The Management Authority for the North-West Regional Program 2021-2027 (REGIO North-West) issues CORRIGENDUM no. 3 for the Applicant's Guide 132.B.1, the consolidated documents with the related annexes and the summary of changes are available at the address below:

CORRIGENDUM no. 3 of modification and addition to Applicant Guide 132.B.1 – Supporting the development of business incubators and the annexes related to the call for projects PRNV/2023/132.B.1/1 from the Northwest Regional Program 2021-2027.

The reason/justification for issuing this Corrigendum is to update the SPECIFIC SCHEME – De minimis aid & regional state aid "Support for the development of business incubators and support for newly established incubated enterprises"

For this reason, the following documents have been updated:

Applicant Guide, chapters/subchapters

• 1.3 Glossary;
• 2.3. European and national regulations, strategic framework, applicable programmatic documents;
• 3.4. Co-financing rate;
• 3.13. State aid rules;
• 5.1.1. Eligibility requirements for applicants and partners;
• 5.2.1. General requirements regarding the eligibility of activities;
• 5.3.1. The legal basis for determining the eligibility of expenses;
• 7.2. The language used to complete the financing application;
• 8.9 Project contracting.

Annex I – Grid for verifying the eligibility of financing applications;

Annex III.1 – Single declaration;

Annex III.4 – Declaration of eligibility;

Annex V – Correlation matrix;

Annex VII – Financing contract;

Annex VIII – SPECIFIC SCHEME – De minimis aid & regional state aid "Supporting the development of business incubators and support for incubated start-ups".

The North-West Regional Program 2021-2027 proposes interventions for the development of research, development, innovation and digitization capacity, increasing the energy performance of the existing public and residential building fund, capitalizing on degraded spaces at the city level, sustainable urban mobility, investments in the network of county roads and in the educational infrastructure, as well as actions to capitalize on the cultural, touristic and spa potential.

In the financial year 2021-2027, public authorities and institutions, the business environment, the academic and research environment and NGOs can obtain funding.

The Northwest Regional Program benefits from a total allocation of 1,437,252,471 euros.

• Priority 1: A competitive region through innovation, digitization and dynamic enterprises – total value: 327,904,956 euros
• Priority 2: A region with smart localities - total value: 60,332,872 euros
• Priority 3: A region with environmentally friendly localities – total value: 210,666,112 euros
• Priority 4: A region with sustainable multimodal urban mobility – total value: 305,155,751 euros
• Priority 5: An accessible region - total value: 184,978,708 euros
• Priority 6: An educated region - total value: 77,386,100 euros
• Priority 7: An attractive region - total value: 210,363,134 euros
• Technical assistance – total value: 60,464,838 euros

More information about the Northwest Regional Program for 2021-2027 is available here, and the program can be consulted here.