Call: Fostering value added business cooperation between SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border

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Programme	Interreg Hungary – Croatia
Acronym	HU-HR
Type of Fund	Structural Fund
Description of programme "Interreg Hungary – Croatia"	The Hungary – Croatia border area is characterised by an intense and diverse co-operation, facilitated by appropriate cross-border connections, shared knowledge and active and motivated groups of the society, in the focus of which stands the sustainable and value-added exploitation of the region’s rich natural and cultural resources and the permanent enrichment of economic, institutional and individual relationships across the border. In order to achieve this long-term goal, five priority axes have been identified within which a number of investment priorities have been recognized as tools for the strategic development of the region: PA1: Economic Development PA2: Sustainable Use of Natural and Cultural Assets PA3: Cooperation PA4: Education
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Call	Fostering value added business cooperation between SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border
Description of call "Fostering value added business cooperation between SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border"	Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO), as Lead Beneficiary of the project “Fostering value added business cooperation between SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border” (further referred to as “B Light Scheme”) implemented under the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Crossborder Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 launches the 1st Call for Light Concepts for cooperating SMEs of Hungary and Croatia. Specific objectives of B Light Scheme include: Increase the gross value added (GVA) per capita of industry and services sectors of the programme area; Setting up signed, contractual business agreements with third parties; Increase the value of selling of SMEs.
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Thematic Focus	Employment & Labour Market, Regional Development & Regional Planning, Children & Youth, Education & Training, Mobility & Transport/Traffic , Clustering, Development Cooperation, Economic Cooperation, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation
Funding area	Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Međimurska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Varaždinska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Koprivničko-križevačka županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Virovitičko-podravska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Požeško-slavonska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Osječko-baranjska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Vukovarsko-srijemska županija Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Nyugat-Dunántúl Zala Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Dél-Dunántúl Baranya Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Dél-Dunántúl Somogy
Origin of Applicant	Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Međimurska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Varaždinska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Koprivničko-križevačka županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Virovitičko-podravska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Požeško-slavonska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Osječko-baranjska županija Croatia / Hrvatska Hrvatska Kontinentalna Hrvatska Vukovarsko-srijemska županija Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Nyugat-Dunántúl Zala Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Dél-Dunántúl Baranya Hungary / Magyarország Dunántúl Dél-Dunántúl Somogy
Eligible applicants	Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees)
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	One Light Project shall be applied by minimum 2 and maximum by 4 cooperating partner SMEs. Light Beneficiaries shall come from Hungary or Croatia, at minimum 1 Light Beneficiary from each of country.
Project duration min	6 months
Project duration max	18 months
Further info	The call will be opened as two-step procedure starting on 09.06.2017. The filled-in Light Concept form has to be submitted electronically through the B Light Platform operated by the Lead Beneficiary HAMAG-BICRO (https://www.b2match.eu/blight/pages/19297-submit ). Submission takes place through the upload of the following documents: Light Concept form in filled-in (Microsoft Word document); Light Concept form signed and scanned (pdf version). Declaration on de minimis aid for Light Beneficiaries (separate for each partner).
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	The maximum co-financing rate is 75% for both Hungarian and Croatian Light Beneficiaries. Minimum per Light Beneficiary: Total eligible costs: 40 000 € (max. ERDF co-financing 30 000 €). Maximum per Light Beneficiary: Total eligible costs: 180,000 (max. ERDF co-financing 135,000 €). In the 1st round a total of 2 550 000 € ERDF co-financing will be allocated to Light Projects that will be selected through a two-step procedure.
Contact Details	E-mail: info@huhr-cbc.com