The final form of the POCU 2014-2020 Applicant Guidelines – Specific Conditions: “Romania Start-up Plus” (SO 3.7) have been launched. The projects can be submitted between the publishing date of the Ministry approval order and 30^th of October 2016.

Projects aim at supporting the establishment of enterprises with non-agricultural profile in urban areas.

Maximum project value: 5.000.000 euro.
Implementation period: maximum 36 months

Eligible applicants/partners:

• Public and private training providers;
• Chambers of commerce and industry;
• NGOs;
• Trade unions;
• Members of Sectoral Committees and legal Sectoral Committees;
• Authorities of local public administration;
• Professional Associations;
• Universities;
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment and subordinated/ coordinated: institutions / agencies / organizations;

Target group:

• Individuals who intend to establish a business (eg. unemployed / inactive / people who have a job and intend to set up a business in order to create new jobs).

Activities:

• Entrepreneurship training programs, authorized by ANC;
• Internships;
• A micro-grant of maximum 40.000 euro/business plan, in 2 instalments (1^st instalment – 30.000 euro, 2^nd instalment – the difference);
• A monitoring program of the business functioning and development;

More information about the Applicant Guideline and annexes are presented here.