Incentives for European Clusters

The European Commission, in the framework of the European Small and Medium Enterprises Program (COSME), has published the Bando Cluster Go International with the aim of promoting the internationalization of business and business cluster clusters

All legal entities gathered in a consortium that represent a cluster or network of registered companies, or are about to register on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), may participate.
Applicant firms must be established in the EU Member States or in the countries that are part of the COSME (Art.6).

The initiative is divided into two phases. The first phase supports actions for setting up and setting up new European clusters of strategic clusters. The second phase supports the first implementation, testing and further development of new European clusters of strategic clusters.
The financial envelope is € 5.79 million, and a grant of 75% of the eligible expenditure is envisaged.

Applications must be submitted by 23 May 2017.

For more information, please visit the following notice:

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/cos-clusint-2016-03-01-cluster-go-international