposals including an entity from a non EU Member State in the consortium will not be eligible).
- Note: For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17.3.1 of the grant agreement.
Several applicants, submitting a joint proposal should choose within their midst a lead organisation, referred to as the coordinator. The coordinator and its partners must satisfy the same eligibility criteria.
Applications must be submitted by a legal persons.
The consortium (i.e. the coordinator plus its partners) must be composed of a minimum of three (3) different legal entities located in at least three (3) Member States.
Eligible applicants (coordinator and partners in the consortium) are organisations that are active in supporting the economic and social integration of migrants and/or in supporting entrepreneurs. Such entities may include:
Public authorities and public administrations (at the national, regional or city level);
Chamber of commerce and industry and similar bodies;
Business associations and business support networks;
Business support organisations and incubators;
NGOs, non-profit organisations, associations and foundations working with migrants;
Education and training providers (public and private).
The participation of the same partner in more than one proposal is not permitted; proposals with a member that participates in more than one consortium submitting a project proposal are not eligible and will be excluded from the call. Therefore applicants are encouraged to take the necessary measures to ensure that their partners will not participate in more than one proposal.