CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - No. 83497315
Marketing, branding, and digital transformation package
The project “EU for Economic Growth (EU4EG)” aims at increasing the local economic activity and competitiveness in four target areas: North-East, Polog, and South-West planning regions and Prespa area (Municipality of Resen) by improving access of start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to financing and high value-added services. The duration of the project is four years until 11/2025.
The EU4EG project is co-funded by the European Union Delegation to North Macedonia and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The project is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) in partnership with Area Science Park (ASP) from Trieste, Italy and supported by the BMWK and the Central European Initiative (CEI) as Associates.
The project achieves its objective by implementing work packages under 3 major components:
(i) working on the business advisory services for start-ups and different segments of MSMEs by size and sector
(ii) improving business support infrastructure in the targeted areas
(iii) by disbursing local subsidy, targeting start-ups and high value-added business initiatives including those related to the green and circular economy
As part of project activities, support is provided to selected startup in Polog region, to increase visibility, and expand its market reach through a comprehensive marketing, branding, and digital transformation package.
The project is calling for expressions of interest from eligible companies willing to participate in the tender for the implementation of these projects.
How to apply: All legal entities registered in North Macedonia interested in applying and that fulfill the requirements, should send the documents listed in the table below by e-mail latest by 14.09.2025 to @email.
The subject of the email should be “83497315 Expression of interest (company name)”.
| Minimum participation criteria | Copies of supporting evidence to be provided |
1.Legal entity registered in North Macedonia | Central registry statement with actual data |
| 2.An annual turnover of min 40.000 EUR (2024, 2023,2022) | Final financial statement (zavrsna smetka) 2024, 2023, 2022 |
3. Average number of 5 employees for the past 5 years | Final financial statement (zavrsna smetka) 2024, 2023, 2022 |
4. Minimum 5 similar projects implemented in the last 3 years | 5 references (portfolio or project presentation) and contacts |
Interested companies that meet the technical requirements will be provided with tender documents to submit their offers.
Planned period of assignment: high urgency, finalized until October 31, 2025
Applicants will be shortlisted based on eligibility criteria and ONLY short-listed candidates will be invited to participate in the next stage of the procurement procedure. Candidates who have not been contacted should consider that there will be no follow-up to their application.
Please note that all correspondence and dealing with the GIZ must be in English or German.