Internationalization incentive system

What is it?

It is a public measure, integrated in Portugal2020, which aims to strengthen the business capacity of SMEs through the development of their qualification processes for internationalization, valuing the inmaterial factors of competitiveness, allowing to enhance the increase of their base and export capacity.

What does it allow to finance?

-Presence in International Fairs

-International prospecting missions also including importing missions for the knowledge of the company and its products in Portugal

-External market studies

-Economic Feasibility Study

-Marketing Plans and Marketing Campaigns in target markets, including press relations

-Creation of website, virtual catalogs, and web marketing

-Acquisition of equipment and software directly related to the investment project

-Creation and registration of trademarks

-Industrial property protection

-Certifications

-Training of the company’s employees

-Hiring up to 2 technicians, highly qualified

Nature of the Incentive and public limit:

-Non-refundable incentive up to €500,000

-Incentive rate: 45% for individual projects

-Minimum eligible expenditure: €25,000

Access Conditions:

Promoter company:

-Being a legally constituted SME

-Have organized accounting

-Declare that there are no overdue salaries

-Not having debts to Social Security and the Tax Administration

-Have minimum financial autonomy of 15%

Project:

-Do not include expenses prior to the date of application, except advances up to 50% of the cost, in feasibility studies.

-The individual project be supported by a strategic analysis of the company that identifies the areas of competitiveness critical to the business in which it is part and diagnoses the situation of the company in these critical areas and based on the investment options considered in the application, which must be properly framed in a sustainable financial proposal of the business developed by the company.

-Start the implementation of the project within a maximum of 6 months, after communication of the financing decision

-Demonstrate that the sources of funding for the project are ensured

-Have a maximum duration of execution of 24 months.

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