The purpose of the tender
Encourage companies to:
- obtaining certificates or to the acquisition of new management systems, products, processes, services;
- maintenance/renewal of certificates for management systems, products, processes and services;
which will increase their competitiveness, the possibility of expanding to foreign markets and raise the quality of business or products.
Funds tendered
A total of EUR 3,000,000.00 for the period from 2024-2028.
Announcement of tender
The tender was published in Official Gazette no. 52/2024 of 21 June 2024. Link to the tender: https://www.podjetniskisklad.si/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/03-JP-Vavcer-za-pridobitev-certifikatov-003.pdf
Amount of funding
- 60% co-financing of eligible costs
- Minimum subsidy: EUR 1,000.00
- Maximum subsidy: EUR 9,999.00
Justified costs
- Costs of preparation for certification (external contractor costs);
- Standard purchase costs;
- The costs of the first acquisition, maintenance and renewal of certificates for management systems, products, processes, services and validation of environmental declarations obtained on the basis of international/European/equivalent Slovenian standards and schemes (ISO, IATF, IEC and ITU, EN, and ETSI, EMAS, ECOLABEL, IFS, BRC, FSC, PEFC, COSMOS).
VAT is not an eligible cost.
Co-financing is only eligible for certificates obtained for the first time after 1 January 2024. SMEs can claim costs incurred in the period from 1 January 2024 to 30 September 2028.
Activities that will be carried out and paid for within the eligibility period specified in the co-financing agreement will be eligible for co-financing. The beneficiary must carry out all activities until the request for payment is submitted.
Special conditions
- When selecting an external contractor, the SME must act economically and obtain the service at a market price.
- The SME must have at least one (1) employee during the duration of the project.
- The certificate must be valid at the time the eligible costs are claimed.
- The certificate must be issued by the date of submission of the request for payment.
- An SME can obtain funds for this public call several times a year. For each certificate, the SME must submit a separate application.
