ACCIÓ Coupons for Company Competitiveness

2020 Call: coupons with more possibilities than ever

Selling for the first time in a new country. Implementing advanced technologies. Turning your business model upside down and adapt it to new consumer trends. Discovering the best financing tools for you. Or else, whether you are an established SME or a start-up company, turning the page on the situation caused by COVID-19 and heading for new horizons.

These are the ACCIÓ Coupons for company competitiveness, direct discount coupons that can be redeemed for expert service in internationalisation, innovation, new technologies, financing or strategy through expert advice by ACCIÓ-accredited providers.

This year’s offer includes more variants and types than ever, and coupons run out in no time, as usual. Choose the coupon that best suits your needs.

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Internationalization Innovation and strategy Industry 4.0 Financing Startups

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What do they offer?
Who are they aimed at?
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Terms and application

What do they offer?

The Internationalization Coupons can be exchanged for one or more of these services:

Assessment of your company’s internationalization potential.
Development of the International Promotion Plan: selection of the product or service for internationalizing, the target countries, the distribution channels, and the preparation of a list of potential customers.
Subcontracting an Export Manager.
Management for trademark registration and filing patents in international markets.
Training in international trade.

Who are they aimed at?

These grants are aimed at companies that do not export yet or export up to a maximum of 15% of their turnover, that is, companies with little exporting experience or that have never exported.

Accredited providers

The outsourcing of these services must be done through any of these ACCIÓ-accredited providers:

Consultants specialized in internationalization processes
Accredited advisers specialized in business internationalization or in patents and trademarks (they must be subcontracted by an accredited entity to perform the service).

Are you a supplier wishing to get accreditation so that your customers can take advantage of the Internationalization Coupons?

Terms and application

The maximum amount of subsidy is 5,000 euros per company/year, and the ACCIÓ aid is 80% of the amount. You can apply for more than one coupon, provided that the total costs of the services applied for does not exceed 5,000 euros.

Steps for applying

Choose the service you are interested in and the supplier with which you wish to work.
Submit your application in accordance with the rules of the call. Note! This link does not work!
Carry out the project: when you receive the decision of acceptance from ACCIÓ, you will get your coupon to start working. You have eight months to implement the service.
Provide proof of the work done: at the end of the service, the supplier will submit the appropriate proof to ACCIÓ. You won’t be required to carry out any procedure in order to receive the amount of the grant.

Coupons for Industry 4.0

What do they offer?
Accredited providers
Target audience, conditions and application

What do they offer?

Industry 4.0 Coupons are intended to provide grants for the procurement of innovation services and the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies to improve the company’s products, services or processes. They can be redeemed for one of the following services:

Industry 4.0 diagnosis coupon: A diagnosis that allows improvement opportunities to be identified in order to help companies incorporate new technologies and make a strategic, organisational and cultural shift towards Industry 4.0 by establishing transformation plans.
Maximum grant: 8,000 euros.
Industry 4.0 implementation coupon:Integration and testing of Industry 4.0 technologies, pilot testing and access to unique technological infrastructures, facilities or architectures.
Maximum grant of 20,000 euros.

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Accredited providers

Service outsourcing must be done through one of these providers accredited* by ACCIÓ:

Technological agents with the TECNIO seal
Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ in the RIS3CAT sector of Industry 4.0 within the categories: strategy, technology, operations and organisation.

Find your advisor in the list of ACCIÓ-accredited advisors and/or in the TECNIO Developers List. Filter by the category you are interested in to find out all the options available to you.

* TECNIO advisors or technology agents must be accredited at the time of project justification. If this is not the case, the company will not be able to collect the coupon, even if the work has been done.

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Target audience, conditions and application

These grants are aimed at SMEs with:

operational headquarters in Catalonia.
a minimum of 4 years at the date of application for the grant.

The grant amount for this programme will be a maximum of 8,000 euros for the Industry 4.0 Diagnosis Coupon or a maximum of 20,000 euros for the Industry 4.0 Implementation Coupon, provided that it does not exceed the cost of the subsidised action. Subsidised projects may be implemented between 1 January 2020 and 30 November 2021.

The beneficiary company may receive up to a maximum of two coupons, provided that one of them is the Industrial Property Coupon or the Tax Coupon (within the Innovation and Strategy Coupons).

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Coupons for Innovation and Strategy

Specialties
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Target audience, conditions and application

Specialties

Innovation and Strategy Coupons can be redeemed for one or two of the following services:

Coupon for new disruptive initiatives

To transform the company's business model and adapt it to the emergence of new exponential technologies, new consumer trends, new business models and the transformations arising from climate change or the COVID-19 crisis.
Maximum grant of 8,000 euros.

Tax coupon

To obtain R&D&I certificates.
Maximum grant of 2,500 euros.

Coupon for the management model and innovation processes

To implement a new innovation management system, design new products and services, improve the company's internal processes involving structural and business model changes and consolidate a consistent and sustainable innovation level.
Maximum grant of 6,000 euros.

