\u2022 The authorities are preparing to launch more than 15 separate funding lines, with allocations ranging from \u20ac50,000 to more than \u20ac57M;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Start-up Nation 2025 has the biggest allocation of \u20ac445M;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Last call to submit projects for some funding programs.
Bucharest, January 20, 2025 – The beginning of 2025 comes with allocations of over 2 billion euros in the form of non-reimbursable funds for investments in start-ups, as well as in technology, innovation and AI, green energy, agriculture, tourism and more, according to a REI Grup analysis, one of the most active consulting companies specialized in attracting non-reimbursable funds through European funds or state aid in Romania.
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From the much-awaited “Start-up Nation” program, to the Regional Programs aimed at stimulating SME investments in various fields or the “Modernization Fund”, with generous allocations for investments in renewable energy, the first quarter of this year brings to the market no less than nine funding programs, aimed at raising the standard of living in most regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eThe authorities are preparing the launch of more than 15 separate funding lines, with allocations ranging from \u20ac50,000 to \u20ac57M for each individual project. Interest in these funding programs remains very high, as many of them were postponed from the end of last year to the beginning of this year. There are also funding programmes whose submission period closes in less than a month, and for these a number of important preparations are needed, which is why we have been working since the first days of the year to finalize them and to ensure our clients all the necessary support in their successful submission\u201d, Roxana Mircea, managing partner at REI Grup stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funding programs in Q1 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Agriculture ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Energy ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Energy \u201eKey Program 1: Supporting investments in the development of electricity storage capacity supports investments in batteries to be linked to a renewable energy source, whether solar, wind or hydro. We encourage companies that have developed photovoltaic parks or investments in large energy capacities to also turn to storage solutions, as they play a key role in energy efficiency\u201d, Roxana Mircea added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Energy ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism ➡️ Contracting authority: European Commission Companies with SME status can apply for funding for technology investment projects with amounts between \u20ac10M and up to \u20ac30M .<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Horizon Europe program was launched at the end of last year in Romania and has a budget of \u20ac300M for investment in: The submission period is throughout the year 2025, but no later than 17:00 on 16.12.2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ➡️ Contracting authority: Ministry of Finance ➡️ RP West \u2013 SME digitization ➡️ RP North-East \u2013 Investments for sustainable SME growth ➡️ RP South-East \u2013 Investing in innovation and making SMEs more competitive ➡️ RP Center \u2013 From idea to market – support for SMEs ➡️ RP Bucharest-Ilfov<\/p>\n\n\n\n Support for sustainable growth and technological modernization of micro-enterprises Support for the development of new or significantly improved products\/processes Support for advanced digital transformation of SMEs ➡️ RD 16 – Investments in the vegetable and\/or potato sector ➡️ RD 23 – Investments in bakery, agricultural products, processing ➡️ DR 24 – Purchase of agricultural machinery for forestry sector About REI Grup According to 2023 data, REI ranks among the top consultancy companies in Romania, specialized in attracting financing through European funds and state aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The REI team currently has over 80 specialized consultants, in 8 offices nationwide, with extensive experience in attracting grant funding for local and international companies. \u2022 The authorities are preparing to launch more than 15 separate funding lines, with allocations ranging from \u20ac50,000 to more than \u20ac57M; \u2022 Start-up Nation 2025 has the biggest allocation of \u20ac445M; \u2022 Last call to submit projects for some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,19,18,12,6,3,17,317],"tags":[544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12331,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12328\/revisions\/12331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: micro-enterprises, SMEs, large enterprises in the agricultural and food industry sector, including Authorized Individuals, Sole Proprietorships or FIs
➡️ Eligible NACE classes:
\u2022 NACE 01 \u2013 Agriculture, hunting and related services
\u2022 NACE 10 \u2013 Food industry
\u2022 NACE 11 \u2013 Beverage production
➡️ Financing:
For wind energy:
\u2022 700,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity below 1 MW, inclusive;
\u2022 700,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity of more than 1 MW;
For solar energy:
\u2022 650,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity below 1 MW, inclusive;
\u2022 550,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity of more than 1 MW;
The maximum amount of funding is EUR 20M \/ project.
➡️ Allocation: EUR 150M (2025)
➡️ Status: call opened on 24.12 until 28.02.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: micro-enterprises, SMEs, large enterprises in non-agricultural sectors
➡️ Financing:
For wind energy:
\u2022 700,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for all installed capacity
For solar energy:
\u2022 450,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity below 5 MW, inclusive;
\u2022 360,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for installed capacity of more than 5 MW;
For hydro energy:
\u2022 1,805,000 Euro\/MW \u2013 for all installed capacity.
