{"id":3156,"date":"2021-01-25T09:21:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T08:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twissen.com\/?p=3156\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T10:32:51","slug":"eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Call Invests 8 Million For Innovation And Digitalization In The Tourism Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">February 12, 2021 is the deadline<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to apply for the call for proposal \u201c<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/easme\/en\/section\/cosme\/cos-tourinn-2020-3-04-innovation-uptake-and-digitalisation-tourism-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovation uptake and digitalisation in the tourism sector<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published by the European Commission under the COSME\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Programme<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium sized Enterprises 2014-2020.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The general objective of this Call is to boost tourism SMEs\u2019 uptake of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">digitalisation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and innovation through transnational cooperation and capacity building, while the specific objective is to develop and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">put in place transnational and cross-ecosystem support schemes to\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">build capacity for digital transformation, innovation and smart tourism solutions by SMEs in the tourism ecosystem<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eligible proposals must be presented by consortia gathering from 5 to 10 partners of various nature and located in a minimum of 5 different eligible Countries, including at least one and no more than two public authorities and bodies and at least one business supporting organization. Each consortium\/network will directly support (including financial support) a minimum of 60 tourism SMEs in total, from a minimum of three eligible Countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A transnational consortium\/network of public and private stakeholders\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will act as an intermediary\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">organising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0specific activities for tourism SMEs in different Countries. The consortium will\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">organise<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and provide\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">direct support to companies in order to build their capacities<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in developing and implementing new, innovative services and operations with the help of digital technologies. Furthermore, it will also\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">facilitate cross-border\/transnational cooperation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to foster peer to peer learning as well as to share knowledge and good practices in boosting the uptake of\u00a0digitalisation, innovation and new technologies in tourism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/easme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EASME \u2013 Executive Agency for SMEs<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is delegated for the implementation of the call. It foresees to finance 8 to 11 projects which\u00a0have to\u00a0last 25-36 months. Every project can\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">be granted with up to 75% co-financing of eligible costs,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">up to \u20ac 1.000.000 funding<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and the total budget is \u20ac 8 million.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Competitive proposals will be evaluated according to the relevance and the quality of the proposed activities, along with their impact and cost-effectiveness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Twissen<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0we observed that, in order to face challenges posed by the pandemic, digitalization skills are necessary. Proposals must address the needs of the SMEs, that are protagonists of this call as they represent the backbone of the travel and tourism industry. This action will surely contribute to a faster recovery of the sector.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new digital era for tourism SMEs to fastly recover after the pandemic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[125],"tags":[860,872],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU Call Invests 8 Million For Innovation And Digitalization In The Tourism Sector | Twissen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU Call Invests 8 Million For Innovation And Digitalization In The Tourism Sector | Twissen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new digital era for tourism SMEs to fastly recover after the pandemic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twissen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TwissenIT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-25T08:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-21T10:32:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/210120-REDI-EUCall.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"518\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Francesco Redi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Francesco Redi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Francesco Redi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a32b2b3395dd0994697950c3aee2151a\"},\"headline\":\"EU Call Invests 8 Million For Innovation And Digitalization In The Tourism Sector\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-25T08:21:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T10:32:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/en\/trends-en\/policies-funding\/eu-call-invests-innovation-digitalization-tourism-sector\/\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/twissen.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Digitalisation\",\"Innovation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Policies &amp; 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