Overview

Donor: European Commission (EC) - ESF+
Application procedure: Full Proposal
Donor base: Belgium
Reference number: ESF-2023-SUPPLY-DEMAND
Eligible applicants: Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business
Deadline: 14.03.2024

Financial details

Grant size: Medium - up to $1,000,000
Minimum grant size: -
Total available budget: 3.400.000€
Funding type: Grants
Maximum grant size: -
Funding ratio: up to 100%

Sectors

  • Capacity Building
  • Economic Development
  • Social Inclusion

Project Locations

  1. Europe

      Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Description

1) Objective

The expected result is the cooperation between public and / or private entities of any type with the aim to ease access to finance for social entrepreneurs and to develop the investment readiness of social enterprises to ensure social enterprises are able to take on repayable finance.

The objective is to contribute to the development of feasible, suitable and reliable schemes or funds providing finance to social enterprises as well as support structures providing business development services and networking facilities to improve social enterprises’ investment readiness. The objective of the call is also to identify, develop, promote and disseminate good practices in supporting social enterprises in accessing finance. Social enterprises are instrumental in the implementation of many of the European Pillar of Social Rights principles. In particular they play a key role in delivering the following European Pillar of Social Rights (‘EPSR’) principles: 3. Equal opportunities, 4. Active support to employment, 5. Secure and adaptable employment, 11. Childcare and support to children, 17. Inclusion of people with disabilities, 18. Long-term care and 20. Access to essential services.

2) Eligibility

Eligibility is limited to legal entities (public or private bodies).

3) Location

Actions must take place in EU member states plus associated countries.

4) Budget

The estimated available call budget is €3,400,000. They expect to fund between 8 to 10 projects.

5) Application

The application deadline is 14 March 2024. A full proposal must be submitted. All application templates can be downloaded at the given website. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.

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