These exchanges enable new or would-be entrepreneurs to work alongside experienced entrepreneurs in another EU or CIP participating country. Entrepreneurs thereby acquire new skills, enrich their experiences and broaden their network, which enhances entrepreneurship, as well as fosters internationalisation and competitiveness of potential start-ups and participating SMEs.

The submission of project proposals will be done electronically. In the coming days a link will be made available to access the Commission's Submission and Evaluation of Proposals Programme (SEP) where you will be able to fill in the data online and upload all necessary documents. Please refer to the Guide for Applicants before commencing the electronic submission.

Please note that important changes have been introduced regarding the eligibility criteria in this Call for proposal in comparison to the Call for proposals 2012. We strongly recommend you to read the related information very carefully.

Final date for submission: 09 July 2013 at 17:00:00 Brussels local time. 

You can find the Call text and other relevant documents in the Participant Portal. The link to the Portal is provided in the Documents & links section below (Call page). We would recommend you to consult the call page regularly as further information and documents including the answers to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) will be made available during the entire duration of the call.

Please note that an Information and networking meeting on this call will take place on 13 May 2013 in Brussels. at the European Commission premises, Charlemagne Building – LORD JENKINS Room, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels. Registration for the info day is now closed.

In the Documents section you will also find the meeting draft agenda.