Inclusive Incubation and Finance for More Entrepreneurs
Inclusive Incubation and Finance for More Entrepreneurs · ESF-PJG
What this call funds
This call funds projects that help entrepreneurs from under-represented groups start and grow businesses by combining incubation support with better access to finance, such as microfinance or social investment. It aims to build stronger links between incubators, funders, and social/employment services, and to produce lessons that can be replicated across the EU.
social innovation · sme scaleup · fintech finance · civil society democracy · gender equality · regional development
Who wins this
Incubation providers, financial intermediaries, or social economy organisations partnering to design and test inclusive entrepreneurship support models for under-represented groups.
Could you win this call?
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The call in detail
- Funding model
- ESF-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- ESF Project Grants
- Partners
- Not stated in the call.
- Also required
- Detailed eligibility, financial capacity, and evaluation conditions are deferred to the separate call document rather than specified in this text.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in the call document. Applications must be submitted before the call deadline and electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible. Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System. Applications must be complete and contain: Application Form (Part A) Application Form (Part B) Annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded as PDF files). At proposal submission, the lead applicant will have to confirm that it has the mandate to act for all applicants; that the information in the application is correct and complete and that the participants comply with the conditions for receiving EU funding (especially eligibility, financial and operational capacity, exclusion, etc.) Before signing the grant, each beneficiary and affiliated entity will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH). Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding pages. 2. Eligible countries See details in the call Document. EU Member States (and their overseas countries and territories); EEA countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement; EU acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, in line with the agreements concluded with them. Third countries having signed an agreement to participate in the strand or a third country listed in the EaSI work programme if necessary for the achievement of the objectives of an action. Do note that for certain calls only EU Member States and EEA countries are eligible. 3. Other eligibility conditions See in the call document for full explication per topics. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion See details in the call Document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes See details in the call Document. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds See details in the call Document. The award criteria for this call are as follows: Relevance: Quality: Impact: 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement See details in the call Document. To be completed on a call-by-call basis. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Call document and annexes: Call document: for the call "Inclusive Incubation and Finance for More Entrepreneurs"
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