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December 22nd, 2015Good news! The first calls for proposals within POCU 2014-2020 have been launched!
November 13th, 2015The Ministry of European Funds announced that starting with November 20, 2015, the first applications for funding under POCU 2014-2020 can be submitted.
The project proposals under the first call, for the registration of NEETs (youngsters, 15-24 years old, not in employment, education or training) at the Public Employment Service (Priority axis 2, Specific Objective 2.3), can be submitted starting with 20.11.2015. The applicant can be the Ministry of Labor/ Public Employment Services (including the subordinated units with legal personality) in partnership with entities with relevant activity (NGOs, Universities) and the main objective of the call is ensuring an effective implementation of the support schemes at national level.
The maximum value of a project cannot exceed 49.000.000 euro.
For the second call, for the development of marginalized communities with Roma minority (Priority axis 4, Specific Objective 4.1), project proposals can be submitted during 25.11.2015 – 25.01.2016, by NGOs and local authorities with responsibilities in the specific field, in partnership with stakeholders with relevant expertise for the project.
The maximum value of a project is 6.000.000 euro.
How can you develop a business strategy using European funds
November 12th, 2015In an online article on Wall Street , Irina Zugravu ( Managing Partner VAPRO Romania ) shows how to develop a business strategy using European funds .
Our colleague speaks about eligibility requirements that a company must meet in order to access funds from the European Union , and which are the needs of companies that can be covered by grants .
For those interested also about the possibilities for financing SMEs and the utility of a business plan and a marketing strategy. And, not least, what are the steps in order to obtain a grant for consultancy services and which are the benefits of it, can access the article here.
What will happen with the grants for SMEs
November 12th, 2015Irina Zugravu, Managing Partner VAPRO Romania has a brief intervention on the minimis projects situation.
For more information about: the problems the beneficiaries encounter at the projects submission, the necessity of revision of the informatics system for the online submission procedure within the minimis aid scheme and other mismatches, and the solution offered by our colleague, please visit the news on HotNews website here.
New POCU Guideline – Medical field
November 9th, 2015Ministry of European Funds – Directorate for Human Capital Operational Programme, published for consultation the Applicant’s Guide – Specific Conditions of the call for proposals “Training of staff involved in the implementation of priority health programs”.
- The specific objective pursued in this investment priority aims at: “Improving skills of professionals in the health sector”;
- Eligible beneficiaries: Ministry of Health/ public authorities (including public health authorities, institutes and medical institutions) alone or in partnership with relevant stakeholders (universities, NGOs, etc.);
- Eligible target group: specialists in providing medical care;
- Project value: maximum 5.000.000 euro;
- Maximum project/projects implementation period: 36 months, but not later than 31st December 2023.
All questions related to the Applicant’s Guide – Specific Conditions and also proposals and suggestions for improvement can be submitted until November 26th, 2015 by email at: consultare.pocu@fonduri-ue.ro.
PNDR – Funding for agriculture
November 4th, 2015The Funding Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) extended the sessions for submitting projects under Submeasure 4.1.a „Support for investments in fruit-growing holdings” until 30th November 2015 and Submeasure 4.2 „Support for investments in processing/marketing and/or development of agricultural products” and Submeasure 4.2.a „Support for investments in processing/marketing of products in the fruit-growing sector”, until 18 December 2015
- Submeasure 4.1.a Support for investments in fruit-growing holdings
Type of investments financed: modernization of fruit-growing farms, reconversion of fruit plantations, modernization of fruit nurseries, storage systems, conditioning and packaging and on-farm processing units, including mobile processing units, etc.,
Grant awarded: up to 1.050.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 90% of eligible expenses.
- Submeasure 4.2 Support for investments in processing/marketing and/or development of agricultural products
Type of investments financed: Setting-up, extension and/or modernization and endowment of processing units, including investments in products’ marketing (e.g. labelling, packaging); Setting-up, extension and/ or modernization of local networks of collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging capacity; Improvement of internal quality control and compliance with the new standards imposed by the European legislation, etc.
Grant awarded: up to 2.500.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.
- Submeasure 4.2.a Support for investments in processing/marketing of products in the fruit-growing sector
Type of investments financed: Setting-up, extension and/or modernization of processing units for the raw material from the fruit-growing sector, mobile processing units/local networks for collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging; Purchasing of new machinery, installations, equipment and specialized transportation for the collection of raw material/for the sale of fruit products within short-chains/in the process flow: tanks, isotherm, camper and food caravans;
Grant awarded: up to 1.500.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.
European funds for agri-turism unit
October 27th, 2015Our colleague, Florentina, explains to you how you can get non-reimbursable EU funds for agri-turism units through PNDR, what an agri-turism unit means, which are the conditions that you must meet and what are the steps needed to be made while developing such a project, in an article published today on Wall Street.
European funds for agri-turism units are available through the National Rural Development Programme, submeasure 6.4 “Support for investments in creating and developing non-agricultural activities”, launched on 14th of July this year.
Grant awarded: up to 200.000 euro
Financing rate: 90% of eligible expenses
The applicant must fall into the category of micro or small enterprise, to conduct a business related to investments in rural areas, with registered office and registered places of business in rural areas and to be able to assure the co-financing of the investment.
For more information please visit the article published on the Wall Street:
http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Legal-Business/186906/fonduri-europene-pentru-pensiuni-agroturistice.html
Practical advice for companies who want to implement projects with European funds
October 27th, 2015In the electronic newspaper Wall-steet.ro, Lelia Lascu, VAPRO Romania Senior Consultant, presented the main points to be considered during the implementation process of projects financed within non reimbursable funds.
In the last year, most articles focusing on European funds have addressed issues related to the accessing funds and how companies can successfully develop projects that can be approved by the authorities. As a supplement to those, this article is an analysis of what happens after the moment when a company must start implementing an already approved project.
For more information please visit the article published on the Wall Street: Access the article
European funds for the processing of agricultural products
October 27th, 2015In an article published in the October edition of the Brutarul magazine, our colleague Florentina Nae presents how you can obtain financing for a unit of processing agricultural products through NRDP (PNDR), which are the eligible companies, what are the conditions that need to be accomplished to get a higher score for such projects and more.
European funds for the processing of agricultural products are available through the National Rural Development Programme, sub-measure 4.2 “Support for investments in the processing / marketing of agricultural products”, launched by AFIR on 8th July this year.
Grant amount: up to 2,500,000 euro.
Percentage of financing: up to 50%.
The applicant must fall under the enterprises category (micro, small and medium enterprises under Law 346/2004, as well as large enterprises) and cooperatives / producer groups and has to ensure the co-financing of the investment. The proposed project must process the raw material that is part of Annex I of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the product obtained has to be also a product included in Annex I.
The projects can be submitted until 30th October 2015 and the evaluation of the projects will be done monthly for projects that have an estimated score (self-evaluation / pre-scoring) greater than or equal to the quality monthly threshold required by AFIR.
For more information please read the article here.
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October 14th, 2015VAPRO Romania can facilitate your access to non-reimbursable funds through complete services like: monitoring calls, application and implementation of approved projects. We are a Romanian-Dutch company, with over 20 years of experience in the development and implementation of projects with non-reimbursable financing and over 300 million euros in grants for our clients.
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