How to obtain subventions in Romania for your investments and projects

Use our subvention and grant services in Romania

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Each year the amount of grants made by corporations, foundations, and government agencies increases. Organizations that do not have enough funding in place to hire more staff and set up an office for the express purpose of writing and managing grants can benefit immeasurably from the services of our grant or subvention file consultants.

We support businesses and mainly work on the submission and optimization of subsidies, credits and the acquisition of taxation advantages. Over the last fifteen years, we have submitted applications with a 99% success rate. We carefully analyze the probability for success in the intake and pre-feasibility phase. In 90% of the cases the subvention file is linked to a bankable business plan and credit application and a conditioned letter of credit. We have a success rate of 100% for credit applications. Unfortunately we cannot serve everybody as we only do an intake of files that will be successful.

We facilitate your subvention files on investment in Romania

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The vocation of our company is not to become an applications factory but to be a partner for our clients. We help our clients through each step before, during and after the funding of their projects (implementation and project management). Getting subventions is one challenge being paid after a correct implementation project and project management is the second challenge.

If you are in the process of applying for a grant for funding then you should look into our consulting services. The process of writing a grant proposal is particularly difficult and in order to be successful you can benefit from the expertise of a professional skilled in the areas of grant and funding development as well as in fundraising and negotiation with bankers. .A “grant” or “subvention” writing consultant takes some of the stress off your shoulders and makes it possible for your staff to continue their daily routine without having to take on yet another task.

Our Services on subventions in Romania:

·         Tailor made approach for small; medium sized and large SME’s.

·         Project management and very important : SETUP THE COMPANY AND THE PROJECT IN THE PRE-SUBVENTION Phase. If you do not do this then forget  it.

·         Combination of the subvention and financing file: we write both documents.

·         Our external reviews constructively examine your current policies, systems, and procedures and offer best practices recommendations from highly successful subvention or grant seeking.

·         Search and location of the best alternatives of subventions and grants, according to the customer's situation, activity and projects.

·         Permanent update of new aids and subventions. In this way you will always be updated about the new opportunities and you will not overlook any possibility because of lack of information.

·         Report, recompilation and preparation of all the documents and information to start the proceedings, filing and proper management of the file at the corresponding institutions.

·         Permanent follow up of the file in order to assure its optimal implementation and its rectifications if needed. Preparation of all guarantees (public organisms, clients and suppliers, etc…) and investments justifications needed for subvention or grant files.

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Start-up nation Romania subventions

The "Start-Up Nation - Romania" programme awards the minimis aid to a maximum of 10,000  small and medium-sized enterprises at a maximum value of 200,000 lei per beneficiary, representing 100% of the value of eligible expenditure.

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FINANCING

MAXIM 100% AFN, but can not exceed 200,000 lei per beneficiary (including VAT for non-paying companies)

Expenditure on fees, fees, commissions (excluding FNGCIMM commission), packaging, transport, commissioning, staff training for the use of purchased items are not eligible.

BENEFICIARIES

Registered according to Law no. 31/1990 on societies, republished, with subsequent amendments or completions or on the basis of Law no.1 / 2005 on the organization and functioning of co-operation or on the basis of Government Emergency Ordinance no.6 / 2011 Setting up and development of microenterprises by business start-up entrepreneurs, with subsequent modifications and additions;

 It is considered to be an autonomous enterprise if:

• Have wholly private equity capital;
• Associations or shareholders holding several companies can only apply under one program to a single company.
• They are registered at the Trade Register Office, have their registered office / work place and operate on Romanian territory;
• The NACE code for which funding is requested is eligible under the Program (Annex 13) and authorized until the first application for repayment / payment, according to art. 15 of the Law 359/2004 on the simplification of the formalities for the registration of the natural persons, family associations and legal persons in the Trade Register, their tax registration, as well as the authorization of the operation of the legal entities, with the subsequent modifications and completions. The request for financing is made on one NACE code;
• Have no debts to the consolidated general budget and local budgets, both for the registered office and for all the working points, at the signing of the grant agreement; Applicants with staggered debts are not eligible to access the Program.
• Have not exceeded the de minimis ceiling of EUR 200,000.00 over three consecutive financial years for a single enterprise, as defined by EU Regulation no. No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid and EUR 100 000 over three financial years for beneficiaries carrying out freight transport for the account of third parties or against payment. The ceilings apply regardless of the form of the de minimis aid or the objective pursued and whether the aid is granted from the state budget or from Community funds.

