Date: 15-02-2023
Research Agency as the Programme Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme launched the Call for Bilateral Initiatives BIN BF04 under the Fund for Bilateral Relations. The Call is funded by the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms.
The aim of the Call for Proposals for Bilateral Initiatives under the Fund for Bilateral Relations within the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme is to set-up a flexible and easy tool to develop and strengthen business partnerships between the entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (Donor states) and Slovakia. The programme focus areas:
- Green Industry Innovation and
- Welfare Technology and Ambient Assisted Living technologies
Eligible applicants and partners are any public, private entities, commercial or non-commercial, as well as NGOs established as legal persons in Slovakia and the Donor states. Each Slovak applicant shall have at least one partner from the Donor states and vice versa.
Grant amount to be applied for is € 1,000 – € 10,000. The total allocation for the Call is € 70 000. No co-financing is required by the applicant under this Call.
Grant Applications shall be written in English and submitted via electronic system egrant and will be evaluated in the order they are received (FIFO principle).
Grant Application submission deadline is 30 June 2024.
The implementation of the initiative should not last more than 6 months and should be finished by 31 December 2024.
CALL
CALL ANNEXES
BILATERAL FUND GUIDE
STATE AID SCHEME
Date: 17-10-2022
Research Agency, as the Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme, issued Decisions on the award of grants for the project applications within the Call for Proposals for International mobility between higher education institutions, upper-secondary schools and enterprises in Slovakia and the Donor states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) (BIN SGS03), financed by the EEA Financial Mechanism and state budget of the Slovak Republic, on 17 October 2022. There were 3 project applications received in the total required amount of 578 737,20 €. All of them were granted in the total amount of 555 145,45 €.The projects are expected to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and the Donor states using international mobility. The approved projects will be implemented in partnership with a project partners from the Donor states.
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Research Agency as the Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme launched the Call for proposals for international mobility between higher education institutions, upper-secondary schools and private sector (BIN SGS03) funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism and the state budget of the Slovak Republic.
The objective of this Call is to encourage international mobility between higher education institutions, upper-secondary schools and enterprises in Slovakia and the Donor states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) to enhance both the quality and relevance of education and training in Slovakia, mainly in the focus areas of Green Industry Innovation and Welfare and Ambient Assisted Living Technologies.
Projects are expected to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and the Donor states using international mobility as a tool for increasing skills and knowledge building and improving the general quality of education in Slovakia.
Grant amount: from 5,000 € up to 200,000 €
Allocation of the Call: 1,058,824 €
Date of Call closure: 30 June 2022
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic system egrant available on the webpage of the Program Operator
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Results of the Call BIN 02
Research Agency as the Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme issued Decisions on the award of grants for the project applications on 1 April 2022 within the Call for Proposals on the Support of Innovation and Business Development (BIN 02), funded by the EEA Grants and the state budget of the Slovak Republic. There were 34 project applications received, 6 of them were granted in the total amount of 3 414 862,21 €. The amount of 5 415 882 € is allocated for this Call.
Results of the Call BIN 01
Research Agency as a Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme issued a Decisions on the award of grants for the project applications on 22 December 2021 within the Call for Proposals on the Support of Innovation and Business Development (BIN 01), financed from the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak republic. There were received 25 project applications in the total required amount of 20 364 783,85 €. 13 of them were granted in total amount of 9 463 703,99 €.
Decisions can be found here:
Call BIN 01
Research Agency as a Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme has launched the Call for Proposals on the Support of Innovation and Business Development (call code: BIN01)financed by the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak Republic. The call aims to support small, medium and large enterprises within two main programme areas: Green Industry Innovation and Welfare Technology and Ambient Assisted Living. Funding will be provided for the projects that contribute to the development and establishment of innovative technologies, processes and products, and bring significant benefits, such as employment growth, reduction of CO2 emissions and waste production, use of new materials, intelligent construction solutions etc. In the area of welfare technologies establishment of products and services that help elderly and people with disabilities, systems for vital functions monitoring and technologies for medical care suitable for households, intelligent textiles and houses, can be supported etc.
