EU-COSME - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
COSME
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
BELGIUM
CZECH REPUBLIC
DANMARK
GERMANY
EESTI
IRELAND
SPAIN
FRANCE
CROATIA
ITALY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
HUNGARY
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
AUSTRIA
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
SLOVAKIA
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
GREECE
CYPRUS
BULGARIA
Managing authority: 

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Objectives: 

a. To improve access to finance for SMEs in the form of equity and debt;

b. To improve access to markets, particularly inside the Union but also at global level;

c. To improve framework conditions for the competitiveness and sustainability of Union enterprises, particularly SMEs, including in the tourism sector;

d. To promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial culture.

Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Entrepreneurship & Growth of young companies
Action typologies: 
Cluster cooperation
Enhancing and developing transnational (self-sustaining) clusters or networks
Foster cooperation and clustering between projects and monitor technology advances and developments in the specific field
Improve access to finance for SMEs in their start-up, growth and transfer phases
Improve cross-border and multi-country financing
Increasing skills of employees and entrepreneurs regarding new technologies, innovative products, services, processes and social innovation
Creation of joint cross-border platforms for know-how and technology transfer as basis for R&I, applied science projects, etc
Implementation of services for knowledge intensive startups with the strong potential to internationalize
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Higher education and research
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
International organisation
Program contribution maximum: 
90%
Program Budget: 
2 298 243 000,00 €
Project budget maximum: 
500 000,00 €
Project duration maximum: 
24 months