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Disclaimer This document is aimed at informing potential applicants for EU funding. It serves only as an example. The actual Web forms and templates, provided in the online proposal submission system on the Participant Portal, might differ from this example. Proposals must be prepared and submitted via the Electronic Submission System under the Participant Portal.
COSME Programme
Proposal template
European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for smart specialisation investments
Administrative forms (Part A)
Description of the Action (Part B) Detailed Budget template
Version 1.0 12 December 2017
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Table of contents
Section Title Action
1 General information
2 Participants & contacts
3 Budget
4 Call-specific questions
How to fill in the formsThe administrative forms must be filled in for each proposal using the templates available in the submission system. Some data fields in the administrative forms are pre-filled based on the previous steps in the submission wizard.
Deadline Id:
Proposal acronym:
Proposal number:
Type of action: ()
Topic:
COSME
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1 - General information
Topic
Call Identifier
Type of Action
Deadline Id
Acronym
Proposal title* Max 200 characters (with spaces). Must be understandable for non-specialists in your field.
Note that for technical reasons, the following characters are not accepted in the Proposal Title and will be removed: < > " &
Duration in months Estimated duration of the project in full months.
Free keywords Enter any words you think give extra detail of the scope of your proposal (max 200 characters with spaces).
Abstract
Short summary (max. 2,000 characters, with spaces) to clearly explain: • the objectives of the proposal • how they will be achieved • their relevance to the work programme. Will be used as the short description of the proposal in the evaluation process and in communications with the programme management committees and other interested parties . • Do not include any confidential information. • Use plain typed text, avoiding formulae and other special characters.
Remaining characters 2000
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Declarations
1) The coordinator declares that the information contained in this proposal is correct and complete.
2) The coordinator confirms:
- to have carried out the self-check of the financial capacity of each organisation (when applicable)* on https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/lfv.html Where the result was “weak” or “insufficient”, the coordinator confirms that the applicants are aware of the measures that may be imposed in accordance with the Call for proposals' documents; and
- to have explicit consent of all partners - including the coordination organisation - on their participation and the content of this proposal. 3) The coordinator confirms that:
- all partners in the proposal are fully eligible in accordance with the exclusion and eligibility criteria set out in the specific call for proposals; and
- that no partners are in one of the situations reffered to Article 106(1) and Art 107, 108, 109 of the Regulation (EU,Euratom) NO 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union**.
- all have the financial and operational capacity to carry out the proposed action; and in particular:
- have the professional resources, competences and qualifications required to complete the proposed action.
If the proposal is to be retained for EU funding, the applicant organisation(s) will be required to present a formal declaration in this respect.
According to Article 131 of the Financial Regulation of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (Official Journal L 298 of 26.10.2012, p. 1) and Article 145 of its Rules of Application (Official Journal L 362, 31.12.2012, p.1) applicants found guilty of misrepresentation may be subject to administrative and financial penalties under certain conditions. Personal data protection The assessment of your grant application will involve the collection and processing of personal data (such as your name, address and CV), which will be performed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. Unless indicated otherwise, your replies to the questions in this form and any personal data requested are required to assess your grant application in accordance with the specifications of the call for proposals and will be processed solely for that purpose. Details concerning the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data as well as information on how to exercise your rights are available in the privacy statement. Applicants may lodge a complaint about the processing of their personal data with the European Data Protection Supervisor at any time. Your personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion system of the European Commission (EDES), the new system established by the Commission to reinforce the protection of the Union's financial interests and to ensure sound financial management, in accordance with the provisions of articles 105a and 108 of the revised EU Financial Regulation (FR) (Regulation (EU, EURATOM) 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 2015 amending Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 966/2012) and articles 143 - 144 of the corresponding Rules of Application (RAP) (COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2015/2462 of 30 October 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012) for more information see the Privacy statement for the EDES Database).