Within the Call it is possible to apply for a grant from 200,000 € up to 2 000,000 €.
The amount of 11 578 235 € is allocated for this Call.
Date of launching the Call: 17 june 2021. Deadline for the Call closure: 17 September 2021.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic system egrant available on our webpage.
Editorial correction No.1
On June 29, 2021, the European Commission registered the State Aid Scheme for supporting business development and innovation as amended by Addendum No. 1 and registers it under the number SA.63743. Based on the regulation of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, it is necessary to use the registration number assigned by the Commission. Given that the notification of the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic was announced after the publication of the Call BIN 01, the Program Operator proceeds to the editorial correction No. 1 of this technical error of the Call BIN 01 and all its annexes and related documents, where the original texts State Aid Scheme SA.61867 changes to State Aid Scheme as amended by Addendum No. 1 SA.63743 and State Aid Scheme for supporting business development and innovation, as amended by Addendum No. 1 SA.61867 changes to State Aid Scheme for supporting business development and innovation as amended by Addendum No. 1 SA.63743.
Editorial correction No.2
In order to eliminate technical mistakes, the following documents were modified by editorial correction No. 2:
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Less developed regions in SR where GDP per capita is less than 75% of the EU average (NUTS 2 regions)
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Less developed regions are those in which GDP per capita is less than 75% of the EU average (NUTS 2 regions), i.e. all regions of Slovakia, with the exception of the Bratislava region.
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There can be no business relationship between the applicant and the partner within this call.
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There cannot be just a business relationship between
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Projekt je prínosom z hľadiska budovania a posilnenia podnikateľského prostredia s dôrazom na prostredie začínajúcich podnikov vo vybranej oblasti podpory
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Projekt je prínosom z hľadiska budovania a posilnenia podnikateľského prostredia vo vybranej oblasti podpory
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Modification of the Call BIN 01 conditions - correction No.3
The Program Operator changed the conditions of the Call BIN 01 by modifying the selection criteria (Annex No. 2_Selection Criteria BIN 01) in order to enable more effective selection process in assessing the eligibility of the applicant and its partners.
In connection with this correction, some technical changes were also made in other documents, which, however, do not have the character of a change in the conditions of the Call. The list of changes is given in the following table:
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According to the information provided in the project application and its annexes, the Programme Operator shall assess whether the provision of support to the partner, resp. partners is the provision of state and/or de minimis aid or not and whether it meets the conditions set out in the above mentioned State Aid Scheme and/or de minimis Aid Scheme.
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According to the information provided in the project application and its annexes, the Programme Operator shall assess whether the provision of the aid constitutes state aid and/or de minimis aid and whether the aid meets the conditions set out in the above mentioned State Aid Scheme and/or de minimis Aid Scheme.
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New criterion nr. 4.: The applicant has chosen 2 mandatory and at least 2 non-mandatory indicators from Article 2 of the Call.
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Criteria nr. 1 and nr. 2 remain valid, other criteria nr. 3 - nr. 14 are removed.
Footnotes nr. 6 - 10 are removed.
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Only applications meeting all Administrative Compliance and Eligibility Criteria will be assessed on Content-related criteria.
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Project applications that do not meet the criterion of administrative compliance no.1, no.2 and no.5 will be rejected without the possibility of submitting missing documents, information or to eliminate deficiencies of the application.
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footnote nr. 11: The geographical location of the project is in less developed regions in the Slovak Republic, where GDP per capita is lower than 75% of the EU average (NUTS 2 region).
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footnote nr. 11: The geographical location of the project is in less developed regions in the Slovak Republic, where GDP per capita is lower than 75% of the EU average (NUTS 2 region), i.e. all regions in Slovakia except the Bratislava region.
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Changes have been made also in the Guideline for Applicant (only Slovak version).