Coupon for industrial property

To draft and file patents or utility models.
Maximum grant of 2,500 euros
To define a strategic plan for the company’s industrial and intellectual property.
Maximum grant of 4,000 euros.

Coupon for circular economy

To apply eco-design criteria to your products, services and processes in order to analyse and minimise their environmental impact.
Maximum grant of 6,000 euros.

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Accredited providers

Service outsourcing must be done through one of these providers accredited by ACCIÓ*:

Coupon for new disruptive initiatives

Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ who are experts in innovation management and corporate venturing.

Tax coupon

Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ who are experts in R&D&I taxation and are also accredited and in force according to ENAC for services related to obtaining R&D&I certificates.

Coupon for the management model and innovation processes

Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ who are experts in innovation management, product design and innovation strategy, finance and management control, marketing, sales and digital channels, operations and organisation.

Coupon for industrial property

Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ in the patent and trademark category.

Coupon for circular economy

Advisors accredited by ACCIÓ in the Green Economy category

Find your advisor in the list of ACCIÓ-accredited advisors. Filter by the category you are interested in to find out all the options available to you.

* The selected provider must be accredited when applying for the respective coupon.

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Target audience, conditions and application

These grants are aimed at SMEs with:

operational headquarters in Catalonia
a minimum of 4 years at the date of application for the grant

The maximum grant amount for Innovation and Strategy Coupons is as follows:

Coupon for new disruptive initiatives: Maximum grant of 8,000 euros.
Tax coupon: Maximum grant of 2,500 euros.
Coupon for the management model and innovation processes: Maximum grant of 6,000 euros.
Coupon for industrial property: Maximum grant of 2,500 euros (drafting and filing of the patent) or 4,000 euros (definition of the strategic plan).
Coupon for circular economy: maximum grant of 6,000 euros.

Subsidised projects may be implemented between the date when the call is published in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Catalonia) and 30 November 2021.

The beneficiary company may receive up to a maximum of two coupons, provided that one of them is the Industrial Property Coupon or the Tax Coupon.

Remember that coupons are granted in chronological order of application and usually run out in no time. Get prepared to apply for your coupon by referring to the related documentation.

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Coupons for Financing

What do they offer?
Accredited providers
Target audience, conditions and application

What do they offer?

Financing Coupons can be redeemed for advice and/or support in any of the following services:

Refinancing liabilities, seeking financing or carrying out a contingency plan.

This service includes the analysis of the company’s current and future economic/financial situation; the description of the strategy to be followed; an account of the relevant decisions to be made; documentation support and accompanying negotiation with creditors or possible financiers.

Maximum grant of 2,500 euros.

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Accredited providers

Service outsourcing must be done through one of these providers accredited by ACCIÓ*:

Expert advisors in finance and management control.

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* The selected provider must be accredited when applying for the respective coupon.

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Target audience, conditions and application

These grants are aimed at SMEs headquartered in Catalonia.

The grant amount for the Financing Coupons will be a maximum of 2,500 euros, provided that it does not exceed the cost of the subsidised action. The subsidised projects can be implemented between the date when the call is published and until 28 February 2021.

The beneficiary company may receive up to a maximum of two coupons, provided that one of them is the Industrial Property Coupon or the Tax Coupon (within the Innovation and Strategy Coupons).

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Coupons for Startups

What do they offer?
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Target audience, conditions and application

What do they offer?

Coupons for startups aim to help emerging companies overcome the months of stagnation owing to COVID-19 by supporting the solution of immediate financing, sales or growth strategy needs. These coupons subsidise support by expert providers in decision-making and can be redeemed for the following services:

Financial advice
Advice on sales or marketing strategy
Advice on equipment, internal management or process improvement
Strategic advice

Maximum grant: 1,600 euros.

Remember that coupons are granted in chronological order of application and usually run out in no time. Get prepared to apply for your coupon by referring to the related documentation.

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Accredited providers

Service outsourcing must be done through one of these providers accredited by ACCIÓ*:

Experts from all categories accredited as startup advisors and mentors.

You can find your advisor on the list of accredited ACCIÓ advisors or your mentor on the list of accredited mentors.

* The selected provider must be accredited when applying for the respective coupon.

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Target audience, conditions and application

Startups receiving a grant must meet the following requirements:

Have their own legal personality, i.e. independent from that of their founding partners. Individual entrepreneurs shall not be considered beneficiaries.
The founding team must be made up of entrepreneurs, i.e. not companies or institutions. These must hold the majority of the company shares (50%).
Beneficiary startups must have been established for 6 months old or less than 10 years old.
They must develop a clearly innovative product, service or business model with high growth potential.

The coupon grant for startups will amount to a maximum of 1,600 euros, provided that it does not exceed the cost of the subsidised action. The subsidised projects can be implemented between the date when the call is published and until 28 February 2021.

The beneficiary company may receive up to a maximum of two coupons, provided that one of them is the Industrial Property Coupon or the Tax Coupon (within the Innovation and Strategy Coupons).

Remember that coupons are granted in chronological order of application and usually run out in no time. Get prepared to apply for your coupon by referring to the related documentation.

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