Aid to entrepreneurs from public and private entities in Spain: Video 45 min
TYPES OF PUBLIC AID
Reimbursable Contribution: “co-financing” returned in a certain period of time at zero cost or less than that offered by the bank.
Subsidy: In general, it should not be returned if all the objectives and forms established a priori are met.
Co-financing: there are models in which the public entity co-finances a project with a percentage of the financing provided by the partner.
Tax Discounts: Very interesting, especially in the early stages of the company and for small projects, in which to reduce some taxes such as Self-Employed or Personal Income Tax.
SUBSIDIES LAW IN SPAIN
Related links
Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Subsidies
Law 40/2015, of October 1, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector
National Subsidy Advertising System
General principles that must inspire the subsidy activity:
- Principle of equality and non-discrimination
- advertising principle
- Concurrency principle
- Principle of transparency
- Principle of objectivity
- Principle of effectiveness and efficiency
- Principle of proportionality
ELEMENTS OF VALUE IN PUBLIC AID
Self-employment: there are specific aids for people who create cultural projects as a self-employment system.
Under 30 years of age: also, if the entrepreneur is under 30 years of age, there is a specific aid package for young people.
The woman: if the administrator of the company or project is a woman, she can receive numerous advantages and help, both nationally and internationally. It is important to be well informed of those that may be more interesting.
Contribution to Society, Culture or Community: those projects that contribute to the enrichment of society, a specific community or region or culture in general, will also be taken into account when receiving public aid.
Promotion of business activity: if the project or company is going to promote employment or cultural economic activity in general, it will also be able to opt with more guarantees that it can receive public aid.
Creation of a New Company: reduction of taxes and expenses when creating the company.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS
- My neighborhood (District Boards)
- My city/town (Local government)
- My province (Provincial Council)
- My region (CCAA)
- My country (Ministries+Autonomous Bodies+General Directorates)
- My continent (Europe)
- My world (International Organizations)
BUT HOW MANY LEVELS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITIES ARE THERE?
A complete vision of the levels and list of institutions: https://administracion.gob.es/pagFront/espanaAdmon/directorioOrganigramas/quienEsQuien/quienEsQuien.htm#.XnsaS9NKiAU
Local entities: town halls, associations and councils.
FEMP: www.femp.es
Catalan Association of Municipalities and Regions, Association of Basque Municipalities, Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Federation of Local Entities of the Balearic Islands (FELIB), Canarian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Federation of Municipalities of Catalonia, Galician Federation of Municipalities and Province
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES
Consult not only the Ministry of Education and Culture, but also other ministries that have transversal aid to finance projects where we can frame ours.
Also, investigate the Institutes, General Directorates or other public bodies of the CCAA.
To request a grant or subsidy, go first to the Administrations. You can examine the different possibilities of aid for your project first at the local level, and then move on to higher levels, such as the Commonwealth, Provincial Council, Regional, Autonomous, and National Government (the Ministries of Education and Culture, although we can go to other ministries, depending on the nature and purpose of our project).
MINISTRIES WITH AID FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports: Aid for Cultural Industries, Promotion, Cinema, etc…
Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda: 1.5% cultural grants.
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism: Ayudas Emprendetur
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation: Development Cooperation Aid
Ministry of the Presidency: Historical memory
Ministry of Employment and Social Security: Training
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment: Fundación Biodiversidad training aid
Ministry of Defence: Subsidies for the promotion and dissemination of defense culture and the image of the FAS
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation: R+D+i Grants
Spanish Cultural Action: Internationalization Plan for Spanish Culture
FECYT: Grants for researchers and projects
ICEX
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ENISA: National Innovation Company (highly technological and innovative projects)
National Heritage
Youth Institute: Aid for young creators
Women’s Institute
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ADVERTISING SUBSIDIES
Much better than the BOE or the B.O. of the CCAA or local
Possibility of establishing periodic alerts in the scope of action and administration:
https://www.pap.hacienda.gob.es/bdnstrans/ge/es/convocatorias