Eligible expenditure

• The subject of funding must fall within one or more of the following eligible categories:
• Technological equipments, machinery, equipment, electric forklifts, forklifts and work installations - including the related software, necessary for carrying out the activities for which it has requested financing, except for mechanical, electric, electronic, billiard, music machines;
• Purchase of workspaces, production premises and premises for the provision of services and trade (buildings, production halls, premises arranged for service activities, production and trade, including prefabricated elements);
• Means of transport: cars, buses, minibuses, bikes, mopeds, motorcycles, motorhomes, motorhomes, with and without motor for street trade ;
• Computing IT equipment (PC type, consisting of: central unit, server, monitor, printer / copier / multifunction, including portable systems, licenses required to conduct business, audio-video systems, etc.);
• Acquisition of goods provided in sub-groups 3.1 furniture, 3.2 Office equipment and 3.3 protection systems for human and material values;
• Acquisition of specific installations / equipment in order to achieve energy savings, as well as systems using renewable energy sources for the efficiency of the activities for which it requested funding;
• Purchase of heating or air-conditioning installations related to the area of ​​activity of trade, production or services;
• Salaries, utilities and expenditures related to rents for working spaces, production premises and premises for services and trade (buildings, production halls, premises arranged for service activities, production and trade, including prefabricated elements). Spaces for rent are not to be rented. Salaries are settled at the average salary level, including employers' contributions. The settlement is made for the value of the salaries, utilities and rent after the signing of the agreement for the implementation period;
• Creating a webpage for the presentation and promotion of the activity of the applicant and of the products or services, including domain registration expenses without hosting, for economic operators who do not own another site and which must be functional at the date of filing the application for de minimis aid, in The maximum limit of 8000 lei excluding VAT;
• Intangible assets related to patents, franchises, eco-labeling, licenses, eco-labeling, on-line software, software required to carry out the activity for which funding is requested;
• Entrepreneurial skills development courses - for the associate / administrator of the applicant company, a course organized by an authorized body of entrepreneurial education within the limit of 3000 lei without VAT. Providers of eligible training services within the Program may only be approved training providers, who will provide supporting documentation on the qualification of the persons conducting the training in the field;

Seminar ICT and Automation : investment approach and potential subventions and grants

Belgian week in Cluj Napoca by Beroba (The Belgian Romanian Business Association) and The Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium

Seminar Tuesday 25 April 2017:

ICT and Automation : investment approach and potential subventions and grants

Venue : Hotel Grand Italia,Strada Trifoiului,2,Cluj-Napoca, Romania , conference room 2 : 

11.00 – 12. 30 : ICT and Automation : investment approach and potential subventions and grants - PBS Worldwide – Freddy Jacobs, president Belgian Romanian Real Estate Chamber

Subscription: cibr@telenet.be  before 21 April 2017

structural funds and instruments romania agriculture 2014 - 2020

Have a look at this website for all details

http://www.structural-funds-romania.ro/Romania_structural_funds_agricult...

Presentation State Aid Scheme Romania 2014 2020 GD 322 GD 807

http://www.investromania.be/nl/investment/presentation-state-aid-scheme-romania-2014-2020-gd-322-gd-807

Subventions For Agriculture In Romania 2014 2020 Measure 4.1

http://www.belgianconnection.be/invest-romania-businessclub/subventions-agriculture-romania-2014-2020-measure-41

Please download the first measure for the new subvention periond in Romania for agriculture 2014 - 2020

freddy jacobs, PBS Worldwide BVBA

Subventions Romania 2014 2020 State Aid Scheme

State Aid scheme for stimulating investments with major impact on the economy

State aid scheme aims regional development by making initial investments in fixed assets of high technology to achieve products with high added value, regardless of the size of the recipient. The total value of an investments project must be of minimum 44 million Ron. This value was determined by reference to an equivalent value of approximately 10 million Euros (calculated at a exchange rate of 4,4 Ron/Euro).

