Call for proposals - DG ENTR ENT-SAT-10/5011: Support to international activities: Information, training and assistance centres

This call will support activities aimed at ensuring the visibility of the European satellite navigation activities, monitoring local satellite navigation initiatives and supporting the EU satellite navigation industry through information, training and assistance centres and activities in Israel and Latin America.

The kinds of activities to be supported are:
- establishment and deployment of a communication strategy with the objective to promote and inform about the results of the European GNSS programmes in the respective third countries and support cooperation
- setting-up and management of a website for the duration of the project
- promotion of European products through distribution of relevant documentations from EU companies to events
- technology watch and, in particular, issue monthly monitoring reports on the development of Navigation Satellite Systems in the targeted country/region
- awareness creation through organisation of seminars that will present opportunities of cooperation through the different instruments available (Seventh Framework Programme for Research)
- provision of incentives to European SMEs willing to export in cooperation for example with the European Investment Bank
- facilitate matchmaking with organisations from the targeted country/region

Applicants should be private or public organisations based in Israel or Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile) or based in the European Union with operations in the targeted country/region.

The maximum grant will be €250,000. Financial assistance will not exceed 70% of total eligible costs. This call should co-finance two projects.

The scheduled start date of the activities is May 2011 and the maximum duration of projects is 24 months.

The deadline for applications is 15 January 2011.

Further information is available on the DG Enterprise website.

Reference: 2010/C 292/07

(Added 2010-10-28)