PIMAP4Sustainability is an EU-funded Euroclusters project that aims to help SMEs all along the photonics advanced materials and advanced manufacturing value chain to be more resilient by doing their twin transition, green and digital, and by the internationalisation of their activities.
Through this funding scheme, PIMAP4 Sustainability will support the skilling and upskilling of SMEs of the Photonics, Advanced materials and advanced manufacturing value chain in two themes, the Green Transition and Internationalisation.
This support scheme, therefore, offers three different supports:
- The first one dedicated to Skilling and upskilling on green transition that will support SMEs up to €5000
- The second one dedicated to internationalisation of SMEs activities that will support SMEs up to €10000 for internationalisation services and training.
- The third one dedicated to supporting SMEs in attending the PIMAP4Sustainability international mission in Japan. This support will be 2000 euros per SME. (This amount might change depending on the evolution of the Call).
Type of training and services that can be funded
Under the above two first support schemes a various range of training and services can be funded such as :
Any training / support services increasing the resilience and boosting the green transition:
- Eco-innovation consultancy
- Feasibility studies
- Design draft of equipment
- ICT consultancy
- APP’s development
- Technical, economic, and environmental assessments
- Evaluation of the environmental benefits.
- Development of green business models.
- Software development
Training / Support/consultancy services for increasing the resilience and boosting internationalisation:
- Recruitment strategy.
- Defining the go-to-market strategy
- Business and management.
- Pitching session
- Market analysis etc
- Training
All the above-listed activities might be eligible to receive a grant provided that they are following the two themes of this Open Call: Green Transition and Internationalisation.
This list is indicative and activities that are not within it might be funded. In all cases you will have to deposit a request to get a grant from our support scheme, which will be evaluated by PIMAP4Sustainability that will assess the concordance of the service with PIMAP4Sustainability objectives to make SMEs more resilient.
In addition to this grant, PIMAP4Sustainability will set up a portfolio of training services from trusted and confirmed training organisations. This portfolio of activities is indicative, and SMEs can select by themselves another training or services from another training organisation.