BUILD2030 | Structuring Businesses

Types of Investment

Projects supported must result from the company’s strategic analysis across its various functional areas, including all investments identified as necessary and grouped into the following components:

• Investments directly linked to operations (creation, expansion, or modernization);
• Investments in internationalization;
• Investments in quality, safety, and environmental management certification.

Eligible Expenses

Operations:

• Acquisition of: Real estate (degraded or for intervention in urban centers), goods, equipment (including transport, insurance, assembly, and dismantling), transport equipment (light/heavy), ICT goods and equipment, and technical assistance services;
• Construction/Rehabilitation of buildings;
• Patent and trademark costs.

Internationalization:

• Acquisition of services for: Project implementation (consulting: market studies, internationalization strategy, design, branding, trademark registration), international marketing, online presence/e-commerce, quality/certification for foreign markets;
• Registration and participation in events.

Quality, Safety, and Environmental Management Certification:

• Acquisition of services: Certification process preparation, audits/inspections/verifications, technical assistance/consulting, laboratory testing (accredited laboratories/Portuguese Quality System), transport of products/equipment for testing/calibration, obtaining/maintaining the ecological label, implementation and certification of total quality management systems, applications for awards/excellence levels, and dissemination of certification.
• Acquisition of goods/equipment: Technical bibliography, inspection/measurement/testing equipment, and specific software.

Common Expenses (for all components):

• Acquisition of services: Application preparation (studies, diagnostics, audits), marketing plans, communication, architectural and engineering projects, preparation of payment requests, statutory auditor/chartered accountant intervention, DNSH studies and reports, and investment presentation video (for projects > €500,000, minimum 1 minute, maximum €1,500).

Financing

Call Budget: €20,000,000

Minimum Eligible Investment: €50,000

Maximum Incentive per Application: €7,000,000

Non-repayable grant, with maximum rates of 50% for large companies, 60% for medium companies, and 70% for micro and small companies, with the following base support rates:

• 40%: Islands of São Miguel and Terceira.
• 45%: Islands of Faial and Pico; municipalities of Nordeste, Vila Franca do Campo, and Povoação (São Miguel).
• 50%: Islands of Santa Maria, Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores, and Corvo.

Bonus: In addition to the base support rate, upon project completion and after evaluation of the reference year, a performance bonus will be granted to projects based on the achievement of results. The performance bonus will take the form of a non-repayable grant applied to the eligible project expenses.

Application Period

From 03/11/2025 to 30/12/2025

Eligible Applicants

Commercial companies, regardless of their legal nature, complementary business groupings, and cooperatives with tax residence, headquarters, or a permanent establishment in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.

Specificities of the Call

Eligibility Criteria

• Operation duration: 36 months, or 24 months for operations up to €200,000;
• Minimum financial autonomy of 25% in the year prior to the project;
• Compliance with the “Do No Significant Harm (DNSH)” principle;
• Investments must fall within the following activities under CAE - Rev.4: Industry (divisions 10–33, except 12, 18, 19, groups 222, 241); Waste management (division 38); Logistics and tradable services (group 521, subclasses 52250, 52261, 52262, 52310); Accommodation (division 55); Catering (division 56, investment up to €1M); Research & Development (division 72); Event organization (subclass 82300); Education (subclass 85320); Human health (groups 861, subclasses 86210, 86220); Thermal activities (group 869, subclass 86992); and Wellness centers (group 962, subclass 96230).