The Lombardy Region and the Lombardy Chambers of Commerce, through Unioncamere Lombardia, are promoting the "SIAVS, Innovative Start-ups with a Social Vocation" call for proposals, which aims to support the implementation of innovation projects for services, processes, and methods designed to effectively address the challenges faced by their respective communities.

Project proposals must relate to one of the following sectors: education, instruction and training; environmental and ecosystem protection; enhancement of cultural heritage; social tourism; university and postgraduate education; research and provision of cultural services; extracurricular training to prevent school drop-out; and services instrumental to social enterprises.

Applicants may submit their project proposals with particular reference to the following fields of application: social tourism, cultural welfare, and personal services.

The call provides for a maximum grant of €100,000 per enterprise against a minimum investment of €50,000.

Applications may be submitted until 12:00 on 29 September 2017.

Click here to access the official call for proposals page.