Supporting European SMEs to participate in public procurement outside EU

Call: Supporting European SMEs to participate in public procurement outside EU

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Programme

COSME

Acronym

COSME

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"COSME"

COSME is the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
COSME supports SMEs in the following areas:

Accessing finance
Opening markets
Supporting entrepreneurs
Improving business conditions

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Link to Programme

Call

Supporting European SMEs to participate in public procurement outside EU

Description of call
"Supporting European SMEs to participate in public procurement outside EU"

This action will co-finance the activities of business organisations supporting SMEs’

internationalisation and participation in public procurement and will therefore enable these

organisations to develop their capacities to help SMEs in this respect and offer more targeted

and better support to SMEs. The activities shall be carried out in two phases:
1. A preparatory phase, where each funded consortium will be requested to develop an internationalisation strategy and its implementation roadmap, based on the targeted Member States and third countries, and
2. The implementation phase, where each consortium will apply the internationalisation strategy, gather data, promote the project and disseminate results.

Link

Link to Call

Thematic Focus

Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation

Funding area

EU Member States
Albania / Shqipëria
Armenia / Հայաստան
Azerbaijan
Belarus / Беларусь
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia / საქართველო
Iceland / Ísland
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Moldova
Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора
North Macedonia / Северна Македонија
Norway / Norge
Serbia / Сpбија
Turkey / Türkiye
Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna

Origin of Applicant

Eligible applicants

Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

Proposals must be presented by consortia composed of at least three legal entities from at least three different EU Member States or COSME participating countries;
There must not be more than one partner from non-EU COSME participating country per consortium;
The proposal must explain in detail the added value of such a situation and show a clear separation of activities and roles between the consortia members and the partner institutions contributing from the third country perspective.

Project duration min

30 months

Project duration max

36 months

Type of Funding

Grants

Financial details

Total call budget: 2 million €
Grant per Project: max. 400 000 €
5 programs are expected to be funded
Co-financing rate: max. 75%

Submission

Finding & Tenders Portal

Contact Details

EASME-COSME-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu