As it did last year, this month the Basque Government’s Department of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment published the aid programmes for Basque SMEs for 2022. The 2021 SME Aid Plan of the Basque Government managed to promote 8,096 projects with a total investment of 2,059 million euros.
This year it has 74 compared to 68 of last year. In addition, the budget for this year has increased by more than 100 million euros, from 430 million to 590 million this year. The objectives of these aids are to reactivate the economy and generate quality employment, promoting inclusive and sustainable development.
R&D&I and energy transition will play a key role, accounting for more than 70% of the aids. Other areas on which the aids are focused will be investments in industry, internationalisation and the promotion of the economy and employment in rural and coastal areas.
In addition to the catalogue where you can find all the programmes, the Basque Government has organised 3 virtual training sessions to explain in more detail the grants by topic.
You can find all the grants in the catalogue published on the Basque Government website (in Spanish):
https://www.euskadi.eus/catalogo-ayudas-servicios-empresas-2022/web01-s2ekono/es/
The first session took place today at 10:00 am and dealt with grants for technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. The next two sessions will take place tomorrow, Thursday 24 February, and the day after tomorrow, Friday 25 February. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here:
Session on 24 February at 10am on Industrial Development, Internationalisation, Energy Efficiency and Renewables.
Session on 25 February at 10am on Food Industry, Production Promotion, R&D and Bioeconomy.
If you haven’t had the chance to watch the sessions you can see them on the SPRI YouTube channel:
23 February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXeLT5VWlBE
