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The Regional Operational Program (ROP) is analysing a possible re-launch of Axis 2.2 – Improving the Competitiveness of SMEs, for a financing line  dedicated to large investments – with a non-reimbursable financing between 500,000 and 5 million Euro per project.

Here are the main features of these types of projects.

The following types of activities are funded:

• Construction, extension of the production/ services areas;
• Acquisition of tangible (equipment, tools etc), intangible assets (patents, licenses etc), including e-commerce tools;
• Implementation of certification of products, services, or different specific processes, quality environmental or health management systems;
• Participation to international fairs and exhibitions, trade missions etc.

Non-reimbursable financing rate can be up to 70% or up to 90% from the eligible expenses value, depending on the types of activities, the size of the company and the implementation region.

The projects implemented in the Bucharest – Ilfov region are not eligible.

The Ministry of European Funds announces the launch for public consultation of the Applicant’s Guide Specific Conditions “Internships for high-school students”.

The Guide is in public consultation until 15.10.2018.

The call is dedicated to increase the participation rate of high-school students from secondary and tertiary non-university education (qualification levels 3, 4 and 5) to workplace learning programs,  through measures such as:

• Developing partnerships / conventions between organizers (educational units) and practice partners;
• Organizing and conducting workplace learning programs (internship / traineeship, practical training, technology lab, etc.);
• Organizing professional competitions, competitions on jobs, competitions and fairs for exercise firms;
• Providing counseling and professional guidance services for high-school students;
• Creating a coordinated information system between the private sector and the network of educational units;
• Creating innovative solutions to facilitate practice, innovative counseling tools, guidance, competence assessment;
• Conducting Internships in EU Member States.

Who can apply?

Types of eligible applicants and partners in this call:

• Ministry of Education and relevant structures / agencies / subordinated / coordinated by it;
• Employers (as practice partners);
• Professional Associations;
• Chambers of commerce and industry;
• NGOs;
• Public and private providers of professional guidance and counseling;
• Trade union organizations and employers’ organizations.

For project proposals aiming activities of learning at work, eligible applicants and partners are:

• County School Inspectorates (as structures under MEN);
• Professional Associations;
• Employers as practice partners;
• NGOs as practice partners.

Other informations:

The grant application must be submitted in partnership. The transnational partnership is eligible.

What is the call allocation?

• 30.552.000 euro

What is the maximum value of the project?

• Maximum 500.000 euro, of which the percentage of non-reimbursable financing is between 85-100% depending on applicant type. Maximum project value cannot exceed the result of the following formula: 1.500 euro x number of target group participants.

How long does it take to implement a project?

• Minimum 9 months, maximum 24 months.

Who can be a part of the target group?

• Students (ISCED 2 – 3, qualification level 3 – 4)
• Students (ISCED 4, qualification level 5, enrolled in post-secondary schools / masters organized at the level of educational units)

For more information click here.

The Ministry of European Funds launched on 20^th of September the call for projects “Improving the level of knowledge / competencies / skills for employees”. Deadline for project submission period 20.12.2018

The call is dedicated to the development of human resources in companies through measures such as:

• training programs (initiation, qualification, re-qualification, improvement or specialization programs);
• evaluation and certification of professional competences;
• developing and introducing workplace learning programs in companies;
• employers’ awareness campaigns on the importance and necessity of employee participation in continuous training programs;

Who can apply?

• Employer organizations;
• Business Associations;
• Chambers of Commerce and Industry;

In partnership with other relevant entities (eg trade unions and / or training providers).

What is the call allocation?

• 89.361.701,88 euro

What is the maximum value of the project?

• 1 million euro, of which the percentage of non-reimbursable financing is between 85-100% depending on applicant type.

How long does it take to implement a project?

• maximum 18 months.

Which employees can be involved in the project (target group)?

• Employees from enterprises that carry out their main or secondary activity in one of the priority sectors or enterprises that intend to adapt their main or secondary activity to at least one of these sectors (see the List of eligible CAEN codes).

Other target group provisions:

• Employees must work and have their domicile / residence outside Bucharest-Ilfov region;
• People who provide strategic management in companies and HR department staff can not be target group – for them there is another dedicated call;
• Minimum target group: 250 people.

For more information click here.

There are the following calls for projects of particular interest to private companies, open in the following period:

POCU 3.8 – “Professional Romania – Competitive Enterprises” – open call (30 July – 31 October 2018)

• Finance: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, etc. for managers and HR staff from large companies
• Maximum eligible amount of the project: 500.000 euro, of which: 50% non-refundable but not more than 250.000 euro
• Eligible applicants: Large companies with activity in priority areas
• More details here.

