Harghita Community Development Association

15 November 2024

The COLLABORATE PROGRAM

The SUSRUR project’s COLLABORATE Program is targeting SMEs in the tourism sector across five European rural and remote areas.

The call aims to support up to 50 tourism SMEs in developing skills and capacity building at management level which will enhance the SMEs overall performance towards digital and green transition. Each selected applicant is eligible for a grant of € 6.000.

During the implementation of the Collaborate Program, applicants will have access to specialized consulting services.

The Open Call #3 objective: to develop skills and capacity building at management level which will enhance the SMEs overall performance towards digital and green transition.

Eligible Regions

Asturias (Spain)
Western Macedionia (Greece)
Harghita (Romania)
Utena (Lithuania)
Steirisches Vulkanland (Austria)

Activities to be supported

Access to specialised consultancy services towards a twin digital and green transition in two of the selected areas from a pool of service providers indicated by the SUSRUR consortium:

Digital Marketing Plan
Sustainability Action Plan
Technology and Innovation Survey for the Circular Economy of rural tourism SMEs
Technology and Innovation survey for the Clean Energy Transition of rural tourism SMEs
Technology and Innovation survey for the Digitalisation of rural tourism SMEs (Digital Marketing excluded)

Estimated budget per applicant: € 6.000 (lump sum grant).

Eligibility Criteria

Only applicants legally based on one of the regions listed below are eligible under the call.
Eligible applicants to participate and receive funding are SMEs according to the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
Financial support to third parties under the call is limited to Tourism SMEs under at least one of the NACE classes listed below.
The applicant has not been selected to participate in the previous SUSRUR programs (Open Call #1 – ACCELERATOR and Open Call #2 – INNOVATE).

Eligible NACE classes

H49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines
I55 - Accommodation
I56 - Food and beverage service activities
N79 - Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities
R90 - Creative, arts and entertainment activities
R91 - Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
R93 - Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
Other if related to scope of SUSRUR project.

Key Dates

Start date of the Open Call: 15 November 2024, 17:00 CET
Deadline: 15 January 2025, 17:00 CET
Evaluation period: between 15 November 2024 and 31 January 2025 (rolling basis remote evaluation by the SUSRUR Review Panel)
Implementation of INNOVATE program: 1 March 2025 and 31 August 2025

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The project is co-funded by the European Union.

Grant Agreement number: 101085887