Eligible beneficiaries are stakeholders, whose major function (as indicated in their establishment act) is clearly related to providing support and promotion to entrepreneurship.
 
A project should include at least one beneficiary from each country (Greece and Bulgaria), situated within the eligible Programme area.

The total number of beneficiaries per project must not exceed six including the LB. All beneficiaries must have clear roles in the development and implementation of the project.
 
The beneficiaries must be:

• national bodies having exclusive competences with regard to the objectives of the present call
• bodies governed by public law, or according to the national legislations, established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest (needs not having an industrial or commercial character) and which fulfill at least one of the following conditions:
  • be financed, for the most part, by national, regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or
  • be subject to management supervision by those bodies, or
  • have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, where more than half of its members are appointed by the national, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law
• private organisations: i.e. non-profit organisations, NGOs, etc., founded according to private law, are eligible under the following conditions:
  • are not established with the goal to obtain profit
  • they do not distribute profits to the stakeholders, according to their constitutional framework
  • have their headquarters in the eligible cross border area.
• Universities and Research Centres: only one Department per University or one Institute per Research Centre may apply per proposal. The participating Department or Institute must have as their major academic activity the provision of support and promotion of entrepreneurship. Each University/Research Center can participate with different Departments/Institutes in up to 3 proposals.

Each applicant (either LB or PB) can participate in only one project proposal.

No companies with commercial or industrial character are eligible for funding.

from 10/6/2019 to 7/10/2019 (15:00h)

Staff costs (flat rate basis calculation): Maximum 20% of total direct costs of the PB (excluding staff costs and O&A).

Staff Costs (real costs): Maximum 50% of the PB budget.

Office and administration (flat rate basis calculation): Maximum 15% of the respective Staff Costs of the PB.

Office and administration (real costs basis calculation): Maximum 4% of the PB budget.

Management Costs: Maximum 10% of the total PB budget (excluding Preparation Costs and FLC costs of the Greek PBs).

Preparation Costs: Maximum 3% of the total project budget.
Cumulative - Activities outside the programme area, and total budget of all project partners located outside the programme area: Maximum 20% of the total project budget.

First level control costs (applicable only for Greek Beneficiaries): Maximum 2% of the Beneficiary’s budget (excluded from the 10% limit of management costs).

€ 7,000,000
€5.950,000 of ERDF funds and €1.050.000 national contribution by Greece and Bulgaria