[{"bbox": [72, 76, 1158, 156], "category": "Text", "text": "To allow a national coverage of social oversight, a maximum of 4 contracts would be awarded (one for each geographic region: Occidente, Oriente, Central and Paracentral). In case there is no contract awarded in a region because the quality of the applications received is deemed unsatisfactory, funds could be available for other contracts in the other regions."}, {"bbox": [72, 168, 300, 195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### (b) Eligibility conditions"}, {"bbox": [72, 207, 1158, 341], "category": "Text", "text": "The applicants and co-applicants must be non-for profit non-governmental actors, in particular NGOs, NGOs' networks, foundations, think-tanks or universities (both private and public). Their place of establishment must be in El Salvador. A co-applicant which is not established in El Salvador but which can prove that he has ever developed activities of the same nature as those required in this call of proposal, and has a minimum of three years relevant experience in the country, is also eligible if partnering with local organisations."}, {"bbox": [72, 353, 1158, 404], "category": "Text", "text": "The applicant (and co applicants if there are any) have to act in consortium with local-level organizations competent in social area, and which will be considered as beneficiaries of the contract."}, {"bbox": [72, 418, 1158, 472], "category": "Text", "text": "Subject to information to be published in the call for proposals, the indicative amount of the EU contribution per grant is EUR 250,000 to 300,000. The indicative duration of the grant (its implementation period) is 36 months."}, {"bbox": [72, 484, 445, 509], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### (c) Essential selection and award criteria"}, {"bbox": [72, 523, 862, 549], "category": "Text", "text": "The essential selection criteria are the financial and technical capacity of the applicant."}, {"bbox": [72, 562, 1158, 615], "category": "Text", "text": "The essential award criteria are: the relevance of the proposed action to the objectives of the call and its design, effectiveness, feasibility, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness."}, {"bbox": [72, 628, 424, 654], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### (d) Indicative timing to launch the call"}, {"bbox": [72, 667, 283, 691], "category": "Text", "text": "First trimester of 2017."}, {"bbox": [72, 706, 411, 733], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 5.12 Grants (direct management)"}, {"bbox": [72, 744, 576, 771], "category": "Text", "text": "### SME Proposal 3M€. - Digital Transformation of SMEs"}, {"bbox": [72, 784, 313, 810], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### (a) Purpose of the grant(s)"}, {"bbox": [72, 823, 513, 849], "category": "Text", "text": "The grants will contribute to achieve Output 1.3"}, {"bbox": [147, 874, 1158, 927], "category": "Text", "text": "**Output 1.3:** Improved access to support services for MSMEs, including industrial and creative industry, to foster the digital transformation"}, {"bbox": [72, 952, 1158, 1032], "category": "Text", "text": "The purpose of the grant will be to contribute to the digital economic recovery in El Salvador by fostering the adoption of disruptive technologies and business models by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with a particular focus on the creative and artistic industry."}, {"bbox": [72, 1057, 1158, 1137], "category": "Text", "text": "According to the Salvadoran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAMARASAL), 91% of SMEs in El Salvador were seriously affected by the lockdown, the main impact was the drop in sales revenues, up to 75% with more than 80,000 employees lost (formal sector)."}, {"bbox": [72, 1150, 1158, 1229], "category": "Text", "text": "The capacity of business organization have also declined, due to the pandemic and the political scenario. This programme will provide better services for SMEs and renewal platforms to promote the coordination and the exchange among the Salvadoran private sector."}, {"bbox": [72, 1242, 606, 1268], "category": "Text", "text": "This action is complementary to Iniciativa DINAMICA II."}, {"bbox": [72, 1281, 1158, 1334], "category": "Text", "text": "The objective of the call for proposals will be to support the increase in productivity of the sector through trainings, business missions, technical assistance, organization of promotional events, among other activities."}, {"bbox": [72, 1347, 207, 1373], "category": "Text", "text": "Specific areas:"}, {"bbox": [110, 1387, 1115, 1440], "category": "List-item", "text": "* EuroInnovation: Aims to support MSMEs to introduce innovation management as part of their production strategy, contributing to improving their competitiveness and reducing the impact of the pandemic."}, {"bbox": [110, 1442, 1126, 1495], "category": "List-item", "text": "* EuroGender: Aims to support companies led by women, to enhance their leadership and the growth of their companies with the contribution of the academia."}, {"bbox": [110, 1497, 1118, 1550], "category": "List-item", "text": "* EuroRed: Aims to promote strategic alliances among MSMEs, whether from the same or different sectors, creating synergies in order to create new strategies to overcome the impacts of the pandemic."}, {"bbox": [597, 1616, 633, 1639], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "[24]"}]