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SILEO Open Call for Hack Day Travel Vouchers – Romania

The event will create the context for furniture and lighting SMEs and tech-savvy companies to debate and discuss on specific challenges, to find solutions to real problems that companies are facing in their industry and activity.

SILEO CHALLENGES

Each participant will select upon applying the priority of these 5 challenges for their companies:

1. DIGITAL OPTIMIZATION IN PRODUCTION: How can companies optimize digital processes throughout the production chain, from design to delivery?
2. SUSTAINABILITY IN PRODUCTION: How can companies integrate sustainable practices into the manufacturing process of furniture and lighting?
3. DIGITAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: How can companies innovate in terms of digital customer experience, from purchase to customization?
4. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN LIGHTING: How can technological solutions improve the energy efficiency of lighting systems?
5. CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN FURNITURE & LIGHTING: How can companies implement circular economy models for their products?

Under this SILEO Open Call, we will provide up to 65 travel vouchers, divided into two categories:

• Up to 50 vouchers for SMEs operating in the lighting or furniture industry
• Up to 15 vouchers for tech-savvy SMEs

SILEO funding is defined on the km distance between the place of departure and place of arrival, as mentioned in the table below:

OPEN CALL DOCUMENTATION:

• • • • SILEO Guide for Applicants
      • Application form for lighting/furniture SMEs
      • Application form for tech-savvy SMEs
      • Declaration of Honour
      • CALL INFO SESSION WEBINAR 05.04.2024 (recording)

Deadline extension until 26/04/2024 at 17:00 CET

• NACE codes allowed to participate: C27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment | C31 - Manufacture of furniture
• Objectives:

  Financial support for lighting and furniture SMEs and tech-savvy companies to attend the business and technology collaboration event “Navigating Challenges and Tech Solutions for SMEs in the furniture & lighting Industry” organized by Transylvanian Furniture Cluster in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on 13-14.06.2024.

  The event will create the context for furniture and lighting SMEs and tech-savvy companies to debate and discuss on specific challenges, to find solutions to real problems that companies are facing in their industry and activity.

• Elegible applicants:

  We are looking for voucher applications submitted by a single SME operating in the lighting or furniture industry and by a single Tech-savvy SME. SMEs must be located in the EU Member States or countries associated with the Single Market Programme.

  Further eligibility criteria are available in section 2 and 4 of the Guide for Applicants.

  Financial support:

  The maximum financial support per project/SME is up to 500 EUR in the form of a lump sum. The funding is defined on the km distance between the place of departure and place of arrival.

• Maximum Budget per application: 500
• Type of activity supported: Networking | Internationalization
• Type of financial support: Lump sum
• Start date: 20/02/2024 10:00
• End date: 26/04/2024 17:00
• 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: Marta Krakowiak
• Email Address: marta.krakowiak@elcacluster.eu
• Phone number: +39 0499350457
• Link to guides for applicants: https://clustersubmissionplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GUIDE-for-Applicants_Hack-Day-Travel-Vouchers_v2.pdf
• Link to profile page at the ECCP : https://profile.clustercollaboration.eu/profile/cluster-partnership-initiative/7ada0e82-45e0-4fed-97bd-87ba498c54a3issionplatform.eu/
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