The maximum amount of funding is EUR 20M \/ project.
➡️ Allocation: ~ EUR 300M (2025)
➡️ Status: call to be opened in Q1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: micro-enterprises, SMEs, large enterprises
➡️ Financing: max. 100,000 EUR \/ MWh of installed storage
The maximum amount of funding is EUR 10M\/ project.
➡️ Allocation: EUR 150M (2025)
➡️ Status: open call until 17.02.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: companies and autonomous entities that can prove that they are covered by the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme (EU-ETS)
➡️ Financing: max. EUR 30M \/ project
➡️ Allocation: EUR 150M (2025)
➡️ Status: call to be opened in Q1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: young people aged 18-35, entering entrepreneurship for the first time \/ people of any age from the Diaspora
➡️ Financing: EUR 50.000 \/ minimum 20% own contribution \/ negative balance of trade balance
➡️ Allocation: EUR 445M (2025)
\u2022 Pillar 1 \u2013 EUR 295M \u2013 young people aged 18-30
\u2022 Pillar 2 \u2013 150 mil. EUR \u2013 disadvantaged young people aged 30-35, persons of any age returning from the Diaspora after 12 months of residence
➡️ Status: call opening soon
➡️ Recommended areas for funding: bakery production, confectioners, patisseries, fitness centers, sports clubs, recreational activities – photo\/video\/audio, kindergartens, afterschools, construction equipment, etc.
The Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEET) will launch the fourth edition of Start-up Nation, one of the most successful support programs for young entrepreneurs in Romania.
\u201eThe scheme has been divided into two sub-programs – one dedicated to young people under 30 and the second – for people aged between 30 and 35 or people who are looking for a job. A condition for enrolment will be that young entrepreneurs wishing to access the funds made available by MEET must attend 40 hours of entrepreneurship courses offered by specialized firms, which will be paid for by the state. Only after completing the mandatory courses will applicants be able to submit their project for funding\u201d, Roxana Mircea added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: SMEs
➡️ Financing: between 0 and EUR 30M \/ project
➡️ Allocation: EUR 300M (2025)
➡️ Status: call open until 16.12.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Digital technologies and technological innovations: semiconductors, AI, quantum technologies, robotics, etc.;
\u2022 Net-zero technologies: solar, onshore wind and offshore renewables, energy storage, heat pumps, alternative fuels, circular economy technologies, etc.;
\u2022 Biotechnology – including DNA\/RNA, cell engineering, bioinformatics and nanobiotechnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
➡️ Eligible beneficiaries: start-ups, SMEs, large enterprises, from NACE sectors 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 33, 38
➡️ Financing: max. EUR 57M \/ project, projects of at least \u20ac10M
➡️ Allocation: EUR 150M (2025)
➡️ Status: call opening soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: to launch Q1 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 15M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: open, session 6.01.2025 – 31.03.2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 30M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: estimated launch April-May 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 87M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: open session until 16.06.2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 9M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: opening soon, session 27.01. – 10.02.2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 75M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: estimated session – June 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 60M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: estimated session – May 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 35M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: estimated session – March 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 150M
\u2022 Financing: max. EUR 2M \/ project
\u2022 Eligible applicants: farmers, excluding individuals, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: opening soon, estimated session – February 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 150M
\u2022 Financing: max. EUR 10M \/ project
\u2022 Eligible applicants: SMEs, large enterprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Call status: opening soon, estimated session – February 2025
\u2022 Allocation: EUR 40M
\u2022 Financing: max. EUR 10M \/ project
\u2022 Eligible applicants: SMEs, large enterprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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REI Finance Advisors S.R.L., REI International Consulting S.R.L. and Touched Marketing S.R.L., part of REI Grup, are companies specialized in the elaboration, implementation and monitoring of investment projects both through non-reimbursable European funds (Regional Operational Programme, Large Infrastructure Operational Programme, PNDR) and state aid schemes (GD 959\/2022, GD 495\/2014, GD 807\/2014, GD 332\/2014, GEO 81\/2019, GEO 130\/2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
REI has successfully attracted funding for over 1,500 clients nationwide, with over 1,000 projects implemented and an industry-leading 99% success rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"