Call for Expression of Interest for Service Providers is now open within LEAP TO BLUE
09/11/2026
The University of Zadar has opened a Call for Expression of Interest for Service Providers within the LEAP TO BLUE project, creating an opportunity for expert organisations to contribute to the support provided to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the blue economy sector across the Programme area. The call is open until 13 November 2026.
The LEAP TO BLUE services are aimed at SMEs in four blue economy sectors: Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Resources; Smart Shipbuilding and Maritime Technology; Smart Maritime Transport and Logistics; and Maritime and Coastal Tourism.
Through the LEAP TO BLUE Voucher Scheme, SMEs will gain access to specialised services tailored to their development needs. The call concerns services under the Skills and Human Capital Development pillar, one of the three pillars of the LEAP TO BLUE Voucher Scheme, together with Innovation and Technology and Internationalisation.
The call is relevant for companies, higher education and research institutions, business support organisations and other organisations with the expertise and capacity to support SME growth, transformation and competitiveness.
Service providers do not need to be based in the Programme area: organisations from anywhere in Croatia and Italy, as well as from other countries, can express their interest.
The expression of interest is a preliminary, non-binding step ahead of the public procurement of service providers; it does not constitute a tender and gives no advantage in the subsequent procedure, which will be publicly announced and open to all economic operators. Service providers contracted through public procurement will deliver services to SMEs selected under the Voucher Call and will be listed on the MAIROS platform.
Do you have the expertise that SMEs in the blue economy sector are looking for?
Complete and submit the questionnaire by 13 November 2026 via the Electronic Public Procurement Classifieds of the Republic of Croatia (EOJN RH): https://eojn.hr/market-research-eo/112910. The notice with full details is available on the University of Zadar website: https://www.unizd.hr/o-nama/javna-nabava
LEAP TO BLUE is co-funded by the European Union under the Interreg VI-A Italy–Croatia 2021–2027 Programme.
