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Competitiveness OP - Portugal
Implementing business support schemes at regional level (I)
Nelson de Souza
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NRSF- Portugal Incentive Schemes
for Investment in Enterprises 9 October 07
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Strategic options
1. Lessen the importance of state aids in the global budget
2. Reduce aid intensity
3. Focus on priorities
4. Favour SME
5. Simplified administrative management
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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
COMPETITIVENESS AND TECHNOLOGY POLES
CLUSTER STRATEGIES
COLLECTIVE EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES
Incentive schemes NRSF
Global architecture HORIZONTAL INCENTIVE SCHEMES (IS)
IS R&TD Enterprise
research and development
IS InnovationProductive
investment in innovation/entre
preneurship
IS SME Qualification
I ntangible compe-titive factors
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NRSF Incentive Schemes
IS R&TDIncentive Scheme
for Research and Technological Development
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IS R&TDType of projects
Enterprise R&TD Individual projectsCo-promoted projects Mobilising projects R&TD voucher
Collective R&TD R&TD project promoted by a business association “representing” SME
Internal R&TD competences
R&TD teamsR&TD centres
R&TD valorisation Demonstrative projects
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IS R&TD Incentive rates
A. GENERAL RATESA. GENERAL RATES (Enterprises)• Base Rate - 25%
• Additional: – 10 p.p. (medium enterprise) or 20 p.p. (small enterprise)– 15 p.p. (cooperation projects)– 25 p.p. (industrial research – further from the market)
B. SPECIFIC PROJECTS’ RATE (Enterprises)• R&TD voucher – 75%• R&TD teams and centres– 50%
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IS R&TDIncentive type
A. General type• Non refundable
B. Specific cases• Enterprise R&D projects – 25% of the incentive exceeding €1 M shall be granted as
refundable;• R&TD Centres – refundable incentive; 80% may be considered as non refundable if re-
invested in R&D activities.
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NRSF Incentive Schemes
IS Innovation Incentive Scheme for Innovation
(Productive Investment)
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IS Innovation Type of projects
Product innovation - Producing new or conside-rable improved goods and services;
Process innovation – Adopting new or considera-ble improved production, logistics, distribution, organizational or marketing processes and methods;
High added value activities – Increasing produc-tion capacity in activities with a high technological contents or with dynamic international demand;
Qualified entrepreneurship – Creation of enterprises with qualified resources or developing activities within highly dynamic growing sectors.
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• Base rate: 35% +
• Additionals: – 10 p.p. (medium enterprise) or 20% (small
enterprise)– 10 p.p. (collective efficiency strategies)
• Refundable incentive; may be changed into non refundable depending on project performance, up to a 75% maximum ceiling.
IS InnovationIncentive rates and type
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NRSF Incentive Schemes
IS Qualification of SME Incentive Scheme for the Qualification and
Internationalisation of SMEs
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1. Individual project, submitted by a SME;
2. Joint project, submitted by a public body, a business association, or a body from the STS;
3. Cooperation project, submitted by several SME or a SME-led consortium;
4. Innovation Voucher, submitted by a SME for the purchase of innovation support services from STS bodies .
IS SME Qualification
project nature
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Creation, fashion & design
Development and product, services and processes engineering
Industrial property Organisation and
management of information and communication technologies (ICT)
Quality Environment
Internationalisation Innovation Energy diversity and
efficiency Digital economy Sales and marketing Social responsibility
and health and safety at work
Equal opportunities
IS SME QualificationType of projects
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• Base rate: 35% +
• Additionals: 10 p.p. (small enterprise) 5 p.p. (collective efficiency strategies) 5 p.p. (cooperation projects)
• Refundable incentive, with absolute ceilings per project.
IS SME Qualification Incentive rates
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Final remarks
1. Aids more focused on priorities2. Selectivity assured by the process
management3. Horizontal aids: R&D, Innovation
and SME4. Possibility of specific strategies:
clusters, poles and urban projects5. The same policy for different
public players (national and regional)
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Governance
Alfredo Marques
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National Framework
• Portuguese regions eligible under different objectives
• Lisbon agenda as the paradigm
• Different territorial levels for the management of aid schemes
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National Aid Schemes
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Share of Tasks
Competitiveness Factors PO
Micro+
Small Companies
Medium +
Large Companies
Regional PO
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Decision Procedure
FINANCING DECISION
IV V VI
I II III
PROJECT SUBMISSIO
N NRSF Incentive
Internet PORTAL
FINANCING PROGRAM
ME
PROJECT ASSESSMEN
TSpecialised agencies•R&D•Tourism•FDI•SME+Other
FINANCING DECISION
Selection Committee:
CFPO + Regional PO + Specialised
Agencies
Approval by the management
authority
CONTRACTIN
G AND FOLLOW-UP
Specialised public agencies +
management authority
FINANCING PROGRAMM
ECFPO – medium and large enterprisesREGIONAL PO – micro and small enterprises
First step Second step