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2 - Administrative data of participating organisationsPIC Legal name
Short name: Address of the organisation
Town
Postcode
Street
Country
Webpage
Legal Status of your organisation
Research and Innovation legal statuses
Public body .................................................... unknown Legal person .............................. unknown
International organisation .................................. unknown
International organisation of European interest ...... unknown
Secondary or Higher education establishment ....... unknown
Research organisation ..................................... unknown
SME self-declared status................................... unknown
SME self-assessment ...................................... unknown
SME validation sme ......................................... unknown
Based on the above details of the Beneficiary Registry the organisation is not an SME (small- and medium-sized enterprise) for the call.
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Department(s) carrying out the proposed work
Department name
Street Please enter street name and number.
Town
Same as organisation address
Department 1
not applicable
Country
Postcode
Dependencies with other proposal participants
Character of dependence Participant
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Person in charge of the proposal
The name and e-mail of contact persons are read-only in the administrative form, only additional details can be edited here. To give access rights and basic contact details of contact persons, please go back to Step 4 of the submission wizard and save the changes.
Town Post code
Street
Website
First name Last name
E-Mail
Position in org. Please indicate the position of the Contact Point above in the organisation.
Department Please indicate the department of the Contact Point above in the organisation
Phone 2 +xxx xxxxxxxxx Fax +xxx xxxxxxxxx
Sex Male FemaleTitle
Same as organisation address
Country
Same as organisation
Phone 1 +xxx xxxxxxxxx
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3 - Budget for the proposal Participant (A)
Direct personnel
costs/€
(B) Other direct
costs/€
(C) Direct costs of
sub-contracting/€
(D) Indirect Costs
/ €
(=0.07 * (A+B+C))
(E) Total estimated
eligible costs (=A+B+C+D)
(F) Maximum
Reimburse- ment rate (%)
(G) Maximum Grant
=(E*F)
(H) Requested
grant / €
0 0 0 0 0 100 0,00 0,00
Total 0 0 0 0 0 100 0,00 0,00
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4 - Call specific questionsApplicant organisations participating in the proposal are established in
EU Member States
Countries participating in the COSME programme under art.6 of the COSME regulation (Up to date information regarding the countries that participate in COSME can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/initiatives/cosme/index_en.htm)
The coordinator confirms that
The application is submitted by a fully or partly public or private body; if private body, it is properly constituted and registered under national law.
Partners' organisations are corresponding to the following definition: cluster and business network organizations which can demonstrate that can provide or channel cluster and network support services to businesses in compliance with the definition given in the section 1.3 (s) on 'innovation clusters' and the description of eligible costs in Annex I of the new “EU Framework for State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation"
Legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation, may take part in the action as affiliated entities, and may declare eligible costs as specified in section 11.2
If other organisations are participating in the proposals as affiliated entities (cf section 6.1 of the call), these organisations have been mentioned as such in the part B (cf. Guide for applicant art.2.2.2)
The minimum number of entities forming the consortium is equal/superior to 3 (i.e. cluster organizations or/and business networks)
The cluster organisations or business networks come from at least 3 COSME participating countries
The cluster organizations and business networks should be registered on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (http://www.clustercollaborationplatform.eu)
Applicant consortia shall verify that their members are not part of another application under the same strand and not part of more than one application under the other strand
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Validation result
Section Description
Show Error
Show Warning
The red 'Show Error' button indicates an error due to a missing or incorrect value related to the call eligibility criteria. The submission of the proposal will be blocked unless that specific field is corrected!
The yellow 'Show Warning' button indicates a warning due to a missing or incorrect value related to the call eligibility criteria. The submission of the proposal will not be blocked (proposal will be submitted with the missing or incorrect value).
The form has not yet been validated, click "Validate Form" to do so!
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Description of the Action
(Technical annex 1)
COSME Call for proposals: European Strategic
Cluster Partnerships for smart specialisation investments
COS-CLUSTPARTNS-2017-3-02
Project acronym:
Project duration (months):
Start date:
Coordinating organisation:
Number of partners:
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Structure
All pages should be numbered.
Each page should be headed with the project acronym and drafting date.
