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POLREC: Internationalisation Open Call

The POLREC project is a collaborative project between 5 European clusters and:  Polymeris (coordinator), CENTIMFE, Cluster Mav, Wirtschaftsförderung Raum Heilbronn, and Plast Center Danmark/DMN. It aims to support SMEs in recycling their high and low value polymers waste, develop value-chains interlinkage with other European SMEs and exploit international business opportunities linked to polymer recycling.

During the 3 years-period the project plan to support up to 250 SMEs through financial support to third parties and dedicated services to encourage the adoption of recycling technologies, train the SMEs’ workforce on those new technologies and enable them to participate in international trade fair and matchmaking events.

POLREC Internationalisation Open Call

POLREC Internationalisation Open Call provides financial support to European SMEs working in the field of polymers & elastomers industries.  It aims to facilitate SMEs internationalisation strategy by supporting their participation to business fairs and networking conferences in Europe (Networking sub-grant) and to an international match-making mission organised in Quebec, Canada (Match-making mission sub-grant), in relation to Polymer recycling solutions (mechanical, chemical and digital)

1. Networking sub-grant:

Rewarded applicants will obtain support on the attendance to European business and trade fairs, conferences, exhibitions, forums and any other type of networking events for a maximum budget of 1.500 EUR per SME with a maximum overall budget of 52.900 EUR, first come first serve.

To be selected for funding the SMEs should send in the date, venue, link to the networking event and their reason for attending. The events should take place before the 1rst of July 2025. The following activities are eligible for this sub-grant:

• The attendance to business/trade fairs & exhibitions in the EU
• The attendance to conferences, conventions and forums in the EU
• The participation in matchmaking events

A list of identified events can be found in the “Guide for applicants”.

DEADLINE EXTENSION: The call will open from 22^nd March 2024 until 24^nd May 2024 18:00 CET. A second cut off for this sub-topic could be organized optionally in January 2025, depending on the remaining budget available and the number of applications received under the first cut-off.

2. International match-making mission sub-topic:

Rewarded applicants will obtain support for participating to a 5-days match-making mission on innovative Polymer-recycling solutions organised by the POLREC consortium from the 3^rd to the 7^th of February 2025, in Quebec, Canada for a budget of 3600 EUR per SME, with an overall budget of 150 000EUR.

To be selected for funding the SMEs should explain their interest to participate to an exploratory and match-making mission on Polymer-recycling solutions in Canada. The SMEs should demonstrate that they are developing, or plan to develop, projects around polymer-recycling solutions and that their participation to an exploratory & match-making mission on the Canadian market will be of added-value for their activity.

DEADLINE EXTENSION: The call will open from 22^nd March 2024 until 24^nd May 2024 18:00 CET. No second cut-off for this sub-topic will be organised.

• NACE codes allowed to participate: C13 - Manufacture of textiles | C20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | C22 - Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
• Objectives:

  The aim of the POLREC Internationalisation Open Call is to invite SMEs from plastics, rubbers and composites industries to facilitate their internationalisation strategy and connect to new markets outside their national scope. The main goal is to support European SME in expanding their European network, developing international partnerships by exporting the European know-how on polymer recycling solutions, reaching new markets in European countries and outside Europe and developing new value chains to increase the European strategic autonomy on raw materials for polymer production.

• Elegible applicants:

  Eligible applicants of this Open Call are SMEs from the Polymers and Elastomer ecosystem established in EU Member States and Single-Market-Program countries.

  The SMEs targeted by this call can cover various sectors, such as: transport and mobility, construction, renewable energy, digital and electronics, health, consumer goods, industrial and food packaging.

  They should be implementing or planning to implement or improve solutions for the recycling of industrial polymer waste (For example: SMEs generating plastic or rubber waste and looking for a recycling process to recycle their waste, SME recyclers, SMEs working on the development of recycling technologies).

  The eligibility conditions for this Open Call are described in section 5 of the Guide for Applicant.

  Financial support:

  • Networking: maximum budget of 1.500 EUR per SME with a maximum overall budget of 52.900 EUR, first come first serve.
  • Match-making mission: maximum budget of 3600 EUR per SME, with an overall budget of 150.000 EUR.

  Additional documentation:

  • POLREC Internationalisation Open Call - Guidelines for Applicants
  • POLREC Internationalisation Open Call - Summary match-making mission Quebec (Canada)
• Type of activity supported: Internationalization
• Type of financial support: Lump sum
• Start date: 22/03/2024 12:00
• End date: 24/05/2024 18:00
• Elegible countries: Austria | Belgium | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Liechtenstein | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxemburg | Malta | Netherlands | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Albania | Armenia | Iceland | Moldova | Montenegro | North Macedonia | Serbia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Turkey | Ukraine
• Contact name: Roxane Girard
• Email Address: roxane.girard@polymeris.fr
• Phone number: +33 0631310450
• Link to guides for applicants: https://clustersubmissionplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/POLREC-Internationalisation-Open-call-Guide-for-applicants-22.05.2024.pdf
• Link to profile page at the ECCP : https://profile.clustercollaboration.eu/profile/cluster-partnership-initiative/f1bcb89c-745c-48d8-b78e-dbf0c0d262d6
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