SIBT - Alentejo

Investment Typologies

Eligible investment projects are:

• Creation of micro and small enterprises, corresponding to investment strategies in companies with less than 3 years of activity at the date of application submission;
• Expansion or modernisation of micro and small enterprises, with at least 3 years of activity at the date of application submission, namely through increased production, integration into value chains and expansion of business networks or other projects for economies of scale.

Eligible Expenses

• Purchase of necessary machinery, equipment, and software, including installation and localization costs. This also covers the construction and renovation of buildings when justified;

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  Acquisition of patents, licenses, technical know-how, and specialized software;
• Vehicles (in exceptional cases), provided they are not powered by fossil fuels;
• Certification of products, processes, or services; costs associated with the design and registration of new trademarks;
• Specialized services: audits, marketing plans, essential engineering services, specialized consulting (except for the preparation of the application), and certification of products, processes, services, and trademarks.

Financing

• Overall Allocation: 5M€
• Minimum Investment: between 15 and 300 thousand €

Financing Rates 

Maximum Financing Rate: up to 60% non-refundable.

• Investments located in low-density territories: 50%
• Investments located in the remaining territories: 40% 

Vulnerable Territories Bonus: up to 10 p.p. for the Alto Alentejo sub-region.

This support is subject to the de minimis regime.

Maximum execution period of 24 months.

Sectoral Framework