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The Ministry of European Funds published under public consultation 3 new Applicant Guidelines for:

• „Training of personnel involved in health priority projects” – projects up to 4.000.000 euro. Among eligible applicants: Ministry of Health, public health authorities alone or in partnership with relevant actors: Universities; NGOs etc.
• “Quality education in nurseries” – noncompetitive call, one project of 13 mil. euro. Eligible applicant: Ministry of Education and other subordinated bodies. Among eligible partners are: educational institutions – ISCED 1; suppliers of guidance, counseling, mediation and alternative services, public and private; NGOs; local public authorities etc.
• “Updated compulsory national curriculum for secondary education” – noncompetitive call, one project of 38 mil. euro. Eligible applicant: Ministry of Education and other subordinated bodies. Among eligible partners are: educational institutions – ISCED 2; public and private suppliers of guidance, counseling, mediation and alternative services; NGOs; local public authorities; National Prisons Administration etc.

Other financing for private beneficiaries:

• “Romania Start-up Plus” (Final Guideline)– projects of up to 5.000.000 euro, aiming at supporting the establishment of enterprises with non-agricultural profile in urban areas, where among eligible applicants are: authorized training providers; chambers of commerce; NGOs; trade unions and employers’ organizations etc.
• “School for All” (The Ministry announced that the launch of the final guidelines for the call for projects will be this week) – projects of up to 1.500.000 euro, aiming at facilitating the access to education and preventing / reducing the rate of early school leaving. Among the eligible applicants are: NGOs; religious institutions; public or private educational institutions (compulsory participation); various organizations with attributions in education area.

Consultative guidelines have been published for sub-measures 6.2 and 6.4 within National Rural Development Programme, sub-measures that focus on investments in non-agricultural businesses in rural areas from Danube Delta.

Eligible activities:

• Services: medical services, veterinary services, car/boat repair shops, IT business, consultancy, accountancy, legal etc.;
• Production: pellet manufacturing, textile factory, electrical components factory, metal constructions, furniture factory, pharmaceuticals etc.;
• Tourism: touristic and agro-touristic accommodation services, caravan parks, campings, holiday camps, leisure activities services, tourist-guide services etc.;
• Craft: handicraft, pottery, reeds and rushes processing for traditional purpose, manual processing of iron, wool, wood etc.

Financing:

• For 6.2 financing line – Up to 70.000 euro (100 % non-refundable) and the payment is granted in two installments: 70% in advance, at the beginning of the project and 30% at project completion and achievement of indicators;

OR

• For 6.4 financing line – Up to 200.000 euro (up to 90% non-refundable financing) for those who want a more complex investment, with regular payments (maximum 5 payments) during the project implementation period;

Eligible expenditure:

• Building or modernization of the working space;
• Purchase of equipment, machinery or other equipment necessary for the business;
• Other expenses required by the project.

Eligible applicants:

• Microenterprises, small businesses or any individual that can found a company in the rural area from Danube Delta territory until the submission deadline of the project;

Implementation area:

• Constanta county, villages: Corbu, Istria, Mihai Viteazu, Sacele;
• Tulcea county, villages: Baia, Bestepe, C.A. Rosetti, Ceamurlia de Jos, Ceatalchioi, Chilia Veche, Crisan, Frecatei, Greci, Grindu, I.C. Bratianu, Jijila, Jurilovca, Luncavita, Mahmudia, Maliuc, Mihail Kogalniceanu, Mihai Bravu, Murighiol, Niculitel, Nufaru, Pardina, Sarichioi, Slava Cercheza, Sfantu Gheorghe, Smardan, Somova, Valea Nucarilor, Vacareni;

The guidelines are under public consultation until September 10^th, 2016.

For more information access: www.afir.ro

In the period 16 August – 30 December 2016, applicants for European grant have over 45,67 million euro at their disposal for projects which fall within under GBER and the minimis Schemes, related to sub-measure 4.2 (Processing of agricultural products) and sub-measure 4.2a(Processing of fruit products).

Eligible beneficiaries:

• Micro enterprises;
• Small and medium enterprises;
• Other enterprises: producer groups, cooperatives.

Objectives:

• Introduction of new technologies and procedures for obtaining either new non-agricultural products or once of a superior quality;
• Increasing the quality of obtained products, food safety and obtaining new competitive products with an economic impact on further processing in enterprises, complained to veterinary and food safety standards;
• Increasing the number of workplaces.

Project value:

Up to 2.500.000 euro, with a non-reimbursable funding percentage that can reach a maximum of:

• 50% for West Region (Timis, Arad, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara) and Ilfov county;
• 35% for Bucharest;
• 50% for other regions (all other counties);

The eligible areas of investment that can be financed through the state aid scheme GBER – Sm. 4.2: milling products, bakery products, cocoa, chocolate, spices, beer etc.

The eligible areas of investment that can be financed through the state aid scheme GBER – Sm. 4.2a: candied fruit, alcoholic fruit beverages, confectionery (sweets), etc.

