Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Eligible Activities

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the IOs have to implement the below mentioned activities via grant agreements.

As a minimum requirement, the IOs’ proposals are expected to describe the following activities in detail:

• Management of the programme, networking and reporting: (h) management, quality control and evaluation (i) active networking (cooperation with EYE network, specific networking activities) (j) reporting (including on impact)
• Promotion of the programme and recruitment of entrepreneurs: (a) promotion of the programme (b) enrolment of entrepreneurs
• Relationships building: (c) assessing applications from NEs and HEs and assuring only eligible professionals are accepted (d) building quality relationships
• Relationships management: (e) management of grant agreements with new entrepreneurs, commitments and financial assistance

Financial support to third parties (New Entrepreneurs) must be part of the project costs and shall be included under the corresponding cost heading. It can only cover the financial assistance paid to new entrepreneurs in support of the costs linked to their expenditure for travel, accommodation, subsistence and other miscellaneous expenses occurred during a stay with the host entrepreneur in another participating country.

Applicants must elaborate how the financial support to third parties will be managed and how the activities of the NEs abroad will comply with the programme rules. The proposal must also clearly describe the results to be obtained.

Beneficiaries

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

1. 1. EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
   2. non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the SME part of the Single Market Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

Type of aid and economic conditions

Under this call, proposals with different scope of targets can be submitted:

• Scenario type “Large”: Projects requesting a grant between EUR 2 000 000 and EUR 4 000 000 and proposing

1. 1. 800 or more relationships will be considered complying with the call requirements.
   2. 799 or less relationships will be considered not complying with the call requirements.

• Scenario type “Small”: Projects requesting a grant up to EUR 2 000 000 and proposing

1. 1. 400 or more relationships will be considered complying with the call requirements.
   2. 399 or less relationships will be considered not complying with the call requirements.

The available call budget is EUR 40 000 000. This budget might be increased by maximum 20%.

The availability of the call budget still depends on the adoption of the budget 2023 and 2024 by the EU budgetary authority.

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement (100% for the costs for providing financial support to third parties, i.e., new entrepreneurs, and 75% for all other costs categories).

Requirements

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium composed of applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

• minimum 6 entities from 4 different eligible countries
• not include more than 10 applicants in total
• maximum 2 applicants can be from the same country in one consortium
• at least half of the consortium must have at least 5 years of experience in implementing the EYE programme, including the consortium leader.

Proposals must relate to activities taking place in the eligible countries of the SMP but entrepreneurs can also be matched to destinations of the preparatory action EYE global.

Projects are expected to last 48 months between 01/02/2023 and 31/01/2027 (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment).

Applicants must have stable and sufficient resources to successfully implement the projects and contribute their share. Organisations participating in several projects must have sufficient capacity to implement all these projects.

 

Applicants must have the know-how, qualifications and resources to successfully implement the projects and contribute their share (including sufficient experience in projects of comparable size and nature). Applicants have to demonstrate that one of their core activities is the support of small businesses and entrepreneurs and that they deliver business support services to start-ups or young entrepreneurs.

Applicable regulations

Work programme 2021-2024: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/10186/12754377/C_2021_3046_F1_COMMISSION_IMPLEMENTING_DECISION_EN.pdf/ae7bcb3e-5c4e-dde3-8498-235add3e5763?t=1620298950217

Regulation: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0690&from=EN

Route for processing

All proposals must be submitted directly online via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper applications are NOT accepted.

Submission is a 2-step process:

• create a user account and register your organisation

To use the Submission System (the only way to apply), all participants need to create an EULogin user account.

Once you have an EULogin account, you can register your organisation in the Participant Register. When your registration is finalised, you will receive a 9-digit participant identification code (PIC).

• submit the proposal

Access the Electronic Submission System via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section (or, for calls sent by invitation to submit a proposal, through the link provided in the invitation letter).

Submit your proposal in 3 parts, as follows:

• Part A includes administrative information about the applicant organisations (future coordinator, beneficiaries, affiliated entities and associated partners) and the summarised budget for the proposal. Fill it in directly online.
• Part B (description of the action) covers the technical content of the proposal. Application Form Part B: Download the mandatory word template from the Submission System, fill it in and upload it as a PDF file.

Specific Annex 5: download it from the EISMEA website, fill it in and upload it as PDF file under “Other annexes”. This Annex 5 contains specific instructions to fill certain sections of the Application Form Part B.

• Annexes. Upload them as PDF file (single or multiple depending on the slots; the budget table can be uploaded as Excel file).

The proposal must keep to the page limits; excess pages will be disregarded.

Documents must be uploaded to the right category in the Submission System otherwise the proposal might be considered incomplete and thus inadmissible.

Proposals for large or small projects must be submitted using the same submission session.

The proposal must be submitted before the call deadline. After this deadline, the system is closed and proposals can no longer be submitted.

Once the proposal is submitted, you will receive a confirmation e-mail (with date and time of your application). If you do not receive this confirmation e-mail, it means your proposal has NOT been submitted. If you believe this is due to a fault in the Submission System, you should immediately file a complaint via the IT Helpdesk webform, explaining the circumstances and attaching a copy of the proposal (and, if possible, screenshots to show what happened).

Details on processes and procedures are described in the Online Manual. The Online Manual also contains the links to FAQs and detailed instructions regarding the Portal Electronic Exchange System.