The European Innovation Council and the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EISMEA) have announced an Open Call under the Single Market Programme (SMP) titled “Social Economy: Building Capacities and Business Opportunities for Social Circular Enterprises.”
The call addresses the following two topics:
- Strengthening organizational and entrepreneurial capacities of SMEs in the social economy, and
- Partnerships for circular value chains between mainstream companies and small and medium-sized enterprises in the social economy.
Legal entities (public or private) are eligible to apply for this call.
The budget for the call amounts to 8,000,000 euros.
An online information session will be held on October 17th, 2024. More information about the information session and how to register can be found at the following link: Online Info Session.
The Applicant Guide is available at this link: Applicant Guide.
Detailed information about the call is available here: Call Details.
The deadline for submitting project proposals is December 10th, 2024, by 17:00.