On 14 November 2024, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the European Commission, organised an informative session on the Single Market Programme call for proposals "Joint Cluster Initiatives (EUROCLUSTERS) for Europe’s recovery (SMP-COSME-2024-CLUSTER)".
The main objective of this call for proposals is to support innovation, adoption of new processes and advanced technologies for strategic autonomy with the aim of building capacity in the most critical areas and to reinforce transformation into a greener, more digital, and resilient economy.
The call is divided into two strands:
- Strand 1 focuses on net-zero technologies and critical raw materials: this strand covers value chains within or across industrial ecosystems aiming at ensuring access to a secure and sustainable supply of net-zero technologies, including by scaling up the manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies and safeguarding supply chain resilience or/and at starting or expanding the extraction, processing or recycling of strategic raw materials, or the production and scale-up of materials that can substitute strategic raw materials in strategic technologies;
- Strand 2 covers value chains not covered in Strand 1.
Available budget: EUR 42 000 000
Number of projects to be funded: 16 (with at least 8 projects for Strand 1)
Maximum project duration: 36 months
Consult the SMP-COSME-2024-CLUSTER call page on our website for more information about the call scope, objectives, target audience and application procedure.
On the same page you shortly find the slides and the recording of the event,
- business cluster | single market
- Thursday 14 November 2024, 09:30 - 12:30 (CET)
- Online only
Programme
- 14 Nov 2024, 09:30 - 09:35 (CET)Welcome, introduction, housekeeping rules
Moderator: Valentino Izzo, Programme Coordination Manager, EISMEA
- 09:35 - 09:50 (CET)Welcome address
Mariella Masselink, Head of Unit Industrial Forum, Alliances, Clusters, DG GROW
Natalia Martínez Páramo, Head of Unit SMP / SME Pillar, Internal Market and Support to Standardisation, EISMEA
- 09:50 - 10:40 (CET)Background, policy context and scope of the call (with Q&A)
Giovanni Emma, Policy Officer, DG GROW
- 10:40 - 11:20 (CET)General information on the call for proposals (with Q&A)
Arianna Dellacà, Call Coordinator, EISMEA
- 11:20 - 11:50 (CET)Financial provisions of the call for proposals (with Q&A)
Alain Schoonjans, Financial Officer, EISMEA
- 11:50 - 12:00 (CET)REA Central Validation Service: Registration of participants (with Q&A)
Mariadomenica CUGNIDORO, Legal and financial officer, Central Validation Service, REA
- 12:00 - 12:25 (CET)Questions & Answers (via Slido)
- 12:25 - 12:30 (CET)Closing of the session
Moderator: Valentino Izzo, Programme Coordination Manager, EISMEA
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 14 November 2024, 09:30 - 12:30 (CET)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English