Deadline: 28 April 2017
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking Expression of Interest from small and medium enterprises (SME) registered on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for its Moldova Innovation Challenge Scheme (MICS).
Objectives
Main objectives of the Innovation Challenge Scheme (MICS) are:
- to stimulate development of innovations within Moldovan SMEs, local business associations, potential entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and expansion motivation, business incubators’ graduates, by providing financial awards for market-oriented new or improved products, services and technologies with high commercialization potential;
- to pilot and evaluate an innovation support mechanism for financing collaborative projects as an exercise of interventions stipulated in the National Strategy on Innovations (2013 – 2020), providing the basis for scaling-up at Government level, and thereby providing insights, lessons learned and best practices for future governmental innovation-support programs.
Funding Information
- The awards will cover maximum 8.000 USD or maximum sixty percent (60%) of the total project amount (what is lower) for pre-commercial innovation development projects.
- The project and the project budget must be designed so to be completed within 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- The eligible CGC Applicants are Moldovan privately owned (at least 75 percent private per the JSC Law) micro, small or medium enterprises (SME), established at least two (2) years before the date of applying, operating in any industry sector except: catering services providing only alcoholic beverages; casinos, gambling and similar activities; construction/purchase of residential and commercial space for housing/sales; gas stations; production and distribution of tobacco products; sales and service of cars, primary agricultural activities.
- The CGC Applicants are legal private sector, micro- or small- companies, registered under the applicable Moldovan Company Law.
- The CGC have no shared economic and financial interest; one SME is not owning shares or other interest in the other SME in same CGC and this applies for the entire CGC independently from the number of participating SMEs;
- The CGC Applicants must not possess outstanding debts in terms of public contributions.
- The Applicants in CGC must not have accumulated losses above the equity value.
- The Applicants and individual owners have not been convicted for crimes connected to business operations.
How to Apply
- The application process is organized in two stages: (a) application with a concept and (b) application with a full project.
- The application shall be performed exclusively ONLINE via given website.
Eligible Country: Moldova
For more information, please visit Moldova Innovation Challenge Scheme.