The Promotion Of Handicraft Products And Support Of Craftsmen
PPPA Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- PPPA-MOVE-2025-P032404
- Programme
- The promotion of handicraft products and support of craftsmen
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- September 2, 2025
- Deadline
- October 7, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €970,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- €970,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 1
- Keywords
- PPPA-MOVE-2025-P032404PPPA-MOVE-2025-P032404
Description
The proposal submitted by the applicant is expected to deliver the following results:
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Support for craftsmen to launch, develop and promote traditional products, including via digital means.
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Attraction of tourists to the respective regions and subsequent contribution to economic growth.
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Improved collaboration and cooperation between craftsmen from different regions across the EU, promotion of social cohesion.
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Improved SMEs’ usage of available tools and management strategies to increase their competitiveness and promote growth.
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Advanced green and digital transition of the tourism ecosystem, including SMEs.
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Boosted quality along the tourism value chain.
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Best practises adopted by craftsmen.
With this call the following objectives shall be met:
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To support craftsmen established within the entire European Union territory, regardless of the Member State they are from, in the process of creating traditional handicraft products.
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To support crafts with a view to attracting tourists to areas where handicraft and in particular artisanal and traditional products such as those with a geographical indication, are manufactured, and to promote the local purchase of these products by tourists and to stoke interest by tourists about associated traditional manufacturing methods.
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To provide incentives to said craftsmen and encourage them to carry on the tradition and continue to manufacture these products.
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To incentivise the pursuit of this occupation of young craftsmen to create artisanal and traditional products.
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To create new opportunities to collaborate with other craftsmen from other EU regions with whom they have similarities, including through the EU Tourism Platform.
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To help promote and increase the sale of artisanal and handicraft products such as those with a geographical indication, including through digital means.
A transnational project consortium of public and private entities will act as an intermediary organising specific activities for craftsmen and tourism SMEs in different countries.
The applicant will organise and provide direct support to craftsmen and SMEs producing handicrafts products to build their capacities to launch and/or promote such and support craftsmen and will also facilitate cross-border/transnational cooperation to foster peer to peer learning as well as to exchange knowledge and good practices between craftsmen.
In turn, said support shall attract tourists to areas where handicraft and traditional products are being manufactured.
The proposed activities described in the below work packages shall contribute to the promotion of handicraft products and support of craftsmen, by providing both direct and indirect support, be it consultative or financial.
The support must be provided to craftsmen and also to tourism stakeholders, in particular to SMEs, including start-ups and entrepreneurs, who wish to develop new business concepts, new products or to implement proven efficient projects based on best practices, contributing to the transition on a more resilient and sustainable EU tourism ecosystem.
The tasks under this grant are divided in 3 Work Packages:
WP I - Direct support for craftsmen
WP II - Establish a collaboration and exchange mechanism for craftsmen
WP III - Incentivising tourism in regions where handicraft products are manufactured
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
The application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Frequently Asked Questions About The Promotion Of Handicraft Products And Support Of Craftsmen
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
Crafting Heritage and Tourism Across Europe - CRAFT – TOUR
The CRAFT-TOUR project selected under this call for proposals started on 23 December and will run for 24 months.
CRAFT-TOUR aims to bridge Europe’s cultural heritage crafts sector with sustainable tourism development, creating new opportunities for artisans, SMEs, and local communities. By fostering innovation, digitalisation, and cross-border collaboration, the project will strengthen the resilience of the craft sector while enriching Europe’s tourism offer with authentic, high-quality experiences.
The project addresses the dual challenge of declining traditional crafts and the need for sustainable tourism diversification, aligning with the EU Transition Pathway for Tourism, the SME Strategy, and the European Green Deal. Through a bottom-up approach, CRAFTTOUR will empower local craft enterprises and creative entrepreneurs to co-design innovative tourism experiences, enhance their digital presence, and access new markets. Over 24 months, CRAFT-TOUR will implement a structured programme including:
- Mapping and capacity-building for crafts and tourism stakeholders.
- Open calls for artisans/SMEs (financial support for third parties – FSTP) to pilot cross-border craft-tourism products and services.
- Digital tools and platforms to enhance visibility and market access.
- Policy engagement and dissemination to embed results into regional and EU strategies.
The project coordinator is the CHAMBER OF KOZANI (ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΟΖΑΝΗΣ) (Greece) and the consortium brings together a further 11 partner organisations from 6 European countries:
- EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT (EYROPAIKO INSTITOYTO TOPIKHS ANAPTYKSHS) (Greece)
- INNOQUEST OU (Estonia)
- Pirkanmaan muotoilu- ja taideteollisuusyhdistys Modus ry (Modus) (Finland)
- CONSULTA EUROPA PROJECTS AND INNOVATION SL (CE) (Spain)
- CLUSTER EMPRESAS INNOVADORAS DEL VALLE DEL JUGUETE (Spain)
- CAMERA DI COMMERCIO INDUSTRIA ARTIGIANATO E AGRICOLTURA DI CREMONA-MANTOVA-PAVIA (CREMONA-MANTOVA-PAVIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) (Italy)
- EUROPRO (Italy)
- ASSOTSIATSIA ZA RAZVITIE NA SOFIA (SDA) (Bulgaria)
- UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS (PANEPISTIMIO PATRON) (Greece)
- ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL JUGUETE CONEXAS Y AFINES (Spain)
- CAMERA DI COMMERCIO INDUSTRIA ARTIGIANATO AGRICOLTURA TOSCANA NORD-OVEST (CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, VECRAFTS AND AGRICULTURE OF TUSCANY) (Italy)
The project will run for 24 months and was awarded a maximum EU grant of EUR 831 695.
Evaluation Results
Published: 29.07.2025
Deadline: 07.10.2025
Available budget: EUR 970 000
In accordance with the call conditions, the evaluation of the proposals was made looking at the criteria ‘Relevance,’ ‘Quality’ and ‘Impact’. The individual thresholds per criterion were 21/40, 21/40 and 11/20 points, respectively. The overall threshold was 60 points out of 100.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted: 4
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals: 4
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 3.575.814,64
Number of proposals retained for funding: 1
Number of proposals in the reserve list: 0
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact [email protected].
Call PPPA-MOVE-2025-P032404 has closed on 07.10.2025.
4 proposals have been submitted.
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in November 2025.
An updated version of the call document has been uploaded. The changes are the following:
- Addition of specifications on the form of technical support in section 6.
- Extention of the deadline for submission of proposals to 7 October 2025, 17.00 CET.
The deadline for submitting proposals has been extended to 7 October 2025, 17.00 CET. A corrigendum will be published shortly.