Open call for proposals (grants) for the tender “Implementation of business process and quality management systems (ISO and similar standards)”

Open call for proposals (grants)

Entrepreneurship

Micro-entrepreneurs

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

38,000,000,00 kn

European Regional Development Fund

OP Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020

Business competitiveness

This Call will co-finance the introduction of recognised business process and quality management systems in line with the requirements of internationally accepted standards or market-recognised certification schemes, which will contribute to facilitate access to markets and increase the competitiveness of SMEs. With the increasing globalisation of markets, internationally accepted standards and/or recognised certification schemes and related labels have become essential for international trade as they entail meeting standards of recognised levels of quality and security in the exchange of goods and services.

Eligible applicants: micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

Total allocation: 38,000,000,00 HRK

Minimum grant amount: HRK 50,000.00

Maximum grant amount: 380.000,00 HRK

Subject of the call: Support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to increase their competitiveness in the market by introducing recognised business process and quality management systems, applying standards and , certification in accordance with the requirements of internationally accepted standards or market-recognised certification schemes.

Purpose(s) of the call: Achieving the applicable level of standards of internationally recognised quality and safety levels in the exchange of goods and services by increasing the use of recognised standards that contribute to customer confidence, in particular in the areas of improving the quality of management systems and increasing the capacity to demonstrate the quality of systems, thereby facilitating SMEs' access to foreign markets and increasing competitiveness.

Date of commencement of receipt of project applications: 14.05.2018.

The call was published in the system eFunds.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! (11 May 2018)

The Ministry of the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts has published the first amendment to the Call for Proposals ‘Implementation of business process and quality management systems (ISO and similar standards)’, reference number KK.03.2.1.14, which, among other things, changes the start of receipt of project proposals from 14 May 2018 at 09:00 a.m. 11 June 2018 at 11 a.m..

Except for minor technical changes in Annex 3. The grant award procedure has amended the provisions of the Quality Assessment Criteria in the section ‘Project contribution to solving specific development problems in a given territory’. Corresponding changes have been made to the Instructions for Applicants, Annex 13 has been supplemented. Instructions for filling in the Application Form and the Summary of the Call has been amended.

The previous version of the documentation with today's date ceases to be valid.

The first amendment to the tender documentation has been published and is available here.

Important notice 11 June 2018

We inform potential applicants that the method of submitting project applications in the eFondovi system has changed.

Prior to submission, the project application must be placed in the ‘Fit for Send’ status, with all checks on the Application Form being carried out. The described functionality was introduced in order to carry out checks earlier and relieve the eFondovi system when submitting project applications.

The ‘Submit’ action button has been moved to the applicant’s homepage and will be visible only to the Authorised Person after the ‘Save for Send’ action has been selected after filling in the application form.

The submission process is described in detail in the User Manual for Applicants available on the public part of the portal eFunds and on your user interface.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!  8 May 2018

We are announcing the upcoming amendment of the Call for Proposals ‘Implementation of business process and quality management systems (ISO and similar standards)’, reference number KK.03.2.1.14, which Postpones the start of receipt of project proposals from 14 May 2018 to 11 June 2018. The first amendment to the Tender Document will be published immediately upon approval of the Tender Document.

The call for proposals "Implementation of business process and quality management systems (ISO and similar standards)" will be held on Monday, 7 May 2018 at 11 a.m. Cinema hall of the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (Ulica grada Vukovara 78, Zagreb).

Expected duration of the workshop: 2 hours

You can register for the workshop via the link: https://bit.ly/2vKSUsg

For more information, feel free to contact us