Online Matchmaking - Final Open Calls in Romania and Bulgaria
Open calls for projects in Romania and Bulgaria are open for applications until 17 November 2022. These are the final opportunities for projects funding and cooperation with Romania and Bulgaria!
Both calls support projects on so-called 'soft measures' that increase business skills in Romania or Bulgaria. The soft measures activities in the projects can be:
- Capacity-building
- Training
- Feasibility studies
- Networking
- Other types of competence-building
Projects can focus on areas such as sustainable business models, green innovation, circular economy and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Green Industry Innovation, ICT, Blue Growth and/or Welfare Technology.
All projects must contribute to supporting enterprises to increase their business development capacity, preferably in close cooperation with partners from the donor countries Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Online Matchmaking and B2B Meeting
The matchmaking is online, and it takes place in this platform - B2Match. This website aims to connect businesses from Romania and Bulgaria with partners in Norway.
Register by making a profile in this platform. When your profile is accepted, you can see all the other profiles and contact the ones which are relevant for you and your project idea. You can also set up BSB meetings in this platform directly.
The aim of connecting partners is cooperation in projects under the two open calls for proposals.
The EEA and Norway Grants aim to reduce social and economic differences in Europe and to strengthen cooperation with Norway. Applications including a partnership with Norway are therefore encouraged with additional points in selection of projects.
More Information on the Open Calls
See the call text for all details on outcomes, eligibility criteria, funding, mandatory documents and essential reading.
In Romania:
See the recording and the presentations from the webinar that presented the open call in Romania: Romania: Open Call on Soft Measures - Information Webinar Recording and Presentations (innovasjonnorge.no)
In case you connect with a partner in Romania, you can apply for travel grants to further discuss or prepare the project application:
Rolling deadline: Travel grants for cooperation with Romania (innovasjonnorge.no)
In Bulgaria:
Who can apply?
- SMEs established as legal entities in Romania or Bulgaria, registered as legal entities in Romania and functioning in accordance to enforced Romanian legislation on commercial companies
- Not-for-profit organisations established as legal persons in Romania
Who can be partner?
- Any public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organisations, established as a legal person in Norway, Iceland (for Romania), Liechtenstein (for Romania)
- Any public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial and non-governmental organisations, established as a legal person in Romania or Bulgaria
Deadline for Applications
Thursday 17 November 2022 at 13.00 CEST.
Finding a partner in Norway
Browse Norwegian solutions on energy at The Explorer.
Recording of an Information Session on the Call in Romania
Why join the matchmaking?
By making a profile in this platform, you will find a list of partners who are willing, able and ready to cooperate in projects. Signing up with a profile will:
- Allow you to book short B2B meetings before, during or after the event, and make a network
- Give you visibility so that other participants can contact you with ideas for cooperation
- Give you an overview of participants so that you can contact them with ideas for cooperation
Who can participate?
Participants are entities from Romania, Bulgaria, Iceland and Norway.
The EEA and Norway Grants are funded by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (the Donor States). The Grants aim to reduce social and economic differences in Europe and to strengthen cooperation with the Donor States. This matchmaking aims to connect partners for cooperation.
The EEA and Norway Grants by Innovation Norway
The EEA and Norway Grants aim to reduce economic and social differences in Europe and strengthen bilateral relations between Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and the countries in Europe. The website for the EEA and Norway Grants by Innovation Norway is here!
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