Call for proposals – Social economy enterprises: capacity building and business opportunities for social circular enterprises (SMP-COSME-2024-SEE)
This call for proposals aims to deliver on several elements of the transition pathway and the Social Economy Action Plan linked to the need to improve the professionalisation and organisational capacity of SMEs in the social economy as well as social economy ‘enabling organisations’ across several areas:
- Organisational and management capacity,
- (Place-based) innovation capacity,
- Sectoral research and development of market knowledge,
- Creation or strengthening (local) value chains,
- Product and service development,
- Assessment of social economy business model potential in (local) markets,
- Start-up and incubation for social entrepreneurs,
- Strengthening skills (e.g. management, employees, volunteers, target groups),
- Networking and linking to mainstream sector organisations
Legal entities (public and private) can apply for this call.
The budget of the Call is 8 million Euros.
The online information session will be held on October 17, 2024. You can find more information about the information session and registration for it at the following internet address: https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/events/online-info-session-call-social-economy-enterprises-capacity-building-and-business-opportunities-2024-10-17_en
Detailed information about the call is available on the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/SMP-COSME-2024-SEE-01?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094502&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43252476
The deadline for submitting project proposals is 10 December 2024, 17:00 CET