SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Objective:
To position rural areas so as to provide economic activity of sufficient mass to attract people to live and work there.
Eligible activities:
- Selected investment in small rural enterprise space.
- Provision for a range of assistance types for start-up enterprises and expansion of existing enterprises including the adoption of new technologies.
- Development of innovative products and activities.
- The provision of a range of assistance types for adding value to local products, including support for business networks, collective marketing, local branding initiatives, and improved quality and development of artisan processing facilities.
- Utilisation of local ICT capacity, for example centralised online processing of micro enterprise administrative activities, will also be supported.
- Actions to foster rural entrepreneurship, particularly combined with support for small-scale research, analysis and development.
