Online Info Session on the call "Social economy enterprises: capacity building and business opportunities for social circular enterprises (SMP-COSME-2024-SEE)"

On 17 October 2024, EISMEA, in collaboration with DG GROW, will host an informative session focused on the Single Market Programme call for proposals: "Social Economy Enterprises: Capacity Building and Business Opportunities for Social Circular Enterprises - Junior (SMP-COSME-2024-SEE)."

This call features two key topics:

Topic 1: SMP-COSME-2024-SEE-01 — Stepping up the organisational and entrepreneurial capacity of SMEs in social economy. This topic aims to improve quality of management and organisational excellence of SMEs in the social economy through the design and implementation of capacity building, training, coaching and advisory services. The activities developed by the selected proposals should be replicable by capturing the designed services in modular blueprints. 

• Budget: EUR 6,000,000

Topic 2: SMP-COSME-2024-SEE-02 — Partnerships for circular value chains between mainstream businesses and SMEs in the social economy. This topic aims to increase the contribution of SMEs in the social economy to the development of circular economy value chains. For this, it will promote and support partnerships between social economy and mainstream (for-profit) businesses. 

• Budget: EUR 2,000,000

Deadline for Applications: 10 December 2024, 17:00 (CEST)

For more detailed information about the call’s scope, objectives, target audience, and guidelines, please visit :

Social economy enterprises: capacity building and business opportunities for social circular enterprises (SMP-COSME-2024-SEE) - European Commission (europa.eu)

We encourage all interested parties to participate in this session to gain insights into the opportunities available under this important initiative.