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Section A: Project summary
A.1 List of beneficiaries
A.1.1 List of Participants Number Name Short name Country and
region (i.e. NUTS 2 level)
Project entry month
Project exit month
1 (Coordinator)
2
3
4
5
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A.2 Work Plan tables – Detailed implementation
A.2.1 List of Work Packages1
WP Number WP Title Lead beneficiary Start month
End month
1
2
3
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A.2.2 List of Deliverables2
Deliverable Number
Deliverable Title
WP number
Lead beneficiary
Type3 Dissemination
level4
Due date (in months)
1
2
Add lines if necessary
1 ‘Work package’ means a major sub-division of the proposed project
2 ‘Deliverable’ means a distinct output of the project, meaningful in terms of the project’s overall
objectives, and constituted by a report, a document, a technical diagram, a software etc.
3 Please input “R” for reports and other documents, “DEC” for websites and videos and “Other” for
other deliverables
4 Please input “PU” if public and “CO” if confidential (only for members of the consortium and
Commission Services)
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A.2.3 List of Milestones5 Number Title Lead
beneficiary
Due date
(in
months)
Description Work Package
number
1
2
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necessary
A.2.4 Critical Risks6
Describe the critical risks and mitigating measures envisaged in the implementation of the action
Number Brief Description Mitigation measures Work Package number
1
2
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5 ‘Milestones’ means control points in the project that help to chart progress. Milestones may
correspond to the completion of a key deliverable, allowing the next phase of the work to begin. They
may also be needed at intermediary points so that, if problems have arisen, corrective measures can
be taken. A milestone may be a critical decision point in the project where, for example, the
consortium must decide which of several technologies to adopt for further development.
6 Critical risks are externalities which may affect the implementation of the action
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Section B: Action: objectives, management structures and work
plan
B.1 Objectives of the Action
B.1.1 Specific objective(s) of the Action
Indicate how your proposal addresses the specific challenge and scope of the topic, as set
out in the COSME work programme, notably how your proposed partnership would facilitate
cluster cooperation in your proposed thematic area related to regional smart specialisation
strategies or similar support and increase the involvement of industry in the context of the
Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation.
Describe the specific objectives for the project, which should be clear, measurable, realistic
and achievable within the duration of the project. Objectives should be consistent with the
expected exploitation and impact of the project.
B.1.2. Target group/audience
This section should describe to which target group(s) the activities are dedicated i.e. SMEs in
general, SMEs in specific sector, regional authorities, sectoral organisations, etc. by making
the link with the COSME work programme.
B.1.3 Description of work methodology and tools
Describe and explain the overall concept underpinning the project. Describe the main ideas,
models or assumptions involved.
Describe the methodology, tools and quality control criteria needed for the implementation of
the proposed action by making the link with the different work packages.
B.1.4 Performance Indicators
Describe the indicators used to measure the implementation of the action, building upon those indicated in section 2.4 of the call for proposals (copied below) and adding further information and indicators for self-defined project-specific indicators, if necessary, related to the specific activities of
your project.
Title Brief Description Target (quantity)
Number of resulting collaboration and innovation projects
Impact of the joint activities of the partnership, to be measured by the number of resulting collaboration and innovation projects and the total amount of investments generated, including those
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and the total amount of investments generated, including those mobilised in the context of the implementation of cluster policies and smart specialisation strategies
mobilised in the context of the implementation of cluster policies and smart specialisation strategies
Number of SMEs having directly and indirectly benefitted from the supported actions
Number of cluster organisations, other business networks, technology centres and science parks from different COSME participating countries having benefitted directly and indirectly from the support actions
Number of partnership agreements resulting from the supported actions
Number of regions involved in the identification, preparation and testing of joint activities towards improving cluster-specific framework conditions as well as the number of firms from which
Quality and impact of joint activities to strengthen interregional cluster cooperation, to be measured by the number of regions involved in the identification, preparation and testing of joint activities towards improving cluster-specific framework conditions as well as the number of firms from which concrete industry feed-back was gathered for this purpose
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concrete industry feed-back was gathered for this purpose
Number of bilateral meetings, joint events and deliverables that were either prepared in consultation with or directly feed input into other initiatives and key networks
Quality and impact of synergies created with other relevant European, national or regional initiatives and key networks, notably the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation, to be measured by the number of bilateral meetings, joint events and deliverables that were either prepared in consultation with or directly feed input into other initiatives and key networks
Number of stakeholders involved in peer-review meetings, workshops and related events
Add further indicators for self-defined project-specific indicators, if necessary related to the specific activities of your
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B.2. Management structure and procedures
B.2.1 Organisational structure
Explain how the profile of the proposed participant(s) is aligned with the objectives of the Action.
