Can I participate in the programme if I run a registered association?
According to the European definition of a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), an association is considered a SME providing it meets the following criteria:
- the association must be regularly engaged in an economic activity;
- the association employs fewer than 250 employees;
- the annual turnover does not exceed 50 million euro, or an annual balance sheet which does not exceed 43 million euro.
Please note that training activities are considered economic (even if they are not commercial). Therefore, training organisations and centres are eligible to participate in the programme.According to the European definition of a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), an association is considered a SME providing it meets the following criteria:
- the association must be regularly engaged in an economic activity;
- the association employs fewer than 250 employees;
- the annual turnover does not exceed 50 million euro, or an annual balance sheet which does not exceed 43 million euro.
Please note that training activities are considered economic (even if they are not commercial). Therefore, training organisations and centres are eligible to participate in the programme.
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