ACCIÓ Coupons for Company Competitiveness

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

- Consulting and training entities specialising in internationalisation processes.

- Accredited advisors specialising in internationalization or in patents and trademarks (they must be outsourced by an accredited entity to carry out the service). 

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

Are you a provider and want to get accredited for your customers to benefit from Internationalization Coupons?

These grants are aimed at SMEs headquartered in Catalonia that do not yet export or that export up to a maximum of 15% of their turnover (having invoiced a minimum of €100,000 and exported a minimum of €5,000 in 2019). That is to say, they are coupons aimed at companies with little export experience or that have never exported before.

The grant intensity will be a maximum of 80% of the service cost, with a maximum grant of 2,400 euros per coupon for the international promotion plan and 4,000 euros per coupon for outsourcing of an Export Manager.

Subsidised projects may be implemented between the date when the call is published and 30 June 2021.

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.

Steps to apply

• Choose the service you are interested in and the provider you want to work with.
• Submit your application following the call rules. 
• Carry out the project: when you receive the acceptance resolution from ACCIÓ, you will get your coupon to start working. You have eight months to complete the service.
• Justify the work done: at the end of the service, the provider will submit the appropriate supporting documents to ACCIÓ. You will not need to make any arrangements in order to receive the grant amount.

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.

Are you a provider and want to get accredited for your customers to benefit from Industry 4.0 Coupons?

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). 

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.

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.

Are you a provider and want to get accredited for your customers to benefit from Innovation and Strategy Coupons?

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.

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

• Expert advisors in finance and management control. 

Find your advisor in the list of ACCIÓ-accredited advisors.

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

Are you a provider and want to get accredited for your customers to benefit from the Financing Coupons?

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).

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.

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.

Are you a provider or a mentor and want to get accredited for your customers to benefit from coupons for startups?

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.