EU-HORIZON 2020 Societal challenges - Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
HORIZON 2020
Instrument/Program application areas: 
Societal challenges - Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
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: 

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation European Commission

Objectives: 

Fostering a greater understanding of Europe, providing solutions and supporting inclusive, innovative and reflective European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies.

Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Cultural & creative industries
Entrepreneurship & Growth of young companies
Action typologies: 
Support of the creation, linkage or further development of the cross-border clusters, innovation centres, and/or SME networks
Increasing skills of employees and entrepreneurs regarding new technologies, innovative products, services, processes and social innovation
Development of tools and services (analytical tools, strategies, management tools, capacity building etc.) in relation to jointly developed products and/or services
Best-practice, demonstration, pilot or information, awareness and dissemination projects
Joining pilot initiatives
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Interest groups including NGOs
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Start up
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
EGTC
General public
International organization, EEIG under national law
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
International organisation
Program contribution maximum: 
70%
Program Budget: 
1 309 000 000,00 €