Deadline: 16 December 2016
The European Union has launched a call for proposals for its 3rd INTERREG South Baltic Programme “SMEs Internationalisation Projects” with an aim to increase the blue and green growth potential of the South Baltic area through cross-border cooperation.
Objectives
- Investigate best practices and exchange knowledge and experience related to the increase of SME internationalisation potential;
- Cooperate with partners and jointly develop tailored solutions that they can offer to the SMEs in their region;
- Test innovative tools, methods and support schemes for SMEs in practice;
- Form international networks with organisations pursuing the same mission;
- Experience the cross-sector cooperation possibilities in an international setting.
Funding Information
- The total ERDF funding allocated to the specific objective for the period 2014-2020 is EUR 4 986 000,00 that constitutes 6% of the overall Programme budget
- The 3rd call for proposals the amount available to be committed is: 3 786 863,03 EUR ERDF.
Eligibility Criteria
- In the South Baltic Programme the project partnership can consist of three types of partners:
- lead partner (LP);
- project partner (PP);
- associated partner (AP).
- In order to act as a project partner in a South Baltic project an institution must have a legal personality and fall into one of the categories:
- national, regional and local authorities;
- bodies governed by public law (as defined in Art 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU);
- other entities established under public or private law operating for the specific purpose of meeting
- needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;
- associations of one or several regional or local authorities;
- associations of one or several bodies governed by public law;
- European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (as defined in the Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1302/2013).
- SMEs associations and clusters;
- chambers of commerce, trade unions and NGOs.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application from via given website.
Eligible Areas
- Denmark: Bornholm, Østsjælland, Vest-og Sydsjælland
- Sweden: Skåne län, Blekinge län; Kalmar län, Kronobergs län
- Germany: districts (Landkreise) Nordwestmecklenburg, , Rostock, Vorpommern-Rugen, Vorpommern- Greifswald and district-free city (kreisfreie Stadt) of Rostock
- Poland: Miasto Szczecin, Szczeciński, Stargardzki, Koszaliński, Słupski, Starogardzki, Gdański, Trójmiejski and Elbląski
- Lithuania: Klaipėdos apskritis, Taurages apskritis, Telšių apskritis
For more information, please visit SMEs Internationalisation Projects.