The Beneficiary Light Grant Scheme is an SME development funding scheme specially designed for European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and cross-border cooperation (CBC) programmes. Each Light Project should consist of at least one Light Beneficiary from each side of the border. The Light Beneficiaries are the beneficiary SMEs selected through a two-step selection procedure (Call for Light Concepts and Call for Light Project Proposals) in order to receive a subsidy from the Scheme. A maximum of 75% of the total eligible expenditure can be requested as grant from the Beneficiary Light Grant Scheme, the rest shall be covered as own contribution of Light Beneficiaries. The project’s main output are the 80 SMEs directly funded and non-financially supported by the project, 31 events organised in the border area, 11 718 000 EUR of total costs allocated for the implementation of the B Light Scheme. The applying Light Beneficiaries have to be registered or have to have a branch operating in the programme area of the Cooperation Programme Hungary -Croatia. Light Beneficiaries should fall into the category of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) stipulated in 651/2014/EU Regulation, Annex 1. Minimum cooperation level requirement within a Light Project is a value-added cross-border joint technology, service and product development by the cooperating Light Beneficiaries operating on different sides of the border for setting up cross-border supplier networks and/or for jointly engaging into foreign market.
Project Database
Fostering value added business cooperations between SMEs operating on different sides of the Hungary-Croatia border (strategic project)
HUHR/1602/111/0002
B-light
Hrvatska agencija za malo gospodarstvo, inovacije i investicije
Zala Megyei Vállalkozásfejlesztési Alapítvány
Somogy Megyei Vállalkozói Központ Alapítvány
Baranya Megyei Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft.
Javna ustanova za razvoj Međimurske županije REDEA
PORA Regionalna razvojna agencija Koprivničko-križevačke županije
VIDRA Agencija za regionalni razvoj Virovitičko-podravske županije
Javna ustanova Županijska razvojna agencija Osječko-baranjske županije
HUHR/1602
Fostering value added business cooperations between SMEs operating on different sides of the border
€ 12,510,299.00
€ 9,960,299.00
85.00 %
01 February 2017 − 31 July 2021
Zala megye, Somogy megye, Baranya megye, Međimurska županija, Varaždinska županija, Koprivničko-križevačka županija, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija, Virovitičko-podravska županija, Požeško-slavonska županija, Osječko-baranjska županija, Vukovarsko-srijemska županija
Finalized