For each partner list the documents providing a clear reference (e.g. title and page number with annexed extract of reference document and/or web
link) to the official documents that demonstrate a relevant regional or national smart specialisation prioritisation or similar support from the regional or
national authorities. Such official document can be the regional or national smart specialisation strategy submitted to the Commission or an extract of
the regional list under the Eye@RIS tool of the Smart Specialisation Platform at http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/map, in which the partnership
member organisations are based in or, alternatively, a letter or similar document that clearly demonstrates the support from the national or regional
authorities managing European Structural and Investment Funds to thematic area and/or the organisation participating in the consortium.
Describe the organisational structure and the decision-making process within the consortium.
Explain why the organisational structure and decision-making mechanisms are appropriate to the complexity and scale of the project.
B.2.2 Operational/Technical Capacity: Skills, expertise and role of key staff involved in the project Participant No
Name of the staff member
Summary of relevant skills and experience Role in the project Allocation to the project (%)
B.2.3 Operational/Technical Capacity: previous projects and activities performed in the cluster area and
connected to the policy field of this Call for Proposals
The projects and activities listed should demonstrate the capacity of each partner to support the enhancement of collaboration, networking and learning in innovation clusters by providing or channelling specialised and customised businesses support services and/or by promoting sharing of facilities and exchange of knowledge and expertise to stimulate innovation activities, especially in SMEs, in compliance with the coverage of innovation clusters given in the sections 1.2, 1.3 and Annex I in the “EU Framework for State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation”.
The projects and activities listed should relate to industrial modernisation and to the specific thematic area of your proposed partnership that were or are aimed at facilitating cluster cooperation within Europe, or to projects and activities supported under COSME and its predecessor CIP, the EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme (Horizon2020, FP7, FP6) or the European Structural and Investment Funds, notably cross-border, transnational and interregional cluster collaboration projects funded under INTERREG.
Participant No
Name of the project/activity
Role of the partner in the project and description of the project Project duration Area of activity in the project
1
2.
3.
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B.3 Work Plan7
Work Package 1. Title
WP. 1.1 Objectives of the Work Package
Describe the specific objectives of the action that will be achieved through this Work Package
WP.1.2 Description of the Work Package
Describe the specific tasks comprised in this work package
WP.1.3 Participants Involved in the Work Package
Participant No8 Role Main tasks WP Effort
(persons/month) 9
WP Leader
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7 Should you have more than 2 Work Packages, please copy/paste a Work Package’s structure as
many times as necessary.
8 Applicants shall include one line per Consortium partner involved in the WP.
9 Person-months factors help to determinate the effort which is necessary to make a certain action
done (Work Packages). To calculate it, multiply the total number of hours allocated to the relevant WP
by 12 and divide the result by 1720. For instance, if 350 working hours are allocated to member of
the staff X and 510 working hours are allocated to member of the Staff Y, the person-months of that
work package is 6. ((350+510)*12)/1720
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WP.1.4 Subcontracting
Describe whether any of the tasks in the Work Package would be subcontracted and explain how the
subcontractor will be selected
WP.1.5 Performance Indicators
List the indicators used to measure the implementation of this work package by making the link with
section B. 1.4
Title Brief Description Target (quantity)
Add lines if necessary
WP.1.6 Planned effort
Proposals must include an aggregated overview on planned efforts (person-months). To
facilitate the reading of the table, it is important to break-down the project. Please follow the
structure below:
Start month: End month :
Participant No10
Role in the project Total person-months
WP Coordinator
(e.g. Communications Officer)
(e.g. Expert)
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10
Applicants shall include one line per category of staff involved in the project (e.g. coordinator,
communication officer, expert, etc.). Consequently, more than one line may be necessary for each
Consortium partner involved in the WP.
