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Support Incentives to Collective Actions - Internationalisation
Published on 29 March 2018
Portugal
Algarve
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About this good practice
Support Incentives to Collective Actions is complementary to the upstream and downstream of the incentive system that is directly oriented to companies and aims to boost their results and create or improve the surrounding conditions, with particular emphasis on those associated with intangible factors of competitiveness of collective nature, which materialize in the availability of collective or public goods capable of inducing drag effects on the economy. The projects covered by this instrument must, cumulatively, ensure the following conditions:
- To demonstrate a collective, comprehensive and non-discriminatory nature that can respond to the common risks and opportunities of a broad range of companies;
- Ensure the wide publicity of its results, complemented by demonstration and dissemination actions;
- Ensure the free and universal availability of all goods and services produced, without any particular benefit to any entity.
Are susceptible to support individual or cooperation projects that integrate the following typologies:
- Prospecting, knowledge and access to new markets;
- Collaborative processes of internationalization, knowledge sharing and training for internationalization;
- Integrated international promotion of goods and services.
The target of this measure is non-business entities (business associations; public entities and agencies; not for profit private entities), presenting individual projects or in consortium, with a maximum funding rate of 80%.
- To demonstrate a collective, comprehensive and non-discriminatory nature that can respond to the common risks and opportunities of a broad range of companies;
- Ensure the wide publicity of its results, complemented by demonstration and dissemination actions;
- Ensure the free and universal availability of all goods and services produced, without any particular benefit to any entity.
Are susceptible to support individual or cooperation projects that integrate the following typologies:
- Prospecting, knowledge and access to new markets;
- Collaborative processes of internationalization, knowledge sharing and training for internationalization;
- Integrated international promotion of goods and services.
The target of this measure is non-business entities (business associations; public entities and agencies; not for profit private entities), presenting individual projects or in consortium, with a maximum funding rate of 80%.
Resources needed
Each call is allocated with 500.000€, and during the Regional Operational Program implementation (2014-2020) it is foreseen the opening of one call per semester.
Evidence of success
The practice is an instrument that grants projects that intend to prospect new markets, to share knowledge and provide training for internationalization and to promote in an integrated approach goods and services. Within the period 2014-2017, the GP achieved the following results:
- 6 projects approved
- More than 2.000.000€ approved.
- 6 projects approved
- More than 2.000.000€ approved.
Potential for learning or transfer
The Support Incentives to Collective Actions – Internationalisation is the instrument to empower intermediate entities with funding to develop intangible tools and methodologies to support directly SMEs in the internationalisation process. In this way, it supports cooperation of public entities in internationalization activities of SMEs and contribute to set-up/enlarge the internationalization environment (set up public or non-business entities network) with co-financing of their activities.
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Good practice owner
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Organisation
Commission for Regional Development and Coordination of Algarve
Portugal
Algarve
Contact
Project Manager