Online Info Session call Proximity and social economy industrial ecosystem: boosting the digital transition of social economy enterprises and SMEs (SMP-COSME-2023-SEED)

On 6 October 2023, EISMEA will host an informative session about the Single Market Programme call for proposals "Proximity and social economy industrial ecosystem: boosting the digital transition of social economy enterprises and SMEs (ref. SMP-COSME-2023-SEED)".

In view of the objectives set out in the European Commission’s Communication 2030 Digital Compass - the European way for the Digital Decade, this call aims at:

• Strengthening the digital transition and capabilities of SMEs in the social economy fostering their economic, organisational and impact related performances, through setting up capacity building activities, training, advisory, joint technology initiatives, etc.
• Supporting knowledge transfer and transnational cooperation amongst different partners, such as businesses and ‘enabling organisations’.
• Strengthening the digital capacity and offer of ‘enabling organisations’in the social economy. In doing so, those organisations (e.g. European, national and regional business support organisations, incubators, membership federations…) can multiply the effects of this call and support their members, clients and stakeholders in their digital transition as well as driving digital social innovations.
• Strengthening the role of social economy as a driver for digital social innovation and consequent digital solutions and tools developed to answer social, societal and environmental challenges.

Deadline for submissions: 21 November 2023, 17:00 (CET)

Available budget: EUR 8 000 000

Consult the SMP-COSME-2023-SEED call page on our website for more information about the call scope, objectives, target audience and application procedure.