The Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO) and European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) are pleased to invite you to the European Innovation Council Infoday on 13th of June 2023 at Hoteli Solaris 86, Šibenik, Croatia (Convention centre) the Europea.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is the part of the HORIZON EUROPE programme that provides support to innovators, entrepreneurs and SMEs with great potential in the development of high-risk, breakthrough innovations that have an impact on shaping new markets and generating jobs, growth and prosperity in Europe.

This Info Day will provide all the relevant information on the EIC funding opportunities for game changing innovations throughout the lifecycle from early-stage research to proof of concept, technology transfer, financing and scale up of start-ups and SMEs.

The focus of this Info Day will be on Widening Countries and the opportunity to gather all their stakeholders (SMEs, start-ups, research organisations, investors) at the same place.

To achieve that, the speakers at the Info Day will be the members of the EIC Board, independent members appointed from the world of innovation, the experts from the EIC and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA) responsible for implementing the EIC’s activities, EIC Croatian ambassador as well as representatives of the governmental bodies.

Participants will be granted with the advisors from the national EEN consortium.

The Info Day will give the participants opportunity to learn about the application process, eligibility criteria, and evaluation process for the EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition and EIC Accelerator Programmes.

Participation in the Info Day is free of charge.

Working language of the event is English.

You can read the agenda here EIC- Šibenik draft agenda

You can find the registration form here.