Support for SMEs

Support for businesses in meeting applicable requirements of standards, conformity assessment and certification of products, services, and processes

With the increasing globalization of the market, internationally accepted standards and/or recognized certification schemes and the associated labels have become crucial for international trade as they imply meeting standards of internationally recognized levels of quality and safety in the exchange of goods and services. This tender will co-finance the introduction of recognised business process and quality management systems in accordance with the requirements of internationally accepted standards or market-recognized certification schemes, which will contribute to easier market access and increased competitiveness of SMEs.

Tender applications:

• Expected start date: October 2024
• Tender value: 19,978,350 EUR.

Objective:

• Increase the competitiveness of Croatian entrepreneurs in the international market.
• Increase export revenues.

Eligible applicants:

• Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Eligible activities:

• Product certification, i.e. assessment of product compliance with a certain standard or specification
• Management system certification: Introduction and certification of quality management systems or business processes according to international standards (eg ISO) or market-recognized certifications (eg FSC, KOSHER, HALAL).

Grant instensity:

• Micro and small-sized enterprises: up to 75% eligible costs
• Medium-sized enterprises: up to 55 % eligible costs

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