Under the Occupational Health and Safety Program in the SME sector, advisory services and investments are financed. Support for advisory services must range from EUR 500 to EUR 4,000 and cannot exceed 50 percent of the net eligible costs. Meanwhile, support for investments must range from EUR 2,000 to EUR 50,000 and cannot exceed 50 percent of the net eligible costs of the activities. Four application deadlines have been set: August 2, September 27, October 25, and December 2, 2004.
Under the Regional Support Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – Entrepreneurship in Poland, funds such as: Information Technologies for Enterprises are available, applicable in 7 voivodeships: Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Podlaskie, Opole, Pomeranian, Świętokrzyskie, and Warmian-Masurian. The minimum support amount per project is EUR 1,000, and the maximum is 10 times higher. Six application deadlines have been set: August 6, 2004, September 27, 2004, October 25, 2004, November 29, 2004, January 17, 2005, March 1, 2005. Examples of what can be financed include a technological audit, identification of the enterprise’s needs in terms of information technology, creation of technical specifications related to hardware and software, and many others. The Institute of Logistics and Warehousing proposes the following services under this action: activities aimed at the development of information technologies supporting logistic operations (warehouse management, transport, automatic data identification) including an IT technology audit, identification of the enterprise’s IT technology needs, creation of technical specifications related to the acquisition of hardware and software, and consulting in the selection of IT tools improving management.
Enterprise Development Program, addressed to the voivodeships: Lower Silesian, Lublin, Lubusz, Łódź, Lesser Poland, Opole, Subcarpathian, Pomeranian, Warmian-Masurian, and West Pomeranian. The support amount per project ranges between EUR 500 and EUR 5,000. Six application deadlines have been set: August 13, 2004, September 6, 2004, October 18, 2004, December 6, 2004, January 24, 2005, March 7, 2005. Among the financed activities are the assessment of the competitive position of enterprises, the development of enterprise strategy, and investment planning. ILIM proposes the following services under this fund: advisory and information services aimed at increasing enterprise competitiveness through the development and implementation of enterprise strategy, advisory services related to outlining the enterprise development strategy, advisory services provided simultaneously with the implementation of the development plan by the enterprise, and advisory services aimed at the development and implementation of investment plans and the preparation of a feasibility study.
Under the Export Enterprise Development Program, the applicant applying for a grant must have their registered office in one of the mentioned voivodeships: Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Łódź, Lesser Poland, or Pomeranian. In this case, the minimum support amount per project is EUR 500, and the maximum is EUR 10,000. Among the current deadlines are still: November 22, 2004, January 4, February 7, March 14, 2005.
The Export Enterprise Development Program finances advisory projects including activities such as export planning and export product development, development of skills related to export marketing – implementation of selected elements of the export development plan, initiation of export activities – advisory program for potential exporters.
Investment Grant Fund can be granted for the implementation of projects located in the voivodeships: Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lublin, Lubusz, Łódź, Lesser Poland, Opole, Subcarpathian, Podlaskie, Pomeranian, Świętokrzyskie, Warmian-Masurian, or West Pomeranian. The support amount ranges between EUR 2,000 and EUR 50,000. The maximum share of the grant in financing activity costs is up to 40 percent of eligible costs if the project is implemented in the county of Wrocław city, Kraków city, Gdańsk city, Gdynia city, or Sopot city, and up to 50 percent of eligible costs if the project is implemented in a county other than those listed above. Four application deadlines have been set: August 30, November 8, 2004, January 10, February 28 in 2005. Eligible for the grant are, among others: costs of new machines and equipment with accessories, certain new means of transport, costs of new computer equipment with software, and others.
National Investment Grant Fund. The grant amount per project ranges from EUR 2,000 to EUR 100,000. The maximum share of the grant in financing activity costs is 30 percent of the eligible costs described in section 2.1.4, if the project is implemented in the county of Warsaw city (city with county rights) or in the county of Poznań city, 40 percent of the eligible costs described in section 2.1.4, if the project is implemented in the county of Wrocław city, Kraków city, Gdańsk city, Gdynia city, or Sopot city, and 50 percent of the eligible costs described in section 2.1.4, if the project is implemented in a county other than those listed above. Three application deadlines were set in 2004: by July 12, by August 16, and by September 13. Eligible activities include the purchase, transport, and installation of new equipment and machinery and equipment with accessories; purchase and transport of new equipment and office furniture; purchase of new computer equipment; intangible and legal assets, including original computer software and patents; purchase and transport of new working capital of key importance to the project and one-off legal actions necessary for the project.
Additional information can be obtained from:
Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania
ul. Estkowskiego 6;
61-755 Poznań
tel. + 48 61 850 49 36, +48 61 850 49 32 fax.: +48 61 852 63 76
e-mail: piotr_nowak@ilim.poznan.pl
e-mail: magdalena_lamentowicz@ilim.poznan.pl