The purpose of the tender
The purpose of the tender is:
- to encourage the development of micro-enterprises in the field of woodworking and thereby take advantage of the potential of Slovenia’s strategic raw material (timber)
- encourage investments by micro-enterprises in new technological equipment, digitization of operations and the transition to a low-carbon, circular and climate-neutral economy.
Funds tendered
A total of EUR 1,500,000.00.
Announcement of tender
The tender was published in Official Gazette no. 47/2024 on 7 June 2024. Information for submitting an application on the SEF website: https://www.podjetniskisklad.si/p4lm-2024-spodbude-za-mikro-podjetja-v-lesarstvu-24-25/
Deadlines announced
The application can be submitted until the application deadline – September 2, 2024 by 2 p.m. or until funds are used up.
Amount of funding
- from EUR 15,000.00 to EUR 70,000.00 subsidy
- 60% coverage of eligible project costs
Possibility of submitting 1 application.
Beneficiaries
- Micro-enterprises with at least one full-time employee and a maximum of 10 employees on 30 June 2024, with headquarters in the Republic of Slovenia
- The company must have been registered for at least 18 months on the date of submission of the application
- Organized as commercial companies, sole proprietors or cooperatives
- Investors can be companies that introduce products and services in the field of wood use to the market and have a registered activity:
- Division C16 – Working and processing of wood, manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and wicker, except furniture and
- Division C31 – Manufacture of furniture (excluding class C 31.03 – manufacture of mattresses).
Conditions for candidacy
- The project must be carried out in the area of use of wood and/or wood products (the proportion of wood in wood products must be over 50% of the volume
- The project must not start before the date of publication of the public tender
- Credit rating of the investor according to the S.BON-1 model
- The company must not be in trouble
- The company does not belong to the excluded sector
- A closed financial structure
- Amount still available after “de minimis”
Justified costs
- Tangible fixed assets (purchase of new equipment and tools and new machines for the needs of the technological process of wood processing)
- Intangible long-term assets (just the purchase of new woodworking process software)
- The costs of transportation, installation and commissioning of the equipment
VAT is not an eligible cost.
