The North-West Regional Development Agency, as the Managing Authority for the North-West Regional Program 2021-2027 (REGIO North-West), publishes today, August 11, 2023, the Applicant's Guide for the call for projects 131.B – Increasing the competitiveness of SMEs in the Northwest Development Region.
The call for projects is competitive, with submission deadline, and funding applications can be submitted through the MySMIS 2021/2021+ computer system during: September 18, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – March 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Download – Applicant's Guide PRNV/2023/131.B/1 Increasing the competitiveness of SMEs in the Northwest Development Region.
A. Eligible Activities
- Construction, expansion of production and service spaces, including related utilities (water supply, sewage, heating agent, electricity, PSI);
- The purchase of technological equipment, machines, work installations, furniture, computer equipment, office equipment, of the nature of fixed assets of the type
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- Technological equipment (machines, machines and work installations)
- Measuring, control and regulation apparatus and installations
- Transport and lifting machinery and installations
- Furniture, office equipment, human and material asset protection systems and other tangible assets;
- The purchase of specific installations or equipment in order to achieve an energy saving, as well as systems that use renewable energy sources (solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass or biothermal energy) for the efficiency of the activities for which financing is requested;
- Activities regarding the acquisition of patents, licenses, know-how or other intellectual property rights.
B. Eligible Related Activities
The related eligible activities include consulting activities for project management or for writing the funding request. Other activities of the type exemplified above can be considered eligible if they fall within the limits of the activities supported by the PRNV 2021-2027 and if the applicant justifies the need for their development in order to implement the project.
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.