SMP – Boosting awareness raising for mainstream enterprises to work with social enterprises ( towards a ‘buy social’ business to business market) – 2022

Objectives

• To enable local, regional or national “Buy Social: B2B market” in the context of the proximity and SE (social economy) ecosystem by building partnerships (local, regional or national) and facilitating trade relationships between SE entities and mainstream businesses (B2B)

Priorities

• Priority 1: to support the enhancement of “trade readiness”, meaning empowering SE entities to improve or adapt their capacities
• Priority 2: to develop facilitation, matchmaking, and communication, fostering “buy social” B2B practices in local, regional or national markets

Among financed actions

• Centralised “buy social” (online) platform
• Events, showcases, networking, communication

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: 18 months

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the EU Member States or listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Single Market Programme
• A consortium composed of 5 to 10 entities, established in at least 3 different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted
  • At least 1 social economy organisation per eligible country
  • At least 1 social economy network, association, sector federation or support organisation working on EU level

• Total budget of the topic: 1.3 million euro
• Amount of the grant: up to 325 000 euro per project
• Co-financing rate: between 90% and 100% of the total eligible costs