Actions to boost the development of finance markets for social enterprises
European Comission
ExpectedOutcome :
The expected result is the cooperation between public and / or private entities of any type with the aim to ease access to finance for social entrepreneurs and to develop the investment readiness of social enterprises to ensure social enterprises are able to take on repayable finance.
Scope :
The objective is to contribute to the development of feasible, suitable and reliable schemes or funds providing finance to social enterprises as well as support structures providing business development services and networking facilities to improve social enterprises' investment readiness. The objective of the call is also to identify, develop, promote and disseminate good practices in supporting social enterprises in accessing finance.Social enterprises are instrumental in the implementation of many of the European Pillar of Social Rights principles. In particular they play a key role in delivering the following European Pillar of Social Rights (‘EPSR’) principles: 3. Equal opportunities, 4. Active support to employment, 5. Secure and adaptable employment, 11. Childcare and support to children, 17. Inclusion of people with disabilities, 18. Long-term care and 20. Access to essential services.
- Eligible countries: as described in the Call document.
• EU Member States (and their overseas countries and territories) ;
• EEA countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement;
• EU acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, in line with the agreements concluded with them.
• Third countries having signed an agreement to participate in the strand or a third country listed in the EaSI work programme if necessary for the achievement of the objectives of an action.
Do note that for certain calls only EU Member States and EEA countries are eligible.
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.
Applications must be submitted before the call deadline and electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible.
Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System.
Applications must be complete and contain:
Application Form (Part A)
Application Form (Part B)
Annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded as PDF files).
At proposal submission, the lead applicant will have to confirm that it has the mandate to act for all applicants; that the information in the application is correct and complete and that the participants comply with the conditions for receiving EU funding (especially eligibility, financial and operational capacity, exclusion, etc). Before signing the grant, each beneficiaries and affiliated entities will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH).
Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding [70] pages.
- Evaluation
The award criteria for this call are detailed in pages 18 and 19 of the call document.
The award criteria for this call are as follows:
Award criteria Minimum pass score Maximum score
Relevance 21 30
Quality — Project design and implementation 21 30
Quality — Project team and cooperation arrangements 14 20
Impact 14 20
Overall (pass) scores 70 100
- Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.
Timetable and deadlines (indicative)
Call opening: 05 December 2023
Deadline for submission: 14 March 2024 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels)
Evaluation: April -August 2024
Information on evaluation results: September 2024
GA signature: November 2024
5. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):
- Call document: [https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2023/call-fiche_esf-2023-supply-demand_en.pdf](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2023/call-fiche_esf-2023-supply-demand_en.pdf)
- Template - Memorandum of understanding: [https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=27243&langId=en](https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=27243&langId=en)
- Standard proposal template: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/af/af_esf-socpl_en.pdf ](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/af/af_esf-socpl_en.pdf)
- Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement:
Core: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_esf-socpl_en.pdf ](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_esf-socpl_en.pdf)
Annex 1 to Grant Agreement: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/gap/doa_esf-socpl_en.docx ](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/gap/doa_esf-socpl_en.docx)
- Annotated Grant Agreement : [ Aga_en.pdf (europa.eu) ](https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/aga_en.pdf) : Please be aware that the Manual is being slightly developed following the new Programmes using the Portal. That is why it is marked “draft”.