Date: 15-02-2023

Research Agency as the Programme Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme launched the Call for Bilateral Initiatives BIN BF04 under the Fund for Bilateral Relations. The Call is funded by the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms.

The aim of the Call for Proposals for Bilateral Initiatives under the Fund for Bilateral Relations within the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme is to set-up a flexible and easy tool to develop and strengthen business partnerships between the entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (Donor states) and Slovakia. The programme focus areas:

  • Green Industry Innovation and
  • Welfare Technology and Ambient Assisted Living technologies

Eligible applicants and partners are any public, private entities, commercial or non-commercial, as well as NGOs established as legal persons in Slovakia and the Donor states. Each Slovak applicant shall have at least one partner from the Donor states and vice versa.

Grant amount to be applied for is € 1,000 – € 10,000. The total allocation for the Call is € 70 000. No co-financing is required by the applicant under this Call.

Grant Applications shall be written in English and submitted via electronic system egrant and will be evaluated in the order they are received (FIFO principle).

Grant Application submission deadline is 30 June 2024.

The implementation of the initiative should not last more than 6 months and should be finished by 31 December 2024.

Changes:

  • the deadline for the Call BIN BF04 from the original closing date 30 June 2024 to 30 September 2024 !
  • In addition to changing the closing date of the Call, the Programme Operator updated in the Call´s documentation the references to the new de minimis aid scheme (DM-22/2024) which is valid and effective from 07 May 2024.

    The updated documentation for the Call BIN BF04 (Call text and Annex 2) in track changes and with accepted changes

This change is effective as of 24 June 2024

CALL

pdf Call BIN BF04

Updated call:

docx Call_BIN BF04_extension - change 24.6.2024

docx Call_BIN BF04_extension_track changes - change 24.6.2024

CALL ANNEXES

pdf Annex I Grant Application Form

pdf Annex II Selection Criteria

 

Updated Annex Nr. 2:

docx Annex II Selection Criteria_extension change 24.6.2024

docx Call_BIN BF04_extension_track changes - change 24.6.2024

 

doc Annex III Partnership Statement

pdf Annex IV Declaration of Applicant

pdf Annex V Declaration of Partner

pdf Annex VI Declaration of non-economic activities

pdf Privacy Statement

 

Bilateral Fund Guide, version 1.1  >> here

Bilateral Fund Guide - Annexes  >> here

 

BILATERAL GUIDELINE  >> here 

 

DE MINIMIS AID SCHEME

for supporting the development of businesses and bilateral partnerships DM-22/2024

pdf De minimis aid scheme for supporting the development of businesses and bilateral partnerships DM-22/2024