Single Market Programme – Enterprise Europe Network – 2024

Objectives

• To help European SMEs innovate, grow and scale in the Single Market and beyond
• To provide clear European added value and services that help SMEs to grow and become more competitive
• To promote relevant EU policies and programmes and, by collecting valuable feedback from SMEs on the effectiveness of EU policies, provide a link between SMEs and EU policy making
• To provide economic feedback to the European Commission and support evidence gathering on challenges faced by SMEs, including supply chain disruptions

Priorities

• Priority 1: To define the strategic approach and to explain how the objectives and requirements laid down in the present call will be addressed, taking account of the challenges faced by SMEs in the target region(s) and the specific strengths of businesses and the business environment
• Priority 2: To suggest specific activities translating that strategic approach into action

Among financed actions

• Provision of value-added services to clients
•  Promotion of the Network and communication
• Network development and capacity building
•  Network coordination and quality management
• Project management (including consortium coordination)

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states : listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Single Market Programme (Click here)
  • A consortium composed of at least 2 entities, covering a NUTS1 administrative regions, must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 42 months
• Contact: EISMEA-SMP-COSME-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 182.5 million euro
• Amount of the grant: between 600 000 and 30 million, depending on the Member State involved
• Funding rate: 100% for Network additional coordination and networking costs and 60% of the eligible costs for the other cost categories)