Editorial correction No.4
In order to eliminate technical mistakes, the Guideline for the Applicant issued only in Slovak version was modified by editorial correction No.4
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V rámci administratívnej kontroly sa bude overovať aj zápis žiadateľa a jeho prípadných partnerov v Registri partnerov verejného sektora. Osobná pôsobnosť zákona sa vzťahuje aj na zahraničné právnické osoby pokiaľ spĺňajú definičné kritériá partnera 10 verejného sektora a prijímajú plnenia od štátu nad zákonom určený limit. Ak ide o právnickú osobu, ktorá na území Slovenskej republiky podniká prostredníctvom organizačnej zložky, do registra sa zapisuje zahraničná právnická osoba (organizačná zložka nemá právnu subjektivitu a nemôže byť partnerom verejného sektora). |
Správca programu upozorňuje, že žiadateľ a partner musí byť zapísaný v Registri partnerov verejného sektora podľa zákona č. 315/2016 Z. z. o registri partnerov verejného sektora a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov pred podpísaním Projektovej zmluvy. Podmienka sa nevzťahuje na tie právnické osoby, ktoré by ani po nadobudnutí účinnosti Projektovej zmluvy neboli partnermi verejného sektora podľa § 2 zákona č. 315/2016 Z. z. o registri partnerov verejného sektora a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov.
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Research Agency as a Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme has launched the Call for Proposals on the Support of Innovation and Business Development (call code: BIN02) financed by the EEA Grants and state budget of the Slovak Republic. The call aims to support small, medium and large enterprises within two main programme areas: Green Industry Innovation and Welfare Technology and Ambient Assisted Living. Funding will be provided for the projects that contribute to the development and establishment of innovative technologies, processes and products, and bring significant benefits, such as employment growth, reduction of CO2 emissions and waste production, use of new materials, intelligent construction solutions etc. In the area of welfare technologies establishment of products and services that help elderly and people with disabilities, systems for vital functions monitoring and technologies for medical care suitable for households, intelligent textiles and houses, can be supported etc.
Within the Call it is possible to apply for a grant from 200,000 € up to 2 000,000 €. The amount of 5 415 882 € is allocated for this Call.
Date of launching the Call: 30 July 2021. Deadline for the Call closure: 4 October 2021.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic system egrant available on our webpage.
Editorial correction No.1
In order to eliminate technical mistakes, the Guideline for the Applicant issued only in Slovak version was modified by editorial correction No.1
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V rámci administratívnej kontroly sa bude overovať aj zápis žiadateľa a jeho prípadných partnerov v Registri partnerov verejného sektora. Osobná pôsobnosť zákona sa vzťahuje aj na zahraničné právnické osoby pokiaľ spĺňajú definičné kritériá partnera 10 verejného sektora a prijímajú plnenia od štátu nad zákonom určený limit. Ak ide o právnickú osobu, ktorá na území Slovenskej republiky podniká prostredníctvom organizačnej zložky, do registra sa zapisuje zahraničná právnická osoba (organizačná zložka nemá právnu subjektivitu a nemôže byť partnerom verejného sektora). |
Správca programu upozorňuje, že žiadateľ a partner musí byť zapísaný v Registri partnerov verejného sektora podľa zákona č. 315/2016 Z. z. o registri partnerov verejného sektora a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov pred podpísaním Projektovej zmluvy. Podmienka sa nevzťahuje na tie právnické osoby, ktoré by ani po nadobudnutí účinnosti Projektovej zmluvy neboli partnermi verejného sektora podľa § 2 zákona č. 315/2016 Z. z. o registri partnerov verejného sektora a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov.
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Research Agency as a program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme has launched the Call for bilateral initiatives (BIN BF03) under Fund for Bilateral Relations with total allocation of €70,000. The aim of the Call is to set-up a flexible and easy tool for searching of donor project partners (Measure A - Donor project partner search) for calls within business part of the Programme and strengthening of business partnerships between the entities from the Donor states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Slovakia (Measure B – Small scale bilateral initiatives). All initiatives within this Call can be implemented both, in person and online.
Min-max grant:
Within the Call for bilateral initiatives it is possible to apply for a
- maximum grant of up to €3,000 under Measure A – Donor project partner search
- between €1,000 to €10,000 under Measure B – Small scale bilateral initiatives.
