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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$STE-2014-3-04!
ocuments Call for proposals
5rant agreement
5uide for applicants
2escription of work template
6udget template
2escription of cluster*business networks+
7ist of past pro'ects+
C8s %Europass format recommended+to be uploaded in the electronic submission
tool&!
Partner search
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COSME call when the# create apartnership re"uest! Each partnership re"uest will then show
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helpdesk!
:ou ma# also contact #our nearest Enterprise Europe ;etwork memberwho could assist #ou
in finding potential Partners!
uest!ons5ns&ers
Potential applicants should address "uestions related to the content of this call b# e$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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