Open Call for SMEs
Open from May 5th to July 30th, 2021 at 19.00 CET
The NOVExport project is offering interested companies the possibility to benefit from:
1. Who can apply?
1.1. Size of the company
NOVEXport will support SMEs that fulfil the following criteria:
- The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million.
- Within the SME category, a small enterprise is defined as an enterprise which employs fewer than 50 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 10 million
- Within the SME category, a micro-enterprise is defined as an enterprise which employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 2 million.
2.2. Countries and Regions
NOVExport will support companies from the following regions in South-west Europe:
- FRANCE – Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitania
- PORTUGAL – Norte, Centro, Lisboa, Alentejo, Algarve
- SPAIN – Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, País Vasco, Navarra, La Rioja, Aragón, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Cataluña, Comunidad de Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, Andalucía, Murcia, Ceuta, Melilla, Islas Baleares.
1.3. Sectors of activity
NOVExport will support companies from all sectors of activity, who intend to use the space and digital technologies.
The companies from third countries given access to the platform and matchmaking tools are not targeted by the present call for expressions of interest.
2. What does participation involve?
The participation involves access to self-training, mentoring, commercial preparation and speed meetings to improve their internationalization capacities.
Participation in each stage will be subject to a selection process which starts with a Call for Expressions of Interest (see section 5).
Participants will be expected to:
- Comply with the criteria set out in section 1
- Commit to taking part in all the selection stages of the project and, in the case of selection, participate in the concerned stage
- Commit to participate in the training sessions
- Confirm the agreement with the project’s Regulation
Participants will be entitled to:
- Challenge the selection process within one week of the notification of the final result
- Count on the fact that all financial and fiscal data will be confidential and just used within the scope of the project.
3. How will participants be selected?
Selection will take place in each region. Each partner will set up an internal evaluation panel. Evaluators will base their initial evaluation of the following criteria:
Eligibility of the application according to criteria set out in section 1 and 2.
Further selections will take place to enable participants to take part in the following stages (Trade and benchmarking missions).
The communication results will be on August 6th, 2021 (second call). In the case of a draw between candidates, a first come first served principle will apply.
Objections can be filed within one week (see above) of the notification of non-acceptance of an application. The objections will be considered by the project panel. A final decision will be communicated to the company.
4. When and where to apply?
The call will be open from May 5 th to July 30th, 2021 at 19.00 CET.
