Deadline: 17-April-2026
The Marketing Strategy for Micro & Small Enterprises scheme is inviting applications to support micro and small businesses in obtaining professional guidance to design marketing strategies that boost their competitiveness and drive business growth.
This initiative falls under Policy Objective 1 Programme 2021-2027, aiming to create a more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity. It addresses promoting entrepreneurship by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators, and specifically supports enhancing sustainable growth and competitiveness of SMEs and job creation, including through productive investments.
Micro and small enterprises often face limitations in in-house resources and expertise needed to develop marketing strategies, creating a dependency on outsourcing services. This scheme provides financial support to part-finance costs incurred for external services contracted to deliver a marketing strategy, which outlines the plans and actions necessary to promote the business, its products, or services, aligning marketing efforts with the enterprise’s overall objectives.
The scheme will remain operational until 31st December 2026, subject to availability of funds, with an initial budget of €500,000. The maximum grant value available under this scheme is €10,000.
Eligible undertakings include micro and small enterprises engaged in economic activity, irrespective of their legal form, which have been actively operating for at least one year. Enterprises without legal personality under the applicable law must be registered under the Second Schedule of the Civil Code to qualify.
For more information, visit FONDI.eu.
