Open Call for Travel Support Scheme

Deadline: 27-Jan-23
The Innovation Norway and the Business Development and Innovation Programme in Croatia have launched the Travel Support Scheme to strengthen cooperation and business partnerships between Norway and Croatia.

The Programme “Business Development, Innovation and SMEs in Croatia” has the objective to increase value creation and sustainable growth in the Croatian business sector. Further, the Programme will seek to stimulate and develop long-term business cooperation between Norway and Croatia based on business development and innovation.

The Programme is a part of the EEA (European Economic Area) and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014-2021 that have two overall objectives of equal importance:

• Contributing to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area; and
• Strengthening bilateral relations between the Donor States and the Beneficiary States.

Focus Areas

The Programme is encouraging bilateral project partnerships in the focus areas of the Programme, i.e.:

• Green Industry Innovation targets initiatives for development and/or application of innovative green technologies, development of innovative products and solutions, greener production processes, more efficient handling of resources and technological systems, material efficiency activities and waste management;
• Blue Growth targets initiatives for development and/or application of innovative technologies, processes, solutions, products or services based on blue resources from the sea, inland waters and rivers, islands and coastal areas.

Funding Information

• A lump sum Travel Support per entity of EUR 1,200 for Norway/Croatia or Croatia/Norway.
• Remaining budget available for this CALL for Travel Support is EUR18,671.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Programme language is English. Therefore, all applications shall be submitted in English.
• Entities from Croatia and the Donor State (Norway) can apply for funding. The applicants must be constituted as legal entities in Croatia or in Norway.
• The following entities are eligible for financial support under this CALL for Travel Support:
  • From Croatia:
    • Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs)
    • Entities active in the following sectors are excluded from financing in this CALL
      • fishery and aquaculture sector;
      • primary production of agricultural products;
      • processing and marketing of agricultural products.
    • Croatian enterprises, that are expected to play the role as applicants in the future calls of this Programme, shall be established as follows:
      • projects under Individual Project Scheme: the entity must be established for at least 3 years at the date of the deadline of the future Call for all focus areas.
      • projects under Small Grant Scheme: the entity must be established for at least 1 year at the date of the deadline of the future Call for all focus areas.
  • From Donor States:
    • Private or public entities legally established in Norway (e.g. SMEs, large enterprises, NGOs, research institutes etc.).

For more information, visit Innovation Norway.