A new call for proposals under the European Programme COSME

The European Commission has launched a new call for proposals under the "COSME - Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs" 2014-2020.

Title: Migrants Entrepreneurship Support Schemes

The objective of this Call for Proposals is to support the creation, the improvement and the wider dissemination of support schemes for migrant entrepreneurs in order to help migrants to become self-employed and build a successful enterprise (profit-generating and/or with social objectives).

Moreover the Call focuses on supporting the networking of organisations working in the field of migrant entrepreneurship while facilitating mutual learning, the exchange of experiences and good practice, the exploitation of synergies and the emergence of strategic collaborations.

The focus of this initiative is on sharing approaches and lessons learnt across and between public administrations, business support organizations, non-profit organisations and NGOs, educational institutions and any other organisations that are active in this field, across cities, regions and countries.

Eligibility:

Applicants must set up a consortium with a designated coordinator.

The consortium (i.e. the coordinator plus its partners) must be composed of a minimum of five (5) legal entities located in at least three (3) COSME Participating countries. Eligible applicants (coordinator and partners in the consortium) are organisations that are active in helping the economic and social integration of migrants, and/or in fostering migrant entrepreneurship and/or in providing support services to entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs.

The deadline for electronic submission is 20 December 2016.

For more details please follow the link.

Source: www.ec.europa.eu