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SocialTech4EU: Acceleration Open Call

The “Eurocluster” SocialTech for Europe for Resilient and Responsible Ecosystems – SocialTech4EU aims at strengthening the resilience and innovation capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of social economy ecosystems and start-ups and SMEs of the social economy.

The call SocialTech4EU Call for Social Enterprises –  Financial Support for Acceleration aims at strengthening the resilience, innovation capacity, competitiveness, and sustainability of Social Enterprises (SEs), so as to enable them to embrace the digital and green transition.

This Call is open to the 20 social enterprises funded under the SocialTech4EU Call for Social Enterprises in Europe – Financial Support for Innovation (SocialTech4EU/2023/Call2:Innovation).

Applicants to this call can request financial support of up to € 37,000.  The aim of this call is to finance at least 10 social enterprises.

The call provides financial support to SEs to carry out an innovation project for their organisation. The financial support can be used for different acceleration services such as the implementation of digital and/or green solutions, training, advisory, and mentoring programmes for business development and access to financing, which are delivered by external providers.

• Objectives:

  The call provides financial support to SEs to carry out an innovation project for their organisation.

  An SE funded under this call should develop and/or customise a digital and/or tech solution that will support the company’s transition into a greener and more digital organisation. The development or customisation of a digital and/or tech solution includes services, products, and processes of the company. The activities under the innovation project extend to the implementation of digital and/or green solutions, training, advisory, and mentoring programmes for business development and access to financing, which can be delivered by external providers.

• Elegible applicants:

  Be one of the social enterprises selected under the SocialTech4EU Call for Social Enterprises in Europe - Financial Support for Innovation (SocialTech4EU/2023/Call2:Innovation).

  Being selected/contracted does not exempt the applicants from complying with all the eligibility criteria set in these Guidelines for Applicants, nor the SocialTech4EU partnership to perform checks on the eligibility of the applicants and request documentation at any time during the application and selection process.

  Applicants must confirm in their application form they meet all eligibility criteria. It is mandatory for any applicant which underwent any change in their legal status since being selected to communicate these changes in their application form.

  Relevant documentation:

  • Acceleration Open Call – Guide for Applicants
  • Application form - Acceleration Open Call
  • Annex 1. Budget template - Acceleration Open Call
  • Annex 2. Declaration of Honour
  • Annex 3. Letter(s) of intent from the provider(s)
• Maximum Budget per application: 37000
• Type of activity supported: Innovation | Twin transformation
• Type of financial support: Lump sum
• Start date: 8/01/2024 12:00
• End date: 8/03/2024 15:00
• Contact name: Alvaro Lombardo
• Email Address: alvaro.lombardo@idia.es
• Phone number: +34 664644442
• Link to guides for applicants: https://clustersubmissionplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SocialTech4EUCall3Acceleration_Guidelines-for-applicants.pdf
• Link to profile page at the ECCP : https://profile.clustercollaboration.eu/profile/cluster-partnership-initiative/189ddcb4-fa2e-4753-8b00-235d73bcdd87
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• Tags: SOCIALTECH4EU