Single Market Programme – Boosting Competitiveness and Innovation Capacity of SMEs through creative partnerships and the use of new technologies – WORTH partnership project – 2025

Objectives

• To promote the integration of creativity, design and advanced technologies (including digital) within SMEs, driving the development of innovative, high-added value products, processes and services
• To promote the cross-Union cooperation, businesses cross-fertilisation and knowledge
  sharing between SMEs, designers and other creative professionals
• To promote the market uptake and commercialisation of innovative business ideas within the creative and lifestyle industries
• To promote the green and digital solutions’ uptake by SMEs operating in the creative industries and beyond

Priorities

• Priority 1: To propose a clear vision and implement robust scheme to support and facilitate the formation of partnerships in the area of fashion
• Priority 2: Propose a clear vision and implement robust scheme to support and facilitate the formation of partnerships in the area of home decoration

Among financed actions  

• Activities related to facilitate the establishment of partnerships to be supported
• Knowledge Sharing and networking activities
• Communication activities

Eligibility 

• 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 Maket Programme (Click here)
• A consortium composed of minimum 3 and a maximum of 8 independant entities from minimum 3 different eligible countries

Additional information 

• Initial duration of the action: between 36 and 48 months
• Contact: EISMEA-SMP-COSMEENQUIRIES@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: 4.500.000 euros
• Budget per topic:
  • SMP-COSME-2024-WORTH-02: 2.250.000 euros
  • SMP-COSME-2024-WORTH-01: 2.250.000 euros
• Amount of the grant: up to 2.250.000 euros
• Funding rate: between 75% and 100% of the total eligible costs