OVERALL OBJECTIVES:
This call will identify potential entrepreneurs among migrants and raise awareness about entrepreneurship within migrant communities. Specifically, the focus is on:
- Training courses (e.g. on entrepreneurship, business planning, the legal aspects of setting up a company and hiring employees, etc.)
- Mentoring schemes for migrant entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs
The aim of these activities is to help migrants to become self-employed and build a successful enterprise (profit-generating and/or with social objectives).
PARTICIPANTS:
This action will bring together organisations from different countries that are already working on the ground to help migrants to start their own independent activity. These organisations will be encouraged to share their methodologies and to build on existing best practice in order to improve and expand the services they offer to migrants.
Applicants must be established in one of the 28 EU countries.
- Public authorities and public administrations (at the national, regional or city level);
- Chamber of commerce and industry and similar bodies;
- Business associations and business support networks;
- Business support organisations and incubators;
- NGOs, non-profit organisations, associations and foundations working with migrants;
- Education and training providers (public and private).
BUDGET:
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at €2,225,000.
Maximum EU financing rate of eligible costs: The contribution will be up to 85% of the total cost of the project.
DURATION:
The maximum duration of projects is 24 months.
DEADLINE: 24/5/2048