Closed NSRF (ESPA)

stroengtening tourism smes for federalization ed qualiti apgradio the service sheep

Status: Closed
Opening: 29-03-2016
Deadline: 17-05-2016
Subsidy: 40%–50%
Investment: +15.000€ - 150.000€

The programme

The program Support to Tourism SMEs for their modernisation and the qualitative upgrading of the services provided of all sectors concerns the modernisation of the infrastructure and their operation, the their qualitative upgrade and the enrichment, the upgrade and certification of the products and services offered, in order to improve their position in the domestic and international tourist market .

Who it concerns

This action shall support existing and new medium-sized, small and micro enterprises, as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, operating in the tourism sector.Eligible for this action are enterprises that have been established until 31/12/2015, have an eligible for the programme (Annex II) since then and employ on average at least half (0.5) FTE of salaried labour.

Program budget

Distribution in the regions:

Eastern Macedonia Thrace, Central Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Greece: 28.756.000
Western Macedonia, Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, North Aegean, Crete: 23.044.000
Attica: 9.800.000
Central Greece: 2.800.000
South Aegean: 5,600,000

The 50.000.000€ will be allocated to accommodation, of which 10.000.000€ will be allocated to new businesses and 40.000.000€ will be allocated to existing businesses with at least two full twelve-month financial years (2014 and 2015).

Other tourism businesses will be allocated 20.000.000€, of which 5.000.000€ will be allocated to new businesses and 15.000.000€ will be allocated to existing businesses with at least two full 12-month financial years (2014 and 2015).

Amount of subsidy

The subsidised budget of each investment project of a potential aid beneficiary cannot exceed the total turnover of the year 2015 or the amount of 150.000€, if the turnover is higher than 150.000€ and cannot be lower than 15.000€.

The funding covers 40% of eligible costs and is increased by 10%, reaching 50% in case of recruitment of new staff.

Expenses subsidized

wildings, fakilites ed surudings
Machinery – Equipment
Equipment and Facilities for Environmental Protection and Energy and Water Conservation
Kertifica Ofa Qualiti Asurans ed Environmental Managimen Systems
Promotion up to 15.000€
Software and Software Services up to 20.000€
Means of transport up to 15.000€
Monitoring the implementation of the Investment Plan up to 2.500€
Market studies/market research. 5.000€ and up to 2.500€/study
Wage cost

Important dates

Submission period from 29/3/2016 to 17/5/2016
Duration of Implementation of Investment Plan
Η προθεσμία ολοκλήρωσης των χρηματοδοτούμενων επενδύσεων may not exceed forty-two (42) months and one hundred and thirty-two (132) days in total from the date of issue of the decision of inclusion. In the event that a deadline set out above expires on a non-working day, it shall be extended until the first working day.
Exceptionally, especially and only for those investment projects for which the date of the decision of inclusion in the Action is later than 11-06-2020, the deadline for their completion cannot exceed forty-two (42) months from the date of adoption of the Decision of Inclusion.

Όταν με βάση τις ανωτέρω ορισθείσες χρονικές διάρκειες υλοποίησης των επενδυτικών έργων οι προβλεπόμενες ημερομηνίες ολοκλήρωσης του φυσικού και οικονομικού αντικειμένου είναι μεταγενέστερες της 31-12-2023, τότε ορίζεται ως καταληκτική ημερομηνία ολοκλήρωσης η 31-12-2023.
Start of eligibility of expenditure: 11/02/2016