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Work Package 2. Title
WP.2.1 Objectives of the Work Package
Describe the specific objectives of the action that will be achieved through this Work Package
WP.2.2 Description of the Work Package
Describe the specific tasks comprised in this work package
WP.2.3 Participants Involved in the Work Package
Participant No Role Main tasks WP Effort
(persons/month)
WP Leader
Add lines if needed
WP.2.4 Subcontracting
Describe whether any of the tasks in the Work Package would be subcontracted and explain how the
subcontractor will be selected
WP.2.5 Performance Indicators
List the indicators used to measure the implementation of this work package by making the link with
section 1.4
Title Brief Description Target (quantity)
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WP.2.6 Planned effort
Proposals must include an aggregated overview on planned efforts (person-months). To
facilitate the reading of the table, it is important to break-down the project. Please follow the
structure below:
Start month: End month :
Participant No Role Total person-months
WP Coordinator
(e.g. Communications Officer)
(e.g. Expert)
Add lines if necessary
CONTENT OF ANNEXED SHEETS TO DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION
Annex 1: Form to be completed by cluster organisations or business network organisations registered on the ECCP
Annex 2: Declaration on honour and descriptive form for cluster organisations or business network organisation with a pending ECCP registration
Annex 3: Declaration on honour for technology centres or science parks
Annex 4: Eligibility Sheet
Annex 5: Information Sheet
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Annex 1: Form to be completed by cluster organisations or business network organisations registered on the ECCP
Descriptive fiche to be completed by each cluster organisation or business network
organisation already registered on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform
(ECCP).
Name of cluster organisation or business network organisation:
ECCP profile link:
Please copy/paste below the information concerning the sectoral and industrial focus
of your organisation from your cluster profile at the ECCP website.
SECTORAL AND INDUSTRAL FOCUS
Sectoral industries represented by the cluster:
Technological fields
S3 EU priority areas
Emerging industries:
Areas of specialisation of the cluster not covered above (optional)
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Annex 2: Declaration on honour and descriptive form for cluster organisations or business network organisation with a pending ECCP registration
To be completed by each cluster organisation or business network organisation not
yet registered on the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP).
Are you a cluster organisation or business network organisation that supports the
enhancement of collaboration, networking and learning in innovation clusters by
providing or channelling specialised and customised business support services to
stimulate innovation activities, especially in SMEs, in line with the coverage of
innovation clusters under sections 1.2 and 1.3 and Annex I in the "EU Framework for
State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation"?11
Yes ______
No _______
Have you submitted a request for registration of your cluster profile on the ECCP?
Yes, it is pending __________
Yes, but it was rejected ______
No ______________________
Name of cluster organisation or business network organisation:
11
According to point 15(s) of this Commission Communication (2014/C 198/01), an “‘innovation cluster‘ means structures or organised groups of independent parties (such as innovative start-ups, small, medium and large enterprises, as well as research and knowledge dissemination organisations, non-for-profit organisations and other related economic actors) designed to stimulate innovative activity by promoting sharing of facilities and exchange of knowledge and expertise and by contributing effectively to knowledge transfer, networking, information dissemination and collaboration among the undertakings and other organisations in the cluster“. Point 12(e) also identified aid for innovation clusters as a State aid measure that may, under specific conditions, be compatible with the internal market. This includes supporting the investment in open and shared infrastructures for innovation clusters, and supporting, for no longer than 10 years, the operation of clusters for the enhancement of collaboration, networking and learning. Its annex I on eligible costs further clarifies that operating aid to this effect covers personnel and administrative costs relating to the (a) animation of the cluster to facilitate collaboration, information sharing and the provision or channelling of specialised and customised business support services; (b) marketing of the cluster; (c) management of the cluster’s facilities; and (d) knowledge sharing and networking and transnational cooperation. See: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52014XC0627(01)&from=EN
Membership to European Strategic Cluster Partnership (ESCP-4i):
Membership to other networks/partnerships:
SECTORAL AND INDUSTRAL FOCUS
Sectoral industries represented by the cluster:
Technological fields
S3 EU priority areas
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Emerging industries:
Areas of specialisation of the cluster not covered above (optional)
COMPOSITION OF THE CLUSTER
Total Number of members of the cluster:
Number of SME members of the cluster:
CLUSTER STRATEGY
Mission/Objectives:
Do you have formalized a strategy?
