Open call for type of operation 6.1.1. "Support to young POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP"

Subject the tender is the award of funds in accordance with Article 5(1). Sub-measure 6.1 "Support for business start-up for young farmers", Sub-measure 6.2 "Support for investment in the establishment of non-agricultural activities in rural areas" and Sub-measure 6.3. ‘Support for the development of small farms’ under M06 ‘Farm and business development’ of the Rural Development Programme of the Republic of Croatia for the period 2014–2020. 20-2020

Eligible beneficiaries are young farmers who are 18 years of age and less than 41 years of age at the time of submitting the aid application and who submit a business plan for an agricultural holding of an economic size between EUR 8 000 and EUR 49 999. As a precondition for participating in the tender, beneficiaries must be entered in the Register of Rural Development and Fisheries Aid Beneficiaries.

Eligible activities are:

1. purchase of domestic animals, annual and perennial plants, seeds and planting material,
2. the purchase, construction and/or equipping of closed/protected areas and facilities and other farm facilities including external and internal infrastructure within the farm for the purpose of carrying out agricultural production and/or processing of products prescribed by the Rules, with the exception of fishery products,
3. purchase or lease of agricultural land,
4. purchase of agricultural machinery, machinery and equipment,
5. the establishment of new and/or restructuring of existing perennial crops,
6. the regulation and improvement of the quality of agricultural land for the purpose of agricultural production,
7. the construction and/or equipping of facilities for the sale and presentation of own agricultural products, including the costs of promoting own agricultural products,
8. acquisition of the necessary expertise and ability to carry out agricultural production and processing of products,
9. the operational operation of the agricultural holding.

The aid shall be granted in the form of a grant. The support funds are provided from the EU budget and the state budget of the Republic of Croatia, of which the EU participates with 90% the Republic of Croatia 10% shares. The aid amount per beneficiary is HRK 376,840.

Applications for the competition start to run from 21 December 2016, and the closing date for the submission of applications is February 24, 2017.

For all information related to the competition, you can contact us at 051/634-339 or dunja.zagorac@porin.hr