{"id":6626,"date":"2021-09-08T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastregion.mk\/2021\/09\/08\/public-call-for-co-financed-grants-for-technological-development-for-accelerated-economic-growth\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:21:03","slug":"public-call-for-co-financed-grants-for-technological-development-for-accelerated-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastregion.mk\/en\/2021\/09\/08\/public-call-for-co-financed-grants-for-technological-development-for-accelerated-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Public call for co-financed grants for technological development for accelerated economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fund for Innovation and Technological Development on 06.02.2021, announced a Public Competition for submission of project proposals for financing under the Instrument for Support Co-financed grants for technological development for accelerated economic growth. The purpose of this Instrument is to provide financial support for technological development of enterprises and private health institutions (&#8220;PHI&#8221;) for accelerated economic growth in order to overcome the consequences of KOVID-19, to increase competitiveness in international markets and resistance to pandemic and climate crises, through the introduction of new, innovative, advanced, &#8216;green&#8217; and digital technologies for their transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible funding activities in this call are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Procurement and introduction of new, innovative, advanced, &#8216;green&#8217; and digital technologies for the transformation of production and business processes;<\/li>\n<li>Development and introduction of new more ecological processes and standards for production and operation;<\/li>\n<li>Procurement and introduction of new digital solutions (software, tools, licenses, etc.) and development of digital business models, which may include digitalization of sales and procurement channels;<\/li>\n<li>Capacity building of management and employees for the application of new technologies;<\/li>\n<li>Improving the productivity and efficiency of production and \/ or business processes;<\/li>\n<li>Reduction of production and operating costs;<\/li>\n<li>Improving resource efficiency;<\/li>\n<li>Activities to reduce the negative impact on the environment;<\/li>\n<li>Significant improvement of quality and addition of new or significantly improved characteristics of products and services as a result of changes in supply and demand related to the consequences of the KOVID-19 crisis (including standardization and certification);<\/li>\n<li>Developing new sales channels and activities to enter or expand new markets &#8211; building a more stable and sustainable network of suppliers.<\/li>\n<li>The list of activities is not exhaustive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The duration of the project can be up to 18 (eighteen) months. Deadline for application is April 6, 2021, until 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For all additional information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/fitr.mk\/zabrzan-ekonomski-rast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FITR<\/a> website and for all questions write to zabrzanrast@fitr.mk<\/p>\n<p>Interested companies have the opportunity to receive free mentoring support under a voucher scheme provided through the Business Center of the East Planning Region.<\/p>\n<p>By filling out the application, the company acquires the right to receive mentoring support at the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdWYdife5IdsG2zlmTmeVSCyuKxr2FDw_VPQKFgCw18ySlMug\/viewform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mentoring support application within the voucher scheme provided through the Business Center of the East Planning Region (google.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fund for Innovation and Technological Development on 06.02.2021, announced a Public Competition for submission of project proposals for financing under the Instrument for Support Co-financed grants for technological development for accelerated economic growth. 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