POCU 4.16 – “Support for the establishment of social Enterprises” – open call (27 August – 27 November 2018)

• Applicants will receive funding that they will use as follows: to provide micro-grants to establish social economy entities (up to 100.000 euro/business plan), for training, counseling, monitoring, and actions to develop social economy
• Maximum eligible project value: 3 million euro, of which: between 95-100% non-refundable, depending on the type of applicant/expenditure
• Eligible applicants: Entities of the social economy; Providers of training / employment services / social services; Trade union and patronage organizations; Professional associations; NGOs; Chambers of commerce and industry
• More details here.

POCU 4.4 – Community grandparents: “Integrated Services for the elderly” – open call (26 July – 26 October 2018)

• Financing: setting up social services or developing existing social services and providing social services without accommodation (day care centers, home care services, street services, etc.)
• Maximum eligible project value: 600.000 euro, of which non-reimbursable: between 85% -100%, depending on the applicant’s type.
• Eligible applicants: Accredited social service providers; Local public authorities
• More details here.

The Ministry of European Funds launched the call for projects “Support for the establishment of social enterprises”.

Project submission period: 27.08 – 27.11.2018

Eligible applicants/partners:

• Social economy entities;
• Accredited public and private training providers;
• Authorized public and private employment services providers;
• Social services providers;
• Trade unions and employers;
• Professional Associations; NGOs;
• Chambers of commerce and industry

Eligible activities:

1.Scheme for the establishment of social economy entities

The Beneficiary / Project partnership must provide the target group with:

• Specific entrepreneurship training (ANC training: Entrepreneur in social economy or Social enterprise manager) and other relevant training courses;
• Counseling in the field of entrepreneurship / social entrepreneurship in the implementation of the business plan;
• Monitoring the operation and development of the enterprise;
• A micro-grant of up to 100.000 euro / business plan;

2.Actions aimed at developing the social economy domain

• Creating and strengthening partnerships with relevant actors to increase engagement in providing services to vulnerable groups;
• Creating support networks, partnerships to disseminate good practices, information, know-how transfer, etc.
• Developing tools for a better knowledge of the sector and improving the visibility of the social economy;

Maximum project value: 3 mill. euro, of which min. 70% for granting subsidies (de minimis aid) for setting up social enterprises;

Non reimbursable financing:

• 100% for minimis aid costs.
• for other expenses:
  • 100% for NGOs;
  • 95% for private beneficiaries;
  • 98% / 85% of public institutions;

Target group:

• People wishing to set up social enterprises;

Implementation level: exclusively in less developed regions (Center, South-East, South Muntenia, North-East, North-West, West, South-West Oltenia)

For more information click here.

The Ministry of European Funds has launched the second call for proposals “Professional Romania – Competitive Enterprises” through which LARGE companies can finance their training for managers and HR personnel.

The projects can be submitted in the period: 30 July – 31^st of October 2018

The tender is dedicated to the improvement of LARGE enterprises’ management and human resourcesmanagement through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, etc.

Total call allocation:

• 14,378 mil. euro

Maximum eligible project value:

• 500.000 euro, of which: 50% non refundable (or maximum 60% if the training is addressed to disabled or disadvantaged employees) but not more than 250.000 euro.

Project implementation:

• maximum 12 months;

Eligible applicants:

Employers (large enterprises):

• from economically competitive sectors identified by Romania’s National Competitive Strategy: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, automotive and components for automotive, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bio-economics/ bio-pharmaceuticals/ bio-technologies, creative industries

Employers may have their headquarter in any development region of Romania (including Bucharest-Ilfov), as long as the projects are implemented in the territory of a less developed region of Romania (at headquarter / place of business / agency / branch / subsidiary of the applicant).

Employees that can be targeted by the project (target group):

• management & leadership positions;
• human resources departments staff;

Persons from the target group must have their work place located in one of the less developed regions of Romania (outside Bucharest-Ilfov).

Minimum target group: 50 persons;

For more information click here.

The Ministry of European Funds launched the call for proposals: “Grandparents of the community” aimed at supporting the development / provision and access of elderly people to integrated services (social and socio-medical).

The projects can be submitted in the period: 26 July – 26 October 2018.

Total call allocation:

• 15 mil. euro

Maximum eligible project value:

• 600.000 euro, of which the percentage of non-reimbursable financing is between 85% -100%, depending on the type of applicant.

Project implementation:

• maximum 36 months;

Eligible applicants:

• Social services providers, accredited according to the law, alone or in partnership with relevant social actors;
• Local public authorities with responsibilities in the field in partnership with relevant social actors.

