The European Commission (EC) will organise the EU – Singapore Matchmaking Event in the context of the Singapore International Energy Week which will be held on 21-25 October 2024.

The EU – Singapore Matchmaking Event itself will take place on-site in Singapore 22-24 October 2024.

The event will be jointly organised by the European Commission through the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), in collaboration with the Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), Singapore Business Federation and the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

Who can Participate?

This invitation is addressed to SMEs interested in collaborating with Singaporean counterparts in the following sectors:

• Clean Energy and Green Tech
• eMobility
• Sustainability in Digital Tech
• Energy Transition Financing

The organisers reserve the right to close the application process once the maximum capacity for participants is reached.

Deadlines

Expressions of interest should be submitted by 9 July 2024, 23:59 Brussels time.

Late applications after 9 July could be accepted for participation if provided eligibility criteria are fulfilled by the participants until 8 October 2024, 23:59 Brussels.

All expenses related to the participation of SMEs are at their own charge. No reimbursement of costs is offered.

SMEs participating in the EU – Singapore Matchmaking Event will not have to pay fees to attend the Singapore International Energy Week Expo 2024.

Apply and submit your expression of interest as an SME here until 9 July 2024, 23:59 Brussels Time.

The EU – Singapore Matchmaking Event will bring together cluster organisations and SMEs from the European Union (EU), non-EU countries participating in the Single Market Programme/COSME Strand, and Singapore. It will provide participants an excellent chance to promote Cluster to Cluster (C2C), Cluster to Business (C2B), and Business to Business (B2B) collaborations.

The overall objective of the event is to promote the exchange of information and provide networking opportunities for European cluster organisations and their members with counterparts from Singapore, particularly in the fields of Clean Energy and Green Tech, eMobility, Sustainability in Digital Tech and Energy Transition Financing.

The objectives for the participants include:

• Strengthening EU-Singapore cluster cooperation for the benefit of their members, including a seminar, a cluster matchmaking event, and site visits.
• Identifying potential areas of common interest for cooperation and synergies, in terms of the sectoral, value chain, and market focus of their SMEs and other companies.
• Improving, through clusters, the EU-Singapore industry and academia-industry collaboration in research, development, and innovation. For its members, the clusters will identify possible areas of RDI collaboration (academia, research organisations, industries…).

The call for expressions of interest is being launched to identify a European delegation made up of representatives from SMEs (please see the Call for Expression of Interest) who are willing and committed to participate in the EU-Singapore Matchmaking Event.

By submitting an expression of interest in response to this call, you are indicating your acceptance of the call's terms.

Further details about the event, the eligibility requirements, and how to submit an expression of interest can be found here.

This call is targeting only SMEs. A separate call exists for SMEs. So if you are a cluster organisation or a business network organisation you should respond to the call that is available here.