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Terms and Conditions – Creative Steps 2.0 – West of Ireland

Terms and Conditions – Creative Steps 2.0 – West of Ireland

  • By completing this application form you are confirming your availability and capacity to participate in the Creative Steps 2.0 process to be run during mid-October to early November 2017. Participation will be conducted online and will not involve travel. The time commitment will be a minimum of one day at the start of the process and one day at the end of the process.
  • Applicants must be registered members of the MyCreativeEdge.eu website and operate in the Advertising & Publishing, Architecture, Arts, Crafts, Design, Digital Media, Fashion & Jewellery, Film & Video, Music & Theatre, Photography, Software & Gaming or TV & Radio sectors.
  • Applicants must be based in the West of Ireland (counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway or Clare).
  • Applicants must not have received more than €200,000 in direct state aid in the previous three fiscal years (this being the current fiscal year and the previous two fiscal years). State aid is given to the undertaking on a selective basis and does not include subsidies granted to individuals or general measures open to all enterprises. State aid can e.g. have the format of grants, interest and tax reliefs, guarantees, government holdings of all part of the company, or providing goods and services on preferential terms. State aid refers to aid received from all public sources.
  • A formal offer will be conditional on selected applicants completing a State Aid de minimis
  • Applicant enterprises must not be in difficulty.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete a Not in Difficulty declaration.
  • Applications will be assessed by a panel of experts.   Where demand exceeds supply, applicants scoring highest will be awarded support under Creative Steps 2.0.  The decision of the selection panel is final and non-negotiable.
  • Written feedback on your application will be available on request, however no discussion regarding the score or the outcome can be entered into.
  • A short report on participation in Creative Steps 2.0 must be submitted following the process.   A summary of the report will be made publicly available and any commercially sensitive information should be highlighted and it will not be included in the published summary.
  • Selected businesses must agree to participate in any reasonable requests to support the promotion of a creative momentum project or to share the results.  For example, be quoted in a press release.
  • Any conflicts of interest must be fully disclosed to a creative momentum project
  • a creative momentum project partners reserve the right to cancel the offer unconditionally. The selection panel will assess applications, and applicants will be notified of results, before the end of September.