Frequently asked questions

Beneficiaries are enterprises, regardless of the type of ownership and legal form of organisation, which meet the following conditions:

• they have an average annual number of employees (average number of staff during the management period) of up to 250;
• have an annual turnover (sales revenue) of up to 50 million lei or total assets (fixed and current assets) of up to 50 million lei, according to the last approved financial statement.

• undertakings holding a dominant position on the market, as determined by the competent authority;
• enterprises in whose share capital the shareholding of the founding member which is not a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise exceeds 25%, with the exception of non-commercial organisations;
• undertakings importing excisable goods;
• trust companies and insurance companies;
• undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities;
• financial institutions;
• microfinance organisations, savings and loan associations;
• foreign exchange companies and lombards;
• gambling enterprises;
• non-state pension funds;
• undertakings where state control has repeatedly revealed the same breaches of legislation.

• undertakings referred to in Article 12 para. (3) of Law no. 179/2016 with (are included in the previous question;
• arms trading;
• provision of financial and legal advisory services;
• trade, with the exception of products and services obtained from their own economic activity;
• the activities of producing or marketing tobacco and alcohol.

NO! One of the mandatory conditions is that the MSM must have IT equipment and an internet connection, which would allow them to take advantage of the support offered.

• YES to purchase licences specific to the type of activity!
• NO for the purchase of operational licences (1C, licensed windows, microsoft office, etc.).

• equipment and software needed to ensure the proper functioning of the company's core business (computing technology, printers, mobile phones, tablets, 1C-accounting and others);
• salaries;
• taxes and duties (including VAT);
• costs incurred prior to submission of the form to component II - non-reimbursable financial support of the Programme;
• payments made in cash;
• purchase of second-hand goods;
• costs of goods and services covered by other assistance instruments/projects/programmes;
• exchange losses;
• transport services;
• financing of leasing, credit costs, including interest and commissions;
• costs of renting or leasing premises/offices/land necessary for the activity;
• consumables and administrative expenses.

YOU CAN apply if you meet the following conditions:

• You have benefited from state aid (AIPA, ODIMM/ODA or other institutions providing state aid) with a value equivalent below the threshold of 2.000.000 lei, granted within a maximum period of 3 years, regardless of its form and the objective pursued.
• Financial support may not be granted for the same good/service, procured or developed from other projects or state funding programmes.

• purchase of ICT hardware and other related devices and equipment, including installation, configuration, commissioning costs, justified from the point of view of project implementation;
• procurement and/or development and/or adaptation of software applications/licenses necessary for the implementation of the project, configuration and implementation of databases, migration and integration of various existing data structures;
• procurement and/or development and/or adaptation of complex ERP/CRM automation systems;
• purchase of new technological equipment, systems, machines, machinery and work tools necessary for digitisation, innovation and modernisation of the operational process;
• purchase of services to convert archives from analogue/file/paper to digital;
• procurement of information technology services/solutions for e-commerce, but not exceeding 10% of the maximum grant amount for each of the following activities:
  1. consultancy in determining and going through the specific steps required for the digitisation and transition of the company to e-commerce, definition of marketing tools;
  2. services to develop a new website or update the existing one, including integration of online payment systems, procurement of a domain and hosting;
  3. development of visibility materials and placement of banners and online advertisements, presenting products and/or the business;
  4. setting up social media and google campaigns for the right niche;
  5. selecting, integrating and adjusting the company profile to MarketPlace platforms, which have integrated online payment systems and logistical elements (related to delivery etc.);
• purchase of Cloud and SaaS services;
• purchase of cybersecurity enhancement services applicable to software/hosting/networks;
• purchase of consultancy services for the development of technical documentation required for the implementation of the project, but will not exceed 10% of the grant requested;
• training of staff who will use the implemented/purchased products and staff who will provide maintenance as their own contribution;
• partial coverage of costs/expenses incurred on electronic MarketPlace platforms in the process of delivering goods/services, but not exceeding 20% of the maximum grant amount for a period not exceeding 36 months from the date of approval;
• the purchase of equipment and software solutions that allow the minimisation/exclusion of physical currency from circulation;
• the purchase of equipment and solutions necessary for the organisation of the delivery process in the HoReCa hospitality industry.

• Extract from the Register of Peasant Households (not more than 3 months old at the time of submission);
• Annual financial statements for the last fiscal period (as appropriate: abbreviated, simplified or complete according to the National Accounting Standard submitted to the NBS, SFS or APL);
• Appropriate documents/certificates of the persons working in the enterprise or contracted by the enterprise or the enterprise is supported by external experts, confirming their competences for the implementation of the investment project (Diplomas; Training certificates in the fields required under the programme, employment order or service contract, statement on the support of external experts);
• Submission of tenders containing technical specifications of the goods/services requested;
• Financial data on the Participation Form;
• Existing licenses and authorisations of the company (if applicable)

• The value of the investment project is composed of own contribution and non-reimbursable financial support (both components without VAT).
• The own contribution represents the applicant's contribution of at least 30% of the amount of eligible expenditure under the Programme.
• The non-reimbursable financial support represents a maximum of 70% of the amount of eligible expenditure under the Programme.

There is no deadline for application to the Programme, the call is continuous within the existing budget, the examination of investment projects will be carried out on a first come/first served basis.

The implementation period of the investment project is a maximum of 12 months for dossiers implementing/developing digital solutions and a maximum of 6 months for dossiers that will procure goods.

If the goods/services financed under the Programme are not used for their intended purpose and if they are sold, leased or disposed of in any form during the period of validity of the Contract signed by the parties, the Contract shall be unilaterally terminated by the ODA, as implementing authority of the Programme, with recovery of the non-reimbursable financial support granted.

The monitoring period for beneficiaries of financial support lasts 36 months from the date of submission of the complete set of documents relating to the use of financial resources. Monitoring is carried out in two stages:

• post-financing monitoring (during the first 6 months of the monitoring period)
• final monitoring (during the last 6 months of the monitoring period).

Monitoring ends with the drawing up and signing of the Final Monitoring Act, which confirms the implementation of the provisions of the financing contract.