UPCOMING OPENING OF THE 2021 MINER AND MINIMINER CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Defined areas: municipalities in mining areas of Aragon, Asturias, Castile-La Mancha, and Castile and León.
IMPULSO is pleased to inform you that the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has approved, at its latest Council meeting, the Aid Programme for business projects that generate employment and promote alternative development in mining areas, for the 2020-2023 period (MINER), which has a budget allocation of 20 million euros for the 2021 call. The call for applications is expected to open this coming March.
Likewise, the MINIMINER programme, which has a budget allocation of 7 million euros, is also expected to open its 2021 call for applications shortly.
Below, we summarize the main features of these grants:
BENEFICIARIES
Private individuals or legal entities with legal personality, as well as groupings formed by them, joint ownership arrangements, and self-employed workers who intend to carry out job-creating projects in the designated areas.
TYPES OF PROJECT
Job-creating business investment projects in the areas defined in the terms and conditions, belonging to all economic activities except those expressly excluded (steel, coal, shipbuilding, synthetic fibers, transport, fishing and aquaculture, agriculture, and the energy and airport sectors). In the case of the services sector, all are excluded except industrial services, retirement homes, activities related to rural tourism, leisure, the environment and recreation, and services aimed at developing the information society, innovation, and new technologies.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
- Investment:
- MINER: ≥ €100,000.
- MINIMINER: €30,000 – €500,000.
- Job creation:
- MINER: ≥ 3 jobs.
- MINIMINER: ≥ 1 job.
- Need to execute and pay at least 10% of the investment within 6 months of the date of receipt of the final decision.
- At least 25% of the eligible costs must be financed with own resources or external financing, without public aid.
- Eligible areas: municipalities in mining areas of Aragón, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León.
- Incentive effect.
- Compatible with other aid.
ELIGIBLE COSTS
- Acquisition of land necessary for implementing the project.
- Utility connections and supply lines.
- Site development and external works.
- Civil works.
- Capital equipment.
- Planning, project engineering and professional supervision of the works (maximum 8% of civil works + capital equipment).
- Tangible fixed assets.
- Intangible assets considered depreciable assets (patents, licenses, etc.).
TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID
Non-repayable grant ranging from 10-35% depending on the type of company and the project’s location.
Grant recipients may request advance payments of up to 85% of the maximum aid granted, subject to the prior provision of bank guarantees.
APPLICATION PERIOD
Opening soon in March. Two months from the publication of the call.
BUDGET ALLOCATION:
- MINER: 20 million euros
- MINIMINER: 7 million euros
11/03/2021
