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COSWP 2014-3-04 - Cluster Excellence Programme

The overall obect!ve o" th!s Call "or #ro#osals !s to #ursue the E$ e""orts a!me% to

strengthen cluster management excellence !n the E$ as a &a' to #rov!%e more

#ro"ess!onal bus!ness serv!ces to Euro#ean S(Es through clusters an% there"ore

contr!bute to the %evelo#ment o" more &orl%-class clusters !n the E$)

This Call for proposals is the first action in the framework of the Cluster Excellence

Programme to be supported under COSME, and aimed to promote cluster excellence across

the EU for the benefit of European SMEs inoled in clusters! The present action will assist

cluster organisations, business networks and their managers to proide high "ualit# serices to

SMEs in different areas, including access to foreign markets!

The interested cluster organisations and business networks should be engaged into a strategic

industr#$drien collaboration %or are planning to work together& along a common alue chainor on a transnational pro'ect in an# manufacturing or serice sector, and are facing some

common challenges, and willing to(

)mproe their management practices as well as their market*competitie adantages or

alue$chain anal#tical capacities and+

Proide top "ualit# serices to their SMEs, especiall# on integrating creatiit# into

their business, facilitating SMEs internationalisation, better exploiting and diffusing

e# Enabling Technologies %ETs&, assisting SMEs on )P-s protection and further

addressing resource$efficienc# issues within their cluster!

El!g!b!l!t' o" a##l!cants

.pplicant organisations must be established(

in EU Member States+ or

in countries participating in the COSME programme under .rticle / of the COSME

-egulation(

o European 0ree Trade .ssociation %E0T.& countries which are members of the

European Economic .rea %EE.&, in accordance with the conditions laid down

in the EE. .greement, and other European countries when agreements and

procedures so allow+

o acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates in accordance

with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the

participation of those countries in the Union1s programmes established in the

respectie 0ramework .greements and .ssociation Council 2ecisions, or

similar arrangements+


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o countries falling within the scope of the European neighbourhood policies,

when agreements and procedures so allow and in accordance with the general

principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those

countries in the Union1s programmes established in the respectie 0ramework

.greements, Protocols to .ssociation .greements and .ssociation Council

2ecisions!

Moreoer, eligible applicants are cluster organisations and business networks which can

demonstrate that proide or channel cluster and network support serices to local businesses,

in compliance with the definition gien in the section 3!4 of the Communit# 0ramework for

State .id for -esearch and 2eelopment and )nnoation!

Consortia implementing the actiities hae to be made up of a minimum of three cluster

organisations or business networks and come from at least three COSME participating

countries! 0or more details, please consult the text of the call aailable below!

Subm!ss!on o" #ro#osals

The deadline for electronic submission is 2* October 2014 1+,00 .russels t!me/!

The submission s#stem for this call will be aailable shortl# and the link will be added on this

page!

The electronic submission reference for this call will be COS-C$STE-2014-3-04!

ocuments Call for proposals

5rant agreement

5uide for applicants

2escription of work template

6udget template

2escription of cluster*business networks+

7ist of past pro'ects+

C8s %Europass format recommended+to be uploaded in the electronic submission

tool&!

Partner search
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#ou hae the option to create partnership re"uests!

0or people who alread# hae a Partner profile in Cordis database, the# can select a specific

COSME call when the# create apartnership re"uest! Each partnership re"uest will then show

up as being associated to the call to attract others interested in the same call!)n the case #ou don9t hae a profile #ou can create one!

Should #ou encounter an# difficulties with the Cordis database, please contact the Cordis

helpdesk!

:ou ma# also contact #our nearest Enterprise Europe ;etwork memberwho could assist #ou

in finding potential Partners!

uest!ons5ns&ers

Potential applicants should address "uestions related to the content of this call b# e$mail to

E.SME$COSME$C7USTE-$E?@Aec!europa!eu!Onl# "uestions sent to this

functional mailbox will be answered!

.nswers will onl# be published periodicall# and within a reasonable period of time on this

page!

!scla!mer

The content of this page is for information purposes onl#! The releant legal instruments and

the text of the call shall take precedence oer the information contained in this page! The

European Commission or E.SME does not accept responsibilit# for an# use made of the

information contained therein!
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