Finnish non-governmental organisations, research institutes and educational institutions can also apply for financial grant for support function project that is directly related to a company’s Business Partnership Support project.
The support function project must aim to develop the local community. The project must be related directly to a company’s Business Partnership Support project or Business Finland’s Developing Markets Platform project. A non-governmental organisation can use the financial grant to realise activities that support the company’s project. However, the organisation itself must not operate for profit through the support function project. Both the company and the support operator must submit their own applications.
The objective of the support function project can be for example:
Projects whose objective is to e.g. establish long-term business partnership or cooperation with an international ODA eligible organisation are eligible for Business Partnership Support. Learn about other project types and their project phases.
Finnpartnership organises monthly virtual application workshops, in which the participants learn more about submitting the application. The participants are given examples of different project types and phases to help them plan their own projects.
The amount offered by Finnpartnership is between EUR 15,000 and 400,000. Support is granted for projects in developing markets.