State aid scheme is included in the Program “State Aid to finance investment projects”, within the budget of the Ministry of Finance – General Actions.

The expenses may be included in the total investment value are those that are capitalized in the value of tangible and intangible assets.

The expenditure on purchase / renting / leasing land not included in the total investment.

Any expenses distinctly highlighted in the company's accounting records other than those related to tangible and intangible assets, such as expenditure on consultancy, obtaining approvals, agreements, licenses, employee training, etc., are not included in the total investment.

The maximum budget for the scheme is 2,700 million Ron, equivalent to 600 million Euro,to supplement as follows:

a)    Commitment to the issue of financing agreements for the period 2014 – 2020;

b)    Appropriations for payment of state aid approved under agreements to financing issued for the period 2015 – 2023.

Maximum annual budget of the scheme is 450 million Ron, equivalent to approximate 100 million Euro, as it will be determined by the annual budget laws. Financing agreements may be issued under the scheme till December 31, 2020 respecting state law aid.  

State assistance payments shall be made between 2015 and 2023, based on agreements for funding issued within the annual budget, allocated to the scheme.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE STATE SCHEME?

Companies which may request state aid under this scheme are recently established companies or ongoing activity companies, both SME’s and large enterprises, with legal personality established under the Companies Act no. 31/1990, republished, subsequent amendments.

WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBLE AND NON-ELIGIBLE EXPENCES RELATED TO THE INITIAL INVESTMENT?

A. ELIGIBLE COSTS

There are considered eligible expenses, costs without VAT linked to implementing or acquisition, where appropriate, the tangible and intangible assets and expenses linked to renting construction related to the initial investment achievement.

Eligible expenditure on tangible assets

The tangible assets shall meet in whole the following conditions of eligibility:

• must be operated exclusively by company recipient of aid to achieve the investment objectives for which the funding.
• must be included in the assets of the company benefiting from state aid and must remain associated investment for which funding was granted for a period of at least five years after completion of the investment.
• must be purchased in market conditions.

The maximum amount that can be considered eligible expenses related achievement cannot exceed the standard construction cost. The costs of obtaining construction cost exceeding the standard are considered ineligible.

In case of purchase of tangible assets are completed on specific chapters of the investment plan and the period for the purchase thereof, the years in which they were received (partial or final) and after payment (partial or final) thereof.

Eligible expenditure on intangible assets

The intangible assets shall meet in whole the following conditions of eligibility:

•  must be operated exclusively by company recipient of aid to achieve the investment objectives for which the funding.
• must be included in the assets of the company benefiting from state aid and must remain associated investment for which funding was granted for a period of at least five years after completion of the investment.
• must be purchased in market conditions.

In case of purchase of intangible assets or licenses, know0how or other intellectual property rights, they complement the specific chapters of the investment plan and the period for the purchase thereof, the years in which they were received (partial or final) and after payment (partial or final) thereof.

To be considered eligible, costs of intangible assets cannot exceed 50% of the total eligible costs of the investment.