Yes ______
No _______
N/A ______
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Do you have specific strategy focus that addresses internationalisation?
Yes ______
No _______
N/A ______
TRANS-NATIONAL COOPERATION
Main countries addressed by the cluster organisation through trans-national
activities, (maximum 5 European/COSME countries):
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Annex 3: Declaration on honour for technology centres or science parks
To be completed by each technology centre or science park.
Are you a technology centre or science park that supports the enhancement of
collaboration, networking and learning in innovation clusters by providing or
channellings specialised and customised business support services to stimulate
innovation activities, especially in SMEs, and/or by promoting sharing of facilities and
exchange of knowledge and expertise, in line with the coverage of innovation
clusters in sections 1.2 and 1.3 and Annex I in the "EU Framework for State Aid for
Research and Development and Innovation"?12
Yes ______
No _______
Name of organisation:
www-Address:
12
According to point 15(s) of this Commission Communication (2014/C 198/01), an “‘innovation cluster‘ means structures or organised groups of independent parties (such as innovative start-ups, small, medium and large enterprises, as well as research and knowledge dissemination organisations, non-for-profit organisations and other related economic actors) designed to stimulate innovative activity by promoting sharing of facilities and exchange of knowledge and expertise and by contributing effectively to knowledge transfer, networking, information dissemination and collaboration among the undertakings and other organisations in the cluster“. Point 12(e) also identified aid for innovation clusters as a State aid measure that may, under specific conditions, be compatible with the internal market. This includes supporting the investment in open and shared infrastructures for innovation clusters, and supporting, for no longer than 10 years, the operation of clusters for the enhancement of collaboration, networking and learning. Its annex I on eligible costs further clarifies that operating aid to this effect covers personnel and administrative costs relating to the (a) animation of the cluster to facilitate collaboration, information sharing and the provision or channelling of specialised and customised business support services; (b) marketing of the cluster; (c) management of the cluster’s facilities; and (d) knowledge sharing and networking and transnational cooperation. See: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52014XC0627(01)&from=EN
Compliance with the specific criteria for eligible consortia as outlined in section 6.2 of the Call for Proposals
A. minimum number of entities forming the consortium: at least three different organisations:
1.
2.
3.
B. minimum geographical coverage: three different EU Member States or countries participating in the COSME programme:
1.
2.
3.
C. minimum one cluster organisation or business network organisation for each represented region
Region 1:
Region 2:
Region 3:
Expand according to the number of regions represented
D. minimum one organisation established in a region classified as 'less developed' or 'in transition', according to the mapping proposed for Structural Funds eligibility for the period 2014-202013
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E. each partner has completed one of the three annexes (1, 2 and 3) in the Description of the Action that applies to them.
I, coordinator of proposal (please insert number of proposal and acronym) am fully aware and declare to have understood point 6.2 of the call according to which:
One applicant organisation can participate in one application only. Applicant
consortia must verify that their members are not part of another application.15
Nevertheless, if this would happen, the concerned organisation will be excluded from all the proposals it applied. The respective consortia affected by the exclusion of (a) partner(s) must still fulfil the eligibility criteria as stipulated in sections 6.1 and 6.2 in order to be considered eligible.
I agree to take steps to ensure that all partners of my consortium are aware of and adhere to this condition.
Full name Date Signature
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To be signed by the consortium co-ordinator. 15
Consortium coordinators are requested to take appropriate measures to ensure that no partner in their proposal participates in more than one proposal under this call.
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ot to co
mplete
Full title of the
proposed action
Acronym of the
proposed action
Call for proposals - COSME
Template for detailed budget
(Technical Annex 2)
Instructions on how to fill in this budget form can be found in the sheet "Reference Numbers" (at the end of this file). Please, read
also carefully the Call for Proposals for further details on costs eligibility.