Background
This action focuses on strengthening administrative capacities and framework for coordination, planning and implementation within the Competitiveness and Innovation sector through targeted support for development, research and innovation. It addresses a number of priorities within the Accession Partnership and represents a continuation of an ongoing activities and support to the relevant negotiation chapters. By strengthening capacities for coordination and implementation of key policies for competitiveness, it is anticipated that local SMEs will benefit from an improved business environment. In addition, this call for proposals addresses the requirements to improve the efficiency of innovation and the promotion of entrepreneurship and development of SMEs. In that regard, it will be necessary to provide targeted support to SMEs in order to prepare them to compete successfully in the EU. One of the results expected to be achieved is to increase the competitiveness of SMEs through preparation of competitiveness support grant schemes, which should be directly linked with assistance to Montenegrin SMEs to comply with EU and international quality standards.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person, and
- be non-profit-making or profit making organisation which is aware that the grant cannot be used for making profit, and
- be a specific type of organisation such as:
- Ministry or other relevant Government body;
- Public body,
- relevant mandated body of a Government Department or public authority of an European Union Member State in the fields related to this action,
- International (intergovernmental) Organisation as defined by Article 43 of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation and
- Be established in a European Union Member State. This obligation does not apply to international organisations, and
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), if any, not acting as an intermediary.
Budget
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must be equal or less than the available budget, i.e.
- € 1,660,000.
Deadline: 8 May 2018
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