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Today, 22.10.2014, Ministry of European Funds – AM SOPHRD published the final guidelines for the following calls for project proposals (CPP):

•  CPP 176 “Romania Start-up” under the Key Area of Intervention (KAI) 3.1 “Promoting the entrepreneurial culture” associated with de minimis aid scheme “Support for Entrepreneurs”

Eligible applicants: 1. Enterprises; 2. Continuous Vocational Training (CVT) Service providers; 3. Trade union and employers’ union organizations; 4. Members of Sectoral Committees and legal Sectoral Committees; 5. Local public administration authorities; 6. Professional associations; 7. ICC; 8. NGOs; 9. Ministry of Economy / agencies / organizations that are subordinated / coordinated
Target group: persons over 18 years old who want to start an independent activity
Project value: 500,000 – 2,000,000 euro, financing up to 98% of eligible expenditure
Allocation for CPP 176: 100 million euro
Project duration: 6-10 months

•  CPP 175 “Simulation of companies for students”, financed from KAI 2.1 “Transition from school to active life” (national and multi-regional projects)

Eligible applicants and partners for multi-regional projects: 1. Secondary education institutions; 2. Employers; 3. Professional Associations; 4. ICC; 5. Trade union and employers ‘union organizations; 6. NGOs; 7. Structures / agencies / relevant bodies subordinated to MEN; 8. Institutions and organizations members of consortia and local and regional partnerships in the areas of employment, education and training; 9. Public and private providers of professional guidance and counseling
Sole applicant for the national project: MEN, in partnership with organizations from the categories above;
Target group: students in the national system of secondary education (high school and professional schools)
Project value: 500,000 – 2,000,000 euro for multiregional projects and 500,000 – 4,000,000 euro for the national project – Applicant Ministry of Education, funding up to 98% of eligible expenditure
Allocation for CPP 175: 52.000.000 euro
Project duration: 6- 10 months

•  CPP 174 “Career development Education”, funded from KAI 1.3 “Human resources development in education and training”

Eligible Applicants: Ministry of Education (MEN), in partnership with: Agencies, subordinated and coordinated by MEN and other public bodies active in the training of teachers and trainers, quality assurance and accreditation; Education institutions (ISCED 0-6)
Target group: teachers and teaching staff (ISCED 0-6) and auxiliary teaching staff (ISCED 0-6)
Project Value: 5,000,001 euros – 50.000.000 euro funding to 79% of eligible expenditure
Allocation for CPP 174: 50.000.000 euro
Project duration: 6 – 12 months

More information about these calls and financing terms available here:http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/posdru/index.php .

We recommend you the article “grants for companies not to be missed”, published by our colleague Lelia Lasku today in Wall Street:

http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Start-Up/174172/finantarile-nerambursabile-pentru-companii-nu-trebuie-ratate.html

The Ministry of Public Finance announce the extension of the first call for project proposals for companies that create at least 10 jobs (working places) through GO 332/2014 until 28.11.2014.We remind you of the most important details of this financing opportunity:

Eligible applicants are companies (large and SMEs) from all economic sectors, except companies activating in areas such as:  aquaculture, primary production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, steel, shipbuilding, production of synthetic fibers, transportation and energetic sectors and all sectors listed in Annex 1 to GD 332 /2014.

The investment must meet the following conditions:

• it must be considered an initial investment: setting up of a new unit, expanding an existing unit, unit production diversification or fundamental change to the production process
• leads to the creation of at least 10 new work places, out of which at least 3 for disadvantaged workers, for each investment location

Eligible expenses: total salary costs with the new work places created as a result of an investment project, for a period of 2 consecutive years.

The grant awarded is differentiated according to the implementation region:

• up to 15 % in  Bucharest Region;
• up to 35 % in  West and Ilfov Regions
• up to 50 % in North-West, Center, North-East, South-East, South-Muntenia, South-West Oltenia Regions

The validity of the state aid scheme is July 1^st 2014 – December 31^st 2020 and its indicative budget is approximately 600 million euro for the entire period.
VAPRO can assist you in developing successful projects!

To be updated with the latest information on grants, please visit our website regularly https://www.vapro.ro/en/.

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Participation fee: 250 euro, plus VAT/person – 20% discount because you are VAPRO’s client/partner.

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The Ministry of EU Funds has announced the latest calls for project proposals within SOPHRD and SOPIEC, financed through the 2007-2013 financial allocation.

A. SOPHRD

The opening of a new call for project proposals will take place on October 1^st, and it refers to Key Area 6.1, “Developing Social Economy”, financed though SOP HRD 2007-2013. The deadline for submitting the projects is October 15^th and the allocation for this call is of approx. 100 million Euros.

We remind you the main characteristics of this financing line:

• Eligible applicants: NGOs, accredited public and private social services/employment services providers, local public administration authorities etc.
• Target group: Roma people; persons with disabilities; youngsters over 18 years old leaving the child protection system; families with more than 2 children and / or single-parent families; children at risk etc
• Project value: between 50,000 and 500,000 Euro for a project that is implemented in one area of development, and max. EUR 2,500,000 euro for a project that is implemented in at least two areas of development.
• Funding Percentage: up to 98% of eligible project costs
• Implementation period: 6-12 months

More information about this call and financing terms available here: http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/posdru/index.php .

B. SOPIEC

The Guideline for “Financial support for investments in enterprises” has been published for public debate, financed under Priority Axis 1, Operation: “Support for modernizing and strengthening the productive sector through tangible and intangible investments” for companies. Both SME`s and large companies can apply under this financing scheme. The maximum value of the non-reimbursable financing is up to 4, 5 mil. EUR/project for large companies and 1, 5 mil EUR/project for SME`s.

The maximum financing percentage a company can receive, out of the total eligible costs of the project is:

• For Large companies: 15% for projects implemented in Bucharest, 35% in Regions Ilfov and West and 50% in Regions: North-East, North-West, South, South-West and Centre.
• For Medium Companies: 25% for projects implemented in Bucharest, 45% in Regions Ilfov and West and 60% in Regions: North-East, North-West, South, South-West and Centre.
• For Small companies: 35% for projects implemented in Bucharest, 55% in Regions Ilfov and West and 70% in Regions: North-East, North-West, South, South-West and Centre.

More information on these guidelines can be found here: http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/poscce/

VAPRO can assist you in developing successful projects!

To stay updated with the latest information on grants, please visit our website regularly https://www.vapro.ro/en/.