B. INELIGIBLE COSTS

There are considered ineligible expenses the costs without VAT linked to implementing or acquisition, where appropriate, the tangible and intangible assets and expenses related to renting construction that do not qualify as eligible expenses. Ineligible costs are not funded by state aid.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF ENTERPRISES

1.    GENERAL

• are registered under the Companies Act no. 31/1990, republished, as amended and supplemented;
• made an initial investment in Romania, in the areas of eligible activity;
• proves the viability of the project investment and economic efficiency of the company based on the Investment Plan and Business Plan;
• registers no debts to the budgets of the general consolidated budget;
• does not qualify as "firms in difficulty";
• not in enforcement proceedings, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, operational closure, liquidation or temporary suspension of activity;
• decisions are not subject to recovery of State aid or where such decisions were issued, they were executed according to the law in force;
• have not benefited from other national regional aid for eligible costs of the nature of wage costs in the same single investment project;
• not closed an identical or similar activity in the European Economic Area in the last 2 years prior to the filing of the financing agreement and, at the time of registration application, no concrete plans to close such activity over a period of 2 years after completion in the region in question, the initial investment;

2.    IN ADDITIONAL FOR ENTERPRISES WITH AT LEAST ONE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED

• have profitability turnover greater than zero in the last financial exercise;
• have positive equity in the last financial exercise;

3.    IN ADDITION TO START-UPS COMPANIES

• they have paid share capital amounting to at least 100,000 Ron;
• they do not belong to shareholders who hold or have held in the past two years previously application registration of the financing agreement for another registered company under Companies Act no. 31/1990, republished, as amended and supplemented, carrying or has carried out its activity for applying for funding.

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STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND SUBVENTIONS ROMANIA OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMS 2014 2020

STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND SUBVENTIONS FOR ROMANIA PERIOD 2014 2020 - THE MAIN FRAME OF OPERATIONS

For Romania, EU funds will continue to be one of the most important tools to be used to reduce regional disparities and promoting economic growth at regional and local level, strengthening competitiveness and increase employment, benchmarks at the EU level.

It is recognized that these goals fulfilling are possible by providing a favourable environment for investments, by establishing of new companies or developing of the existing ones contributing significantly to the creation of new jobs and generate the added value.

In this context, the use of structural support for the period 2014 - 2020 aims creating conditions for improvement and steady development of business, with the main objectives:

• Stimulating the competitiveness of enterprises;
• Facilitating access to finance;
• Creating an enabling environment to encourage the creation of new businesses and entrepreneurial culture;
• Supporting companies to operate abroad and to access new markets;
• Ensuring a skilled and adaptable workforce.

Measures under this challenge will be directed to the following areas:

• Research, technological development and innovation. The proposed interventions are geared towards supporting innovation in enterprises, as well as capacity building for excellence in research and innovation and for technological changes. In rural areas, innovation and the knowledge base will be strengthened through cooperation between agriculture, food and forestry and other actors, also by creating of clusters and networks and use of consultancy services
• Information and communications technology. Actions will be aimed at increasing the capacity of companies to have ICT services and encouraging them to use such services.
• Competitiveness of SMEs, agriculture and fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Efforts will be directed towards supporting investment in entrepreneurship, the commercial exploitation of new ideas and research results by providing business advisory services as well as supporting the development of online tools. Interventions to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector will help ensure sustainable food production in the EU and will help to create and preserve jobs and economic growth in rural areas.

An overview of the operational programs and priorities proposed for funding in next period:

Competitiveness Operational Programme

• Support private investment in research, development and innovation (RDI) and collaborative research between industry and research organizations to encourage transfer of knowledge, technology and personnel with advanced expertise to enable the development of RDI products and services in economic sectors with growth potential;
• Promoting financial instruments aimed at supporting risk private investment in research and innovation and foster innovative start-ups and spin-offs;
• Infrastructure development of the private and public research, both as part of the existing / emerging cluster, centres of excellence and other research structures (National / regional / EU) and the specific areas identified as priorities, based on the existence of a potential and / or a competitive advantage, such as health, unlocking the potential for excellence in research and innovation by creating synergies with research, development and innovation of the framework program Horizon 2020 EU;
• Actions to promote ICT adoption by businesses, including applications and innovation of e-commerce;
• Actions to develop e-Governance tools for businesses and citizens (e-Government 2.0);
• Actions for "cloud computing” development.

