Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and Investment (HAMAG-BICRO) Organizes Info day on international programmes to finance market-oriented projects EUREKA, Eurostars and the European Innovation Council and on the support available to entrepreneurs through the project Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).
Through Info Day, entrepreneurs want to be given an insight into funding opportunities for research projects which will be available in 2024. Year 1:
- EUREKA is a programme that encourages small, medium and large enterprises to cooperate with international partners in launching research and development (R&D) activities. The aim of the program is to encourage companies to invest in R&D activities and thus strengthen their innovation capacity. Co-financing depends on the size of the company with a maximum amount of support of EUR 200,000.
- Eurostars the R&D programme was created as a joint initiative of EUREKA and the European Commission. The basic criterion is the participation of at least two member states. The main partner in the project must be a small or medium-sized company engaged in research and development (Innovative SME). Other project partners must be small or medium-sized enterprises. Co-financing depends on the size of the company with a maximum amount of support of EUR 200,000. Find out the other differences between EUREKA and Eurostars on info day!
- European Innovation Council (EIC) is a Horizon Europe instrument supporting world-class innovators, entrepreneurs and small businesses. With this instrument, the Council of Europe supports entrepreneurs with high potential to develop high-risk, breakthrough innovations that have an impact on shaping new markets and generating jobs, growth and prosperity in Europe. Entrepreneurs are supported through grants in the form of grants (guarantees), but also through a blended finance programme (grants combined with capital investments).
- Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) – is the world’s largest network providing entrepreneurs with the information they need to develop their business and find quality business partners. Finding an international partner is one of the main challenges in the EUREKA, Eurostars and European Innovation Council programmes, and EEN, with its profiling service and finding business partners, fit perfectly into the aforementioned info day on these programmes.
In addition to information about programs and free support, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to hear a short presentation on the role and importance of pitch when applying to the EIC Accelerator.
An info day in Rijeka will be held Wednesday 8 November 2023 year starting at 10 o'clock in the premises STEP RI, Ul. Radmile Matejčić 10.
See agenda here.
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