Apoio ao emprego e empreendedorismo - Alentejo2030

This grant aims to support micro and small enterprises, individual entrepreneurs, and job creation in the Alentejo Region This initiative focuses on fostering entrepreneurship, creating new jobs, and supporting territorial economic diversification, especially in low-density areas.

• Focus on creating new jobs through the launch of new businesses or the expansion of existing microenterprises.

• Be linked to a local investment plan that results in permanent, full-time employment contracts.

• Lead to a net increase in employment within the company, meaning that the total number of staff at the end of the project must be higher than the 12-month average before application.

• Comply with the rule that remote, hybrid, or virtual working models (including virtual incubation) are not eligible.

Examples of Eligible Projects to Be Developed

• Opening a local bakery in a small village that employs two full-time workers.

• Expanding a software microenterprise in Baixo Alentejo to hire two recent graduates.

• Launching a rural tourism business that offers year-round employment in Alentejo Central.

• Creating a handcrafted ceramics studio that hires unemployed women from the local area.

• Salary costs for the new jobs created, including gross salary, mandatory social security contributions, and legal benefits.

• Operational expenses directly linked to each new job, such as workspace, electricity, and administrative support.

• Equipment and support costs, such as furniture, IT materials, or protective gear, necessary for the proper setup and functioning of the new role.

• Total Budget for the Grant: €3,000,000
• Financing Percentage: Up to 85% (European Social Fund)

• Be a micro or small enterprise or an individual entrepreneur

• Have organized accounting in place.

• Commit to creating new full-time, permanent jobs, which must represent a net increase in employment compared to the 12-month average prior to application.

• Only hire individuals who meet at least one of the following conditions:

  • Unemployed for 3+ months (or 2+ months if under 30 or over 45 years old) and registered with IEFP

  • Belong to a vulnerable group, including:

    • People receiving unemployment or social insertion benefits

    • Persons with disabilities or in single-parent families

    • Victims of domestic violence or human trafficking

    • Refugees, ex-prisoners, recovering addicts, or former military volunteers

    • Homeless individuals

• The company must not have any legal or financial restrictions preventing it from receiving public funding.