Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
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6. EU funding
Total amount 2007-1013: ~ 975 bn.
Different programs agricultural is the biggest one in order to protect the branches
How to inform yourself about EU funding
TED Tenders Electronic Daily (Where one finds information about calls in each country)
EU-funding guide
Consultants (Wieser)
7. EU focus areas
SMEs
Economic growth
Social cohesion
Environmental awareness
Sustainable development
Direct funding
Directly application for money
Indirect funding
No direct money, but e.g. pay less than it would normally cost (consulting costs)
E.g. fair in Moscow and one gets the m2 for half of the initial price
8. DEMINIMIS
Europe wide term to find a financial boarder, where a company can still get money for the
project (maximum project costs)
Maximum 250.000 in last 3 years including running year
Deminimis related fundings are e.g. export fundings
Structural funds are not Deminimis related
9. Funding Programs
Outside EU
EuropeAid (worldwide program)
All EU funded programs worldwide in cooperation with UN/World Bank
Inside EU
1) Structural Funds and cohesion funds (1/3 of the 975 bn)
2) Specialized funding programs with focus on - innovation
- cross border projects
- transnational projects
4 Programs available in Austria:
INTERREG
(2 countries)
Alpine Space
(3 or more countries)
Central Europe
(3 or more countries)
South East Europe (3 or more countries)
3) Financial Aid Programs for Non-EU member countries
e.g. IPA . Instrument for pre-accession
10. Funding Steps
Clear project definition
First focus on national funding programmes
Project and funding check with WKO
11. Enterprise Europe Network
Biggest SME consulting Network in Europe
Same in all 27 member states
Initially there is a call announces and all consulting companies can apply to help SMEs in
export cooperations with others.
12. Why are fundings important for export?
Motivation factor for companies
Find new exporters
13. EU- Funding Programs in Carinthia
13.1. Go international (Austrian wide)
Direct and Indirect Funding
Between chamber and ministry of economy
5 main areas of funding:
o Export motivation
o Focus on top branches
o International technology-network
o Competitiveness through education
o Export of services : Problem: How to count the export of services?-> New EU
Regulation
10 possibilities of export funding
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