Issued by: European Commission, DG Enterprise

Deadline: 29/07/2005

Scheduled start-up date for the action: October/November 2005

Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: 24 months.

Estimated contract value: Maximum 75% of the eligible costs, with a maximum EC contribution of € 300.000 (total budget being € 950.000)

Address from which all documentation may be obtained: Online

EABIS' view: EABIS Central Team will not respond to the call focusing on the education pillar activities (management education with regards to CSR & SMEs). If this call is of interest to you, take a further look to the documentation and feel free to get in contact with Bart Neerscholten (bart.neerscholten@eabis.org). If there is an interest by several members to hand in a collective proposal, EABIS can provide opportunities to put different members in contact with each other and create the necessary infrastructures for further debate and collaboration (e.g. set-up a Forum on the Intranet)

Description:
The objective is to support stakeholders (including business/management schools, other educational establishments, and research institutions with a focus on SMEs as well as CSR intermediary organisations), in the implementation of the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum recommendations in order to promote the take-up of effective and credible CSR practices among European companies and in particular SMEs, as a means to enhance their long-term competitiveness.

The following initiatives (of most relevance to EABIS members) are eligible:

• mainstreaming CSR and related topics into traditional courses, in the curricula of future managers and graduate students, in executive education, and in other educational institutions, including schools;
• developing better baseline data on SMEs and CSR – by business sector, type, geography etc. – including research on the business case for SMEs and supply-chain issues;
• developing the capacity of SME intermediary organisations to make CSR part of the core activities and services which they develop for SMEs, e.g. through developing and implementing specific training modules for small business advisors.

To be eligible, project applicants: May act individually or in consortium with partner organisations.

Award criteria:

• Relevance /20
• Visibility /10
• Impact /30
• Quality /20
• Budget and Cost-effectiveness /20