SUMMARY of travel grant scheme call for proposals No 1/2022: PL-NO cooperation development support

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development(PL)
Bilateral initiative number:
PL-INNOVATION-BI013
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€100,000
Actual cost:
€53,815
Initiative Types:
OtherThe "travel grants" scheme aimed at the development of bilateral PL-NO business cooperation
Partners:
Innovation Norway(NO)

Description

The support will be granted for the organisation of trade missions by Norwegian entities correlated with other bilateral initiatives organised by PARP and Innovation Norway in Poland in 2022-24.

Each trade mission has to take place at trade fairs or conferences/congresses where bilateral events organised by PARP and Innovation Norway have been planned. These bilateral events will encompass the business mixer/matchmaking component enabling travel grant beneficiaries (Norwegian entities) to meet and establish a business relations resulting in mutual cooperation in the future.

Therefore each

Summary of the results

During the entire call, support was paid to 28 Norwegian entities with a maximum of EUR 2,000. Participants took part in 5 initiatives such as the SALMED fair (welfare technologies), POLECO (green industry innovation), the European Congress of SMEs (green industry innovation, welfare technologies, blue growth), Baltexpo (blue growth) and GreenPower (green industry innovation). During these events, valuable experiences were exchanged, business relations were established and friendships were created. Additionally, economic and social cohesion between Norway and Poland was increased. Multilateral relations were strengthened, including relations between companies, startups, business environment institutions and national institutions. Additionally, innovative solutions in Norwegian and Polish companies were supported.

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