Eligible activities:

• Development of social services for the elderly: establishment of social services, or development of existing social services (financial support and support for human resources);
• Providing social services for the elderly, exclusively: social service without accommodation:
  • Day centers;
  • Home care services;
  • Day care centers for assistance and support for the elderly in need;
  • Street intervention services;
  • Food preparation and distribution centers;

Target group:

• Elderly people in situations of addiction and/or at risk of social exclusion;
• Staff of public authorities / public/private agencies that provide social and employment services to vulnerable elderly people; staff of civil society organizations and NGOs.

Minimum target group: 100 elderly people;

For more information click here.

AMPOCU launched under public consultation the Specific Guidelines for the financing line – “Improving the level of knowledge / competencies / skills for employees”

The call is dedicated to the development of human resources from enterprises through measures such as:

• adult vocational training programs (initiation, qualification, re-qualification, improvement or specialization programs);
• evaluation and certification of professional competences obtained in other than formal, non-formal and / or informal ways;
• developing and introducing workplace learning programs;
• employers’ awareness campaigns on the importance and necessity of employee participation in continuous training programs;

Who can apply?

• Employer organizations;
• Business Associations;
• Chambers of Commerce and Industry;

In partnership with other relevant entities (eg trade unions and / or training providers).

What is the call allocation?

• 89.361.701,88 euro

What is the maximum value of the project?

• 1 million euro, of which the percentage of non-reimbursable financing is between 85-100% depending on applicant type.

How long does it take to implement a project?

• maximum 18 months.

Which employees can be involved in the project (target group)?

• Employees from enterprises that carry out their main or secondary activity in one of the priority sectors or enterprises that intend to adapt their main or secondary activity to at least one of these sectors (see the List of eligible CAEN codes).

Other target group provisions:

• Employees must work and have their domicile / residence outside Bucharest-Ilfov region;
• People who provide strategic management in companies and HR department staff can not be target group – for them there is another dedicated call;
• Minimum target group: 250 people.

For more information click here.

These are the following call for projects of interest for private companies, opened and / or expected to be launched in the coming period:

POCU 3.8 – “Professional Romania – Competitive Enterprises” – open call (30 July – 31 October 2018)

• Finance: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, etc. for managers and HR staff from large companies
• Maximum eligible amount of the project: 500.000 euro, of which: 50% non-refundable but not more than 250.000 euro
• Eligible applicants: Large companies with activity in priority areas.
• More details here.

POCU 3.12 – “Innovation through training” – under public consultation

• Financing: training / recognition of previously acquired competencies for direct productive employees, development of workplace plans / programs etc.
• Maximum eligible project value: 500.000 euro, of which: between 50% and 95% non-reimbursable, depending on certain activities
• Eligible applicants: Large companies with activity in priority areas.
• More details here.

POCU 3.12 – “Improving the level of knowledge / competencies / skills for employees” – under public consultation

• Financing: training / recognition of competencies previously acquired for employees of companies with activity in priority sectors, awareness campaigns, workplace learning programs etc.
• Maximum eligible value of the project: 1.000.000 euro, of which: between 85%-100% non-reimbursable, depending on the type of applicant.
• Eligible applicants: employers, business associations, chambers of commerce and industry, in partnership with professional training providers / unions.
• More details here.

POCU 6.2 – “Developing anteprescolar education services” – under public consultation

• Financing: setting up / functioning of nurseries / nursing groups, awareness campaigns, information and counseling / education of parents, financial support, development of teaching staff, development of new learning materials, good practices etc. for pre-preschool and their parents / guardians, and the teaching staff.
• Maximum eligible project value: approx. 700 thousand euro (B-Ilfov) and 539 thousand euro (the other regions), of which: between 85%-100% non-reimbursable, depending on the type of applicant.
• Eligible applicants: educational institutions (ISCED 0), NGOs, guidance, counseling, school mediation providers, LPA, trade unions, etc.
• More details here.

State aid scheme GD no. 807/2014 – under public consultation

• Financing: costs excluding VAT related to the construction / acquisition of tangible assets (constructions, technical installations, machines / equipment etc.) and intangible assets (patents, licenses etc.) and expenses related to the renting of buildings
• Project value: minimum 13.5 mill. lei, of which: between 10%-50% non-reimbursable, depending on the project implementation region
• Eligible applicants: enterprises (large and SMEs) with activity or start-ups
• More details here.

POC 221 – “Supporting the growth of added value generated by the ICT sector and innovation in the field through the development of clusters” – in public consultation

• Financing: developing innovative products/services/applications through investment in: tangible and intangible assets, industrial research/experimental development, process and organizational innovation etc.
• Project value: between 500.000 euro-2,5 mill. euro, of which: between 20%-100% non-reimbursable depending on activities, company size and implementation area
• Eligible applicants: Enterprises (micro/small/medium) with activity in ICT area or ICT clusters; consortia of ICT companies.
• More details here.