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Call: Social Economy Missions

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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

Social Economy Missions

Description of call
"Social Economy Missions"

The general objective of this call for proposals is to support a network of EU regional and local authorities with similar priorities/topics and experts in the field that contribute via inter-regional collaboration to gradually set up of a permanent community of practice in the field of social economy as the key component of a sustainable European economic system.

Possible topics can be:

Building resilient regional and/or local ecosystems
Socially responsible public procurement
Building Clusters of Social and Ecological Innovation or participation in traditional clusters
Support to social economy business development
Support to local and regional initiatives in the area of green and digital transition
Local or regional measures tackling unemployment
Sustainable agriculture and rural development
Education and training to develop the social economy ecosystem
The development of horizontal policies to support social economy at local or regional level
Social economy initiatives to integrate migrants
Other (identified by the applicants)

Link

Link to Call

Thematic Focus

Social affairs, Education, Employment, Environment & biodiversity, Research, Capacity Building

Funding area

EU Member States
Albania / Shqipëria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland / Ísland
Moldova
Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора
North Macedonia / Северна Македонија
Serbia / Сpбија
Turkey / Türkiye
Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna

Origin of Applicant

Eligible applicants

Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), NGO / NPO, Association, University, Research Institution, Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees)

Applicant details

Applying entities must be specialised in social economy

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

Proposals need to be submitted by consortia composed of at least 3 different legal entities from at least 3 different EU Member States including at least 1 regional or local public authority from each county represented in the consortium.
The coordinator must be a regional or local public administration.

Project duration max

12 months

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial details

Total call budget: 1,9 million €
Grant per project: max. 100 000 €
Co-financing rate: max. 90%

Contact Details

EASME-COSME-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu

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