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Call 3: Open Call for Group Leaders and Local Nodes (SoE)
Objective
The present Open Call aims at selecting one Organisation per each group of countries for the role of the Group Leaders (GLs) and one Organisation per each EEN Consortium for the role of the Local Nodes (LNs) in order to develop tight collaboration with local EEN nodes to provide the most adequate support to Seal of Excellence companies (Seal of Excellence laureates from EIC Accelerator, awarded no later than June 2021), based on context as well as to ensure the long-term sustainability of the activity.
Who’s eligible and what’s its role? (Group Leader & Local Nodes)
Group Leader
Group Leader (GL): The present call for the Group Leaders is open exclusively for EEN members that are full partners of established EEN Consortium at the time of the present application. Further eligibility conditions are available in Section 2.2.1 of the Open Call.
- GL will be responsible for coordinating and supporting LNs within the designated region (see map in the Open Call).
- GL will provide support to LNs in their cooperation with SoE SMEs in obtaining financing from private as well as public sources.
- GL will prepare and update on a regular base the list of possibilities of funding from public sources.
- GL will be responsible for adding local investors and public funders to e-community, adding and onboarding SoE startups to e-community, e-pitches planning, training and coaching services of selected SoE startups and logistic details.
- GL will be responsible for participating in onboarding webinars and coaching workshops organized by EEN2EIC in the context of this project.
- GL will be responsible for supporting EEN2EIC in preparation of the e-pitching calendar.
- GL will organize e-pitches ( 3 events minimum per year within the duration of contract for 3 years, so at least 9 events in total) with coordination of EEN2EIC and LNs.
- GL will be responsible for selecting companies from nominations provided by LNs and provide the pre-pitch coaching for selected companies.
- GL will be responsible for inviting local and national investors to the e-pitches.
- GL will be responsible for monitoring and updating the information about the regional / national EU innovation funding programmes relevant to SOEs.
- GL will follow up the pitching companies and will provide additional matchmaking services for introduction the companies to the investors.
- GL will provide all necessary data and contacts needed for reporting to EEN2EIC, European Innovation Council (EIC) and EEN.
- GL must be active in the implementation of the project and must coordinate their actions with Coordination office.
- GL will be a member of the selection committee for Local Nodes in their groups
Application process and deadline
Applicants shall submit their cases using the online IT Tool. Applicants shall submit their cases using the online IT Tool. Applications have to be submitted using the online form before the deadline of 3rd of April 2023 at 17:00 Brussels time.
Download the Open Call document
Addendum_Open Call 3 Group Leaders and Local Nodes (SoE)
List of approved GLs – second round
Local Node
Local Node (LN): The present call for the Local Nodes is open exclusively for EEN members that are full partners of established EEN Consortium at the time of the present application. Further eligibility conditions are available in Section 3.2.1 of the Open Call.
- The LNs will act as a connection between EEN2EIC project and each SoE holder and regional innovation ecosystems.
- LN will be responsible for adding local investors and public funders to e-community, adding and onboarding SoE startups to e-community.
- LN will be responsible for participating in onboarding webinars and coaching workshops organized by Bpifrance in the context of this project.
- LN will be responsible for selecting companies with GL and provide the contact of selected companies.
- LN will be responsible for inviting local investors to the e-pitches.
- LN will recommend national public possibilities to SoE companies and support them if they decide to apply.
- LN will follow up the pitching companies and will provide additional matchmaking support for introduction the companies to the investors.
- LN must be active in the implementation of the project and must coordinate their actions with GL.
Application process and deadline
Applicants shall submit their cases using the online IT Tool. Applications have to be submitted using the online form before the deadline of the 26th of April 2023 at 17:00 Brussels time.
Download the Open Call document
Addendum_Open Call 3 Group Leaders and Local Nodes (SoE)
Addendum Open Call 3 Local Nodes (SoE)
List of approved LNs – second round
CONTACTS
For any further information please contact: een2eic@apre.it
If you want to contact us for a technical problem in relation to the online application form, please ensure that you contact the EIC coordination office: een2eic@apre.it in advance of the deadline for submission.
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