Regional Operational Programme

• Actions to strengthen entrepreneurship and option awareness and potential support for business creation;
• Actions to improve access to finance, including provision of a wide appropriate financial instruments;
• Actions to improve productivity of SMEs and providing opportunities for growth, including strengthening access to support business planning, technical advice, guidance and support for export;
• Action to join the network of enterprises to strengthen exchanges knowledge and strengthen their participation in retail chains, including those at the international level;
• Integrated actions - sites, skills, investment support - in order to attract investment in less developed regions of Romania;
• Rationalization actions of the regulatory and reducing process of the bureaucratic burden on businesses;
• Development of technology transfer infrastructure in public and private sectors, especially in less developed regions of Romania, in accordance with the principle of smart specialization.

National Rural Development Programme

• Creating and providing consulting services to improve economic and environmental performance;
• Collaboration between agriculture / food industry, forestry, fishing and aquaculture and food industry systems and consulting, education and research context of pilot projects, development of products, practices, processes and new technologies etc.;
• Establishment of task forces (farmers, researchers, consultants) who will participate at
• European Innovation Partnership “Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability ";
• Actions to improve economic performance and restructuring and modernization of agriculture, especially to increase the participation and orientation to markets, and diversify agricultural activities;
• Facilitating generational renewal in the agricultural sector;
• Actions to improve economic performance of the primary producers through a better integration of them into the food chain by quality programs, adding value to agricultural products by promoting on local markets through developing short purchasing circuits and setting up of producer groups, etc.;
• Actions in supporting activities of prevention and risk management in agriculture;
• Creation of new small businesses by providing support for business start for micro and small enterprises outside the agricultural sector, and activities development of non-agricultural in rural areas.

Maritime and Fisheries Operational Programme

• Investment in aquaculture: new units, upgrading the existing units, species diversification, improvement the potential aquaculture sites;
• Promoting new sources of income within the sector (processing activities, marketing) and outside (environmental activities, tourism, education);
• Investment in fishing ports, shelters, jetties, first sales centres;
• Improving the working conditions related to health and safety on board inland fisheries and sea;
• Support for establishment, organization and operation of chain: manufacturers - processors - sellers;
• Diversify fisheries and aquaculture sector by supporting the creation of new small businesses and create jobs in the area.

A key element in the proper functioning of business and entrepreneurship development is to ensure a skilled and adaptable workforce. Thus it created opportunities for investment in education and training by both  a program dedicated to human capital, and programs for agriculture sector, and fishery and aquaculture sector .

Operational Programme Human Capital

• Encouraging and facilitating the employers participation in workforce development and lifelong learning;
• Improved correlation of  both vocational and technical education with labour market needs, ensuring the relevance of the training offer, giving priority to sectors with future potential growth and promoting the partnerships between statement relevant stakeholders;
• Modernization of tertiary education by developing advanced studies and supporting the internationalization of higher education, including comprehensive research and mobility;

National Rural Development Programme

• Creating new small businesses by providing support for micro and small enterprise business start from outside the agricultural industry and the development non - agricultural activities in rural areas;
• Support the training and acquisition of skills in agricultural management, sustainable agriculture practices, improving the quality and using of new technologies specific to agriculture and forestry;
• Support demonstration activities for the transfer of knowledge about new practices in the field: information, short-term exchanges and visits within the EU in order to promote exchange of good practices, encourage lifelong learning and training in generally in rural areas (in addition to courses or training normally provided in secondary and higher education system), and training in business management and other skills necessary for diversification outside the agriculture sector.

Maritime and Fisheries Operational Programme

• Diversification of fisheries and aquaculture sector by supporting the creation of new small businesses and creating jobs in the area;
• Support school infrastructure and resource development in early childhood education and care, from primary, secondary, tertiary to technical and vocational education in order to improve the quality of education and training and its relevance for the labour market.

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Structural Funds Romania 2014 2020

Romania Officially Sent The Partnership Agreement 2014-2020 To The European Commission

"I emphasize that Romania does not register any delay in submission of the proposal by the Partnership, the deadline set by EU regulation is April 22, 2014" added Eugen Teodorovici.