Projects within the call for investments for the development of micro-enterprises from urban areas (2.1 A) through the Regional Operational Programme (ROP) can be submitted!

The call have been launched on 27.07.2016 and will remain opened until 27.01.2017.

If you are the administrator of a microenterprise (with up to 9 employees and up to 2 million euro turnover/total assets), with at least 1 year of activity and you wish to invest in:

• Construction, extension, modernization of the production/ services areas;
• Acquisition of tangible and intangible assets, including e-commerce tools.

this call offers you the possibility to receive a non-reimbursable financing up to 90% from the eligible costs of the project.

Eligible value of the project: minimum 25.000 euro;

Grant: maximum 200.000 euro;

Investments in the Bucharest – Ilfov and ITI Danube Delta development regions are NOT eligible.

For more information click here.

Also, for more complex projects developed by SMEs (with up to 250 employees and up to 50 million euro turnover/total assets), including microenterprises, a financing between 200.000 euro si 1.000.000 euro can be obtained. The launch is estimated in September-October 2016.

For more information click here.

VAPRO Romania has developed a brief summary of the most interesting non-reimbursable financing possibilities for the private field (small and medium enterprises, large enterprises) from rural and urban areas, and also for NGOs, public institutions or other organizations from the targeted field.

For each type of financing opportunity you can identify:

• estimated / official launch date;
• financial allocation of the call for proposals;
• grant amount;
• types of eligible applicants;
• eligible expenditures;

To download the document click here!

Also, starting with 28^th of July 2016, existing companies or start-ups from rural areas can submit projects for funding non-agricultural activities. The grant awarded can reach up to 70.000 euro (100 % non-refundable) for PNDR 6.2 sub-measure and up to 90% of the project cost (but not less than 200.000 euro) for PNDR 6.4 sub-measure.

The Ministry of European Funds launched under public consultation two new Guidelines: “Solidarity” and “Motivated teachers in disadvantaged schools” financed through POCU 2014-2020.
 
“SOLIDARITY. Support for consolidation of social economy” – Specific Objective 4.16
 
Eligible activities:

• Training and abilities development, counselling, consultancy of persons involved in the enterprise; Promotion of the social brand; Jobs accessibility;
• Know-how transfer with other communities and with relevant actors; Partnership development;

Target group: persons from social enterprises (staff; members (according to the organization and functioning papers); volunteers (with contract));

Project value: minimum 50.000 euro – maximum 100.000 euro as minimis aid.

Non-reimbursable financing: up to 100%.

Eligible applicants are social economy structures organized as: I-st degree cooperative, cooperative credit institution, association/foundation, credit union, federation or union,  any other category of legal person certified as a social enterprise.

“Motivated teachers in disadvantaged schools” – Specific Objectives 6.2, 6.3, 6.6
 
Eligible activities:

• Attracting and maintaining the quality of human resources in the target schools;
• Creating a critical mass of motivated professionals in the target schools;
• Ensuring the sustainability of quality in education;

Target group:

• Teachers, support staff, school managers and social partners that work in schools with children who are in educational risk;

Project value:

• Small projects: maximum 450.000 euro (includes minimum 3 schools);
• Large projects: maximum 1.500.000 euro (includes minimum 10 schools);

Non-reimbursable financing:

• 100% for NGOs; 95% for private beneficiaries; 98%/85% for public institutions;

Eligible applicants:

• NGOs;
• Public or private educational institutions; Local public authorities with responsibilities in the field;
• Guidance, counselling, scholar mediation services providers;
• Ministry of Education and subordinated institutions; Social partners from pre-university education system;
• National Administration of Penitentiaries and subordinated institutions (SO 6.3 and 6.6);

More information about the two guidelines here.

The consultative version of the Applicant Guideline for investments implemented by SMEs within the Regional Operational Program (POR) has been published for public debate until 24.08.2016.

 Eligible beneficiaries:

• non-agricultural SMEs from urban areas (also micro-enterprises) and
• non-agricultural medium enterprises from rural areas.

It is required for a beneficiary to have at least 3 years of activity and to register operational profit for the year prior to project submission.

Eligible regions: North-East, South-East, South Muntenia, South-Vest Oltenia, North-West, Centre;

Eligible investments:

1. Construction, modernization, extension of the production/services areas;
2. Acquisition of tangible (equipment, tools etc), intangible assets (patents, licenses etc), including e-commerce tools.
3. Implementation of quality environmental or health management systems;
4. Participation at international fairs and exhibitions, trade missions etc.

Eligible non-reimbursable value: minimum 200.000 euro and maximum 1.000.000 euro.

Non- reimbursable financing rate:

For investments mentioned at points 1 and 2:

• Small enterprises: 60% (from North-East, South-East, South Muntenia, South-West Oltenia, North-West, Center regions) and 45% (from West region);
• Small and micro enterprises: 70% (from North-East, South-East, South Muntenia, South-West Oltenia, North-West, Center regions) and 55% (from West region);

For investments mentioned at points 3 and 4: up to 90%;

All the conditions that beneficiaries must meet to access this funding can be found here.