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Organizational & Economic Development
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European Union
Support Programmes for SMEs |
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Overview of the main funding opportunities
available to European SMEs |
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Funding Opportunities directly available to
SMEs |
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by
Departments of European Commission (applied
Directly) |
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Life III (environment) development of
innovative, integrated tech. and methods and
development of Env. Policy |
1- 6th
Framework Programme (Research Technology) |
Socrates
Comenius (Scool
Education) Erasmus (Higher Education)
Grundtvig (Adult
Education) Lingua (Language) Minevra (ICT & ODL)
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1-Europen Agency for
Safety and Health at Work |
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2- Intelligent Energy
for Europe Alter (Renewable Energies)
Save (Efficient
Energy)
Coopener
(International action) Steer (Energy in
Transport)
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2-
Eureka (Network for market oriented R&D) |
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E-Content (European digital contention global
network) |
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Cordis (Financing innovation / SME Tech Web) |
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Innovation Relay Centers Network |
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2- Leonardo Da Vinci
Training for promoting
knowledge, aptitudes and skills |
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Structural Funds for SMEs |
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at
National Level |
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Four Instruments |
Communication
Initiatives |
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ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) |
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Interreg III (cross-border, trans-national,
inter regional by ERDF) |
| 2- ESF
(European Social Fund) |
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Urban II (development of urban areas by ERDF)
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FIFG (Financial Instrument for Fisheries
Guidance) |
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Equal (for inequalities and discrimination by
ESF) |
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EAGGF (European Agriculture and Guarantee Fund) |
4-
Leader+ (rural societies and economies by EAGGF)
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Funding Instruments |
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through Financial Intermediaries |
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European Investment
Fund (EIF)
for venture and
guarantee instruments |
European Investment
Bank (EIB)
for large projects |
European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
27 countries from
Europe to Central Asia |
Gate2Growth
Intiative "Access to Finance" |
| 1- ETF
Sturtup (Risk Capital) |
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Global Loans |
1-EU-EBRD (Central &
Eastern Europe) |
Portal to network
entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, and
thematic network backed by Commission (contacts
inventors and innovate entrepreneurs) |
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Seed Capital Action (Cost of seed funds and
incubators) |
2- Innovation 2000
initiative information society, R&D, innovation,
competitiveness |
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3- SME Guarantee
Facility
Loan Guarantees
Micro-credit
Guarantees
Equality Guarantees
ICT Loan Guarantees |
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Other Types of
Support |
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External relations and international
co-operation |
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AL Invest |
Asia Invest |
Asia IT&C |
Executive Training
Programme in Japan and Korea (ETP) |
Gateway to Japan |
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Network of operators
from Europe and Latin America cooperating to
organize meetings between companies to
established trade links & alliances. |
Assistance to
intermediary organizations to facilitate
cooperation agreements between SMEs at EU and
Asia |
Non-Profit to improve
quality of Europe-Asia partnership in the search
for innovative solutions and standards in IT&C |
EU company managers to
approach the Japanese and Korean markets by
training programme which is combination of
language, seminars and experience. EU company
active in Japan/Korean or invest in those
countries can apply |
Support introduction
of European products on Japanese market consists
of complementing and adding value to export
promotion activities undertaken by individual EU
Member States. |
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Call for proposals for other geographical
areas |
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Europe-Aid |
Euro-Info Centers (EIC) |
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MEDA (Southern Mediterranean, Near and Middle
East) |
SMEs can look for help
on information, advise and assistance over 300
offices in 42 countries |
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CARDS (Western Balkans, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta) |
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Tacis (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) |
| 4- ACP
(Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) |
| 5- New
Partnership with South Asia (Asia) |
| 6- ALA
(Latin America) |
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PHARE/ISPA/SAPARD (EU) |
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