Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Live Project

Project Leader: Jose Manuel San Emeterio

EU Programme: COSME

Project Budget: €1,007,667

Start Date: Oct, 2023

Finish Date: Sep, 2025

Project Website: Available soon!

The aim of the project is to:

SEE BRIDGE aims to provide support to increase the capacity of social economy small and medium-sized enterprises operating in energy-intensive industries and accelerate their transition to green and digital production.

Specific objectives are to:

Enhance the capacity of SE SMEs and entrepreneurs in energy-intensive sectors to innovate and promote green initiatives.
Foster transnational and cross-sectoral cooperation to meet Carbon Border Adjustment requirements and align with the EU Green Deal.
Address carbon leakage risks by encouraging sustainable practices and fair competition among industries.
Empower SE SMEs with knowledge and tools to understand, comply with, and navigate the CBAM mechanism and EU-ETS market.
Support SE SMEs in developing evidence-based solutions, securing financial support, and enhancing their market competitiveness to contribute to the green transition.

Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters‘ Association(Lead Partner)
Lead partner of the SEE BRIDGE project in charge of the entire coordination of the project

Banu Altin
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Donegal, Ireland
ERNACT Network(Partner)
ERNACT will support the communication and dissemination of results to their network of contacts.

Jose Manuel San Emeterio
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Galicia, Spain
Feuga(Partner)
Feuga will be responsible for organizing awareness raising event and organizing transitional online and offline events.


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London, United Kingdom
F6S(Partner)
Based on F6S experiences on cascade funding from Horizon calls, FS6 will be leading the significant funding procedure and make it clear and appropriate for consortium partners.


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Madrid, Spain
Qi Arrow(Partner)
QI Arrow will be responsible for organizing advisory sessions on CBAM related issue both for SE SMEs and SE Intermediaries.


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Sicily, Italy
CEIPES(Partner)
CEIPES will be in charge of the communication and dissemination of results of the SEE BRIDGE project.


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Slovenia, Slovenia

Kamnik Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Partner)
OOZ KAMNIK will be responsible for organizing awareness raising event and organizing transitional online and offline events.

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The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

In the context of greener and more digital world, European Green Deal (EGD) was unveiled in December 2019 as a growth strategy. It has brought new regulations affecting third countries in many areas. One of the most significant of regulations is Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) targeting to energy intensive industries which are very crucial to reduce corban emission and have a significant place to reach at EU Green Deal Goals.

SEE BRIDGE’s general objective is to boost the capacity of social economy SMEs (SE SMEs) and entrepreneurs in energy intensive sectors ( steel, aluminum, chemicals, mining, recycling, renewable energy etc) to innovate and scale up their green efforts, through transnational and cross-sectoral cooperation and support mechanisms aligned with Carbon Border Adjustment requirements to deliver the EU Green Deal requirements.