Category: Public Calls

The City of Rijeka Public call for applications for non-repayable aid from the General Programme of Measures to Encourage the Development of Entrepreneurship in the City of Rijeka, based on six measures.

Subject of this Public Call

The subject of this public call is the granting of non-repayable aid to undertakings with a view to strengthening their competitive on the market and Achieving additional practical education.

Financial allocation

For the implementation of this Public Call in the budget of the City of Rijeka in 2024 is ensured €200,000. The maximum amount that the applicant can achieve is €10,000,00.

Measures eligible for non-repayable support

• Subsidising product and process certification
• Subsidising the construction of a brand of products and/or services
• Subsidising the costs of implementing industrial design
• Subsidising the acquisition and installation of machinery and equipment
• Subsidizing the costs of preparing project proposals for co-financing from
  European Union Funds
• Subsidisation of the costs of vocational training and upskilling of employees

When applying for measures Subsidising the purchase and installation of machinery and equipment, applicants will have the possibility to declare costs for the purchase of equipment and devices, which are related to investments in the transition of energy use in business processes, i.e. business infrastructure to more energy-efficient and renewable energy sources. These include investments in systems and equipment such as solar power plants, solar panels, heat pumps, biomass and geothermal energy appliances, condensing boilers and other energy-saving appliances.

Eligible applicants

Small business operators defined by the law governing the promotion of the development of a small economy, which are entirely privately owned and headquartered in the territory of the city of Rijeka.

Deadline and method of filing the application

Applications are received from 23 September 2024 at 08:00 until 11 October 2024 at 16:00 exclusively through the portal eServices of the City of Rijeka under Entrepreneurship, i.e. the Information Service of the City of Rijeka (on-line application/e-form), where there are detailed instructions on the application process.

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More information is available on the phone numbers: 209-592, 209-588, 209-585 i 209-214 or by e-mail: verica.sabo@rijeka.hr, lorena.sasa@rijeka.hr, vesna.martic@rijeka.hr i dario.dobrilovic@rijeka.hr .

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Administrative Department for Tourism, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development 13 September 2024 years Public call for aid under the Programme for granting de minimis aid to entrepreneurs of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in 2024 for Measure 1 and Measure 2.

Subject of the public call

Granting de minimis aid to undertakings with the purpose of realising the objectives of the Programme for granting de minimis aid to undertakings of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in 2024 through the following measures:

• Measure 1 Co-financing of equipment costs – processing activities
• Measure 2 Encouraging energy efficiency

The applicant can apply to only one measure within the published public call.

Eligible applicants

Small business entities (micro and small), which are natural and legal persons (exclusively registered as crafts, companies d.o.o. and j.d.o.o. and institutions) in 100% private property with its registered office in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, which independently and permanently carry out permitted activities for the purpose of making profit or income on the market, determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Act on the Promotion of the Development of Small Businesses (NN Nos 29/02, 63/07, 53/12, 56/13 and 121/16), which must have at least one employed person (including self-employment) on a full-time basis, for an indefinite period.

Eligible applicants by measure:

• Measure 1 Co-financing of equipment costs – processing activities
  • Applicants registered under the Decision on the National Classification of Activities NKD 2007 (NN Nos 58/07 and 72/07) for Section C (Manufacturing), Section 10-32 (with the exception of: Section 12 — Manufacture of tobacco products; Groups 10.7 Production of weapons and ammunition; Group 30.4 — Manufacture of military combat vehicles).
• Measure 2 Encouraging energy efficiency
  • Applicants who prepare project and technical documentation for investment in the use of renewable energy sources or invest in the installation of systems and equipment for the production of electricity using renewable energy sources in the area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

Eligible activities, costs, intensity and maximum amount

• Measure 1 Co-financing of equipment costs – processing activities
  • Procurement activities of fixed assets for the purpose of improving and modernising the applicant’s production activity, green transition or environmentally friendly production processes or improving resource efficiency (investments in green technologies, circular economy, renewable energy sources, energy efficiency) intended exclusively for activities in the function of performing a processing activity shall be eligible.
  • The cost of procuring equipment as an investment in fixed assets is eligible: (procurement of tools, machinery, plant and equipment, measuring and control devices and instruments, and software).
  • The applicant is granted aid in 80% the amount of eligible costs, up to a maximum of EUR 10,000.00.
• Measure 2 Encouraging energy efficiency
  • Activities of preparation of project-technical documentation for the implementation of energy efficiency measures on buildings as well as preparation of project-technical documentation for the installation of systems for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and activities of installation of systems and equipment for the production of electricity using renewable energy sources in the County - photovoltaic power plant are eligible.
  • The eligible costs are the fees for engineers and architects for the preparation of project-technical documentation – Main design and the costs for the installation of systems/equipment for the production of electricity using renewable energy sources in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, i.e. the installation of a new photovoltaic power plant for the production of electricity, which are recorded as long-term assets.
  • The applicant is granted aid in 80% the amount of eligible costs, up to a maximum of EUR 10,000.00

Deadline and method of submission of applications

The last day for receiving applications is Thursday 3 October 2024 Applications must be submitted exclusively by post.

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More information is available on phone number 051/351-260 or e-mail gospodarstvo@pgz.hr .

The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth Call for proposals SF.2.4.06.06 ‘Ensuring teaching assistants and professional communication mediators for pupils with disabilities in primary and secondary education institutions – Phase VII’.

Subject of the public call  

Provision of teaching assistants and professional communication mediators to students with disabilities in primary and secondary education institutions.

Eligible applicants

Founders of primary and secondary schools (public and private schools with public rights).

Eligible Partners

The applicant must apply and implement the project in the Partnership.

The partner must be a regular/special primary/secondary educational institution whose students participate in the project.

Partners on the project can also be other founders of primary/secondary schools located in the area of the local and regional self-government unit of the Applicant.

Target group

Students with developmental disabilities are included in primary or secondary school programmes in primary and secondary educational institutions that have been granted the right to support (right to an assistant in teaching/professional communication mediator) by a decision of the Administrative Department of the County or the City Office.

Students with disabilities will be provided with immediate support in accordance with their individual needs in order to enable equal participation of students with disabilities in the educational process and thus prevent their discrimination.

Eligible activities

The activity is mandatory to support the education of students with disabilities through the work of teaching assistants/professional communication mediators.

Financial allocation

The total available financial resources under this call amount to EUR 122,000,000,00, of which ESF co-financing (85%) amounts to EUR 103,700,000,00 and national co-financing (15%) is EUR 18 300.000,00.

Within this Call, co-financing of projects by applicants and/or partners is mandatory, with co-financing rates determined in accordance with the Decision on the classification of local and regional self-government units according to the level of development. If the founder is another legal or natural person pursuant to Article 90. According to the Law on Education in Primary and Secondary Schools, the co-financing rate related to the city in which the founder is located is applied.

Deadline and method of submission of applications

The call is open until 18 October 2024, and applications are received from 9 September 2024 through the system eCohesion in electronic form, by filling in the application form and uploading the supporting documents.

Applications are open for the lease of business premises to entrepreneurs who have registered service activities.

• Public call
• Application form
• Declaration on the use of de minimis aid

Applications to the public call shall be submitted at the latest by 26/07/2024 by 4:00 p.m.

Additional information documentation:

• Rules on the evaluation of applications for entry into the incubator
• Incubator programs
• Rules of Procedure - PIU Torpedo
• House rules - PIU Torpedo

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More information regarding this public call and documentation for submission of applications can be obtained every working day from the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. from 8:00 to 16:00 on the phone number: +385 51 634 330 or by e-mail: rraporin@porin.hr