Providing high-quality services for SMEs through entrepreneurial support institutions (Entrepreneurial Support Institutions (EIS)
Fund: European Regional Development Fund
Operational programme: Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020
Type of competition: Open call for proposals (grants)
Status: open from 30.6.2017 to 1.10.2017
Competent authority: Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts
Area: small and medium-sized enterprises
Applicants: support institutions for entrepreneurs
Summary: The call for proposals will be implemented under the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020, Priority 3 "Business Competitiveness"; Investment priority 3a Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new enterprises, including through business incubators, Specific objective 3a2 Enabling a favourable environment for the creation and development of enterprises, financed by the ERDF.
The objective of this Call is to provide effective assistance to strengthen the position of SMEs in the market, to reduce information asymmetries among SMEs and to facilitate access to business knowledge and skills, partners and information essential for business growth and development, as well as to improve the economic performance and survival rate of SMEs.
Based on the OPCC, EUR 3.000.000,00 was provided for this Call from the ERDF, which is shown in the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia in the amount of HRK 22,800.000,00.
Eligible ETDs are those up to 31.12. in 2016 registered in the Unified Register of Enterprise Infrastructure (hereinafter: JRPI): http://reg.minpo.hr/pi/public/.
Eligible applicants under this Call are PPIs in private or public ownership, which comply with the definition in Article 4. the Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Improvement Act (NN Nos 93/13, 114/13 and 41/14) defined as:
•development agencies;
•Entrepreneurial centres;
•business parks,
•business incubators,
•Entrepreneurial accelerators.
Schedule of information workshops for entrepreneurs
The date and place of the information and education workshops in accordance with the Call shall be published at least 10 calendar days before the date of their holding.
Frequently asked questions and answers:
Questions may be asked continuously, no later than 14 calendar days before the deadline for submission of project proposals. Replies will be published here, no later than 7 (seven) days before the deadline for submission of project proposals. Please note that in order to comply with the principle of equal treatment, the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts cannot give a prior opinion regarding the eligibility of applicants, projects or certain activities and costs.