The EU Funds Ministry official sent the proposal of the Partnership Agreement 2014-2020 to the European Commission

According to the Minister, the Commission has three months to examine the document, which time period may be interrupted if comment on this document shall be transmitted to the Member State .

Structural Funds Romania 2014 2020

The Partnership Agreement submitted to the Commission includes a proposal regarding indicative financial allocations for operational programs financed from structural funds, as follows:

·         Operational Programme Large Infrastructure: 9.5 billion

·         Regional Operational Program: 6.7 billion

·         Operational Programme Human Capital: 4.2 billion

·         Operational Programme Competitiveness 1.2 billion

·         Operational Programme Administrative Capacity: 0.55 billion

·         Operational Programme Technical Assistance: 0.21 billion

The implementation of EU funds for 2014-2020 will  managed at the level of only three ministries:

MFEur will have Management Authority for: Operational Programme Large Infrastructure Operational Programme Human Capital, Operational Programme Competitiveness and Operational Programme Technical Assistance;

MDRAP will have Management Authority for: Regional Operational Programme, Administrative Capacity Operational Programme, namely the European territorial cooperation programs;

MARD will be the Managing Authority for PNDR and POP.

The National Rural Development Programme In Romania (RDP) 2014-2020

STRATEGY DESCRIPTION

Substantiation selected needs to be covered by the rural development strategy in Romania 2014 2020 and selecting objectives, priorities and areas of intervention based on SWOT analysis and needs analysis.

Romania is facing challenges in achieving economic and social potential of the agro-food sector. The SWOT analysis shows that rural records high deficiencies, which is characterized by: persistent structural weaknesses; low level of entrepreneurial activity and added value, with activities that require intensive labor input, especially in (semi-) subsistence agriculture; low export orientation; low investment and insufficient demand-driven in research and development sector; access to services and infrastructure far below urban; regional disparities increasingly higher; a large share of the population at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and a number of environmental and manmade risks, exacerbated by climate change, which is a threat to rural areas and all the country.

The National Rural Development Programme in Romania (RDP) 2014-2020 represents a real opportunity to address the weak points, based on the consolidation of the strong points of the sector and on the progress made by the National Rural Development Programme in Romania RDP 2007-2013. There were significant improvements in 2007-2013, especially on a better integration of producers and processors in the agri-food chain, the next generation of farmers, implementation of practices and environmentally friendly investments, diversified local economies and local infrastructure.

The National Rural Development Programme in Romania  RDP 2014-2020 will address the following strategic priorities: i) structural change and competitiveness of the agri-food sector; ii) natural resources management; iii) balanced local rural development, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement. These priorities are linked to the strategic objectives defined by the Common Agricultural Policy and Strategy 2020.

Specific needs identified by the SWOT analysis and stakeholder consultation process, will be addressed through actions carried out within the six priorities for the FEADR. The support will be directed to the actions with the highest impact on the objectives.

Structural change and competitiveness of the agri-food sector

The overall objective identified for this strategic area is: Accelerate the restructuring process of small and medium farms and turn them into economically viable farms and improving the economic performance of farms and processing sector to increase market integration of quality products for import substitution.

Natural resources management

The overall objective identified for this strategic area is: Maintaining and improving the quality of the natural environment through sustainable management of natural resources and climate change.

Balanced territorial development

The overall objective identified for this strategic area is: Diversification of economic activities, creating jobs, improving infrastructure and services in order to improve the quality of life in rural areas.

The National Rural Development Programme in Romania for 2014-2020 contribute to smart growth by providing support for cooperation between research institutions and farmers and other actors of the rural economy and supporting component training, skills and information dissemination. Also RDP have in view a sustainable growth with an emphasis on lowering carbon emissions and supporting environmentally friendly farming practices. Finally, support for investment in infrastructure and rural economy reduce poverty and create jobs in rural areas, contributing to a favorable growth.