Date of call closure:
- Grant Application submission deadline for Measure A - Donor project partner search is 30 days prior to the date closure of the calls BIN 01 and/or BIN 02, or until the total allocation is used.
- Applications under Measure B - Small scale bilateral initiatives will be supported till 31 December 2022 or until the total allocation is used.
! The Programme Operator announces closure of the Measure A - Donor project partner search, in line with the closing date and conditions of the respective Call. Any applications submitted under the Measure A will be rejected. Applicants are invited to submit the applications only under the Measure B - Small scale bilateral initiatives.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic application egrant available on our webpage.
Editorial correction No. 1 to the Call BIN BF03
In order to eliminate technical mistakes, the following document was modified by editorial correction No. 1:
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Poskytnutie pomoci v rámci tejto Výzvy sa udeľuje ako pomoc de minimis v rámci Schémy pomoci de minimis na podporu bilaterálnych vzťahov v oblasti rozvoja podnikania a inovácií v znení dodatku č. 1 (DM-2/2020) (ďalej len ako „schéma“).
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Poskytnutie pomoci v rámci tejto Výzvy sa udeľuje ako pomoc de minimis v rámci Schémy pomoci de minimis na podporu rozvoja bilaterálnych vzťahov v oblasti podnikania a vzdelávania v znení dodatku č. 1 (DM-2/2020) (ďalej len ako „schéma“).
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The provision of support under this Call is awarded as de minimis aid under the De minimis aid scheme for supporting bilateral relations in the area of business development and innovation, as amended by Addendum No. 1 (DM-2/2020) (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”).
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The provision of support under this Call is awarded as de minimis aid under the De minimis aid scheme for supporting the development of bilateral relations in the area of business and education, as amended by Addendum No. 1 (DM-2/2020) (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”).
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Except for expenditures listed in Articles 8.7 of the Regulations, all types of expenditures can be eligible provided that they meet the conditions listed in this Call and are connected to the activities listed in the Article 2. of this Call and in Article 8.2 of the Regulations.
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Except for expenditures listed in Article 8.7 of the Regulations, all types of expenditures can be eligible provided that they meet the conditions listed in this Call and are connected to the activities listed in the Article 2. of this Call and in Article 8.2 of the Regulations.
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Research Agency as a program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme has launched the Call for proposals for Bilateral Initiatives under the Education Component (BIN BF02) under Fund for Bilateral Relations with total allocation of €50,000. The aim of the Call is to set-up a flexible and easy tool for searching of donor project partners (Measure A - Donor Project Partner search) for calls within the educational component and further strengthening of partnerships between the entities from the Donor states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Slovakia (Measure B – Small scale bilateral initiatives) within the educational component. All initiatives within this Call can be implemented both, in person and online.
Maximun grant:
Within the Call for bilateral initiatives it is possible to apply for a
- maximum grant of up to €3,000 under Measure A – Donor project partner search
- maximum grant of up to €10,000 under Measure B – Small scale bilateral initiatives.
Date of call closure:
- Grant Application submission deadline for Measure A - Donor project partner search is 30 days prior to the date closure of the calls BIN SGS02 and/or BIN SGS03, or until the total allocation is used.
- Applications under Measure B - Small scale bilateral initiatives will be supported till 31 December 2023 or until the total allocation is used.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic application egrant available on our webpage.
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Results of the Call BIN SGS02
Research Agency, as the Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme, issued Decision on the award of grants for the project applications within the Call for Proposals for Institutional Cooperation between Higher Education Institutions, Upper-Secondary Schools and Private Sector (BIN SGS02), financed by the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak Republic, on 1 July 2022. There were 13 project applications received in the total required amount of €2 234 848,10. 11 of them were approved in the total amount of €1 914 117,70. The projects are expected to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and Norway. The approved projects will be implemented in partnership with a project partner from Norway.
Research Agency as a Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme has launched the Call for Proposals for Institutional cooperation between Higher education institutions, Upper-secondary schools and private sector (call code: BIN SGS02) financed by the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak Republic.
The objective of this Call is to strengthen institutional cooperation between universities, upper-secondary schools and enterprises in Slovakia and Norway to enhance both the quality and relevance of education and training in Slovakia, mainly in the focus areas of Green Industry Innovation and Welfare and Ambient Assisted Living technologies.
Projects at upper-secondary level can target Vocational education and training (VET) development and/or bridging the gap between the education system and labor market needs. Projects at higher education level can focus on building more intensive cooperation between SMEs/enterprises and educational institutions and support to career development of researchers.
Projects are expected to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between Slovakia and Norway on an institutional level.
Grant amount: from 10,000 € up to 200,000 €
Allocation of the Call: 2 470 588 €
Date of Call closure: 28 February 2022.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic system egrant available on our webpage.
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Research Agency as a program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme has launched the Call for Travel Grants (BIN BF01) under Fund for Bilateral Relations of the EEA grants and Norway Grants. The aim of the Call is to support short-term activities in a partner country with a clear bilateral profile focused on strengthening bilateral relations between Slovakia and Donor States which are Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Activities should be directly related to the aims and outcomes of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme. Within the Call for Travel Grants it is possible to apply for subsistence allowances and travel costs for implementation of bilateral initiative with a maximum grant of up to € 3,000. The amount of € 30,000 is allocated for the Call.
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic application E-grant available on our webpage.
Date of launching the call: 3.3.2020. Deadline for submission of Travel Grants applications: 31 December 2020, or until the available allocation for the Travel Grants is used.
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List of supported projects >HERE<
Results of the Call
Research Agency as a Program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme issued a Decisions on the award of grants for the project applications within the Small Grant Scheme Support of newly established businesses (start-ups) BIN SGS01, financed from the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak republic. There were received 31 project applications in the total required amount of 5 264 122,74 €. Six of them were granted in total amount of 968 103 €.
Decisions can be found here
Call for Proposals Small Grant Scheme Support newly established businesses (start-ups) BIN SGS01
Research Agency as a program Operator of the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs programme has launched the Call For Proposals - Small Grant Scheme Support newly established businesses (start-ups) BIN SGS01, financed from the Norway Grants and state budget of the Slovak republic.
The call aims to support start-ups aiming at development, application and commercialization of innovative technologies, processes, solutions within two main focus areas: Green Industry Innovation (GII) and Welfare Technology and Ambient Assisted Living Technologies (WT/AAL). These areas represent a big potential of identified needs which can be fulfilled thanks to new approaches and, often, by non-traditional realization of ideas in practice. Start-ups have an opportunity to ask for funding of projects focused on development, application and commercialization of best proposed processes, technologies, solutions, products and services, or greening of their business.
Within the Call it is possible to apply for grant from 100,000 € up to 200,000 €. The amount of 1 058 824 € is allocated for the Call.
Date of launching the call: 29.6.2020. Deadline for Call closure: 23 October 2020 .
The Grant Application shall be submitted in English via electronic application E-grant available on our webpage.
Editorial correction No. 1 (Call BIN SGS01)
Correction is relevant only for slovak translation
Editorial correction No. 2 (Annex 9 - Guideline for Applicant (only in Slovak version))
In order to eliminate a technical mistake, the document „Annex 9 - Guideline for Applicant“ of the Call BIN SGS01 was modified by editorial correction No. 2.
Original text in Article 10. Budget, paragraph 10.2.2.:
Project co-ordinator, financial manager and accountant, publicity manager 20 €/h....2000 €/month
was changed to:
Project co-ordinator, financial manager and accountant, publicity manager 30 €/h....2000 €/month
Editorial correction No. 3 (Call BIN SGS01)
In order to eliminate a mistake, the document „Call BIN SGS01“ was modified by editorial correction No. 3.
Original text in Article 4 of the Call BIN SGS01: „Investment costs must not exceed 50% of the total eligible costs of the project.”
was modified to: „Costs on infrastructure (investment measures) must not exceed 50 % of the total eligible costs of the project.“
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Call BIN BF04 , verzia