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OMEGA TRUST

Your partners for securing non-reimbur sable funding

2016 – Funding programmes presentation EU Funds & State Aid in Romani

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Table of co ntent

• About Omega Trust 3

• EU Funds available in 2016 4

• State Aid Schemes in 2016

• National Funding Programmes in 2016

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• Our Services 19

• Contact 20

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IT udit and Consultancy

About Omega Trust 

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OMEGA Trust is a company specialized in providing IT audit and

consulting work as well as funding consulting services for securing non-

reimbursable grants.

With extensive knowledge in the IT&C field and a multidisciplinary team we

offer our services for obtaining grants from EU funds & State Aid Schemes.

We have experience in achieving funding in the human capital sector, IT&C

and manufacturing industries.

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EU Funds 2016  – Overview 

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Operational Programme Key funding areas Estimated

budget

Competitiveness Operational

Programme

 R&D

 Innovation

 IT&C

0,92 bn. EUR

Regional Operational

Programme

 Manufacturing

 Production spaces

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Equipment procurement  Business incubators

 Technology transfer 

6.30 bn. EUR

Human Capital Operational

Programme

 Training

 Salary costs

 Start-ups

2,04 bn. EUR

National Rural Development

Programme

 Non-agricultural investments in rural

areas

60 mil. EUR

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EU Funds 2016  – Competi t iveness Operat ional Programm e 

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Funding Programme for Development of R&D departments

Eligible

beneficiaries    SMEs and large enterprises with R&D activity

Investment priorities

 Research, technological development and innovation (RDI)

for the support of economic competitiveness and business

development

Main eligible expenses

 Construction works for creating/extending/ rehabilitating

new R&D departments

 Land procurement  Corporal & non-corporal assets (IT equipment, equipment

for R&D activities, licences, specific software applications)

Funding intensity    Up to 70%

Grant    Min – 1 mil. EUR and max. 20 mil. EUR

Launch status    Estimated April 2016

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart

specialization area

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EU Funds 2016  – Competi t iveness Operat ional Programm e 

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Funding Programme for R&D Experts

Eligible beneficiaries    SMEs and large enterprises with R&D activity

 Research organizations/ institutes

Investment priorities     Attracting qualified foreign experts stimulating R&D

activities in Romania

Main eligible

expenses

 Salary costs (internal researchers, technicians, auxiliary

personnel involved in the project)

 Tangible & intangible assets

 Services  General administrative expenses

 Preliminary feasibility study

 IP protection costs

Funding intensity    Up to 100% depending on company size and type of

eligible expense

Grant   

2 mil. EUR Launch status     April 2016

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart

specialization area

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EU Funds 2016  – Competi t iveness Operat ional Programm e 

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Funding Programme for Innovation Clusters

Eligible beneficiaries

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Research institutes  Companies with R&D activities in their legal statute

 Organizations that manage clusters

Investment

priorities

 Supporting investments in research-development,

innovation activities within innovative cluster 

Main eligible expenses

 Common R&D facilities

 Cluster innovation activities  Expenses for promoting, facilitating collaboration,

develop the cluster’s activity

Funding intensity    Up to 65%

Grant    1 to 7 mil. EUR

Launch status   

 April 2016

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart

specialization area

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EU Funds 2016  – Competi t iveness Operat ional Programm e 

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Funding Programme for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Eligible beneficiaries    Universities

 Public R&D organizations/ research organizations

Investment priorities    Increasing the Romanian research activity at EU level

Main eligible

expenses

  Activities for stimulating knowledge transfer 

  Access to R&D infrastructure, databases, scientific

libraries, specialised workspace for companies



Industrial or experimental research in collaboration withprivate companies

 Transferring highly qualified personnel

 Project management

Funding intensity    Up to 75%

Grant    1 – 3 mil. EUR

Launch status   

 April 2016

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart

specialization area

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EU Funds 2016  – Competi t iveness Operat ional Programm e 

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Funding Programme dedicated to innovative newly established companies

Eligible beneficiaries    Private companies (with at least 10% research costs

recorded in the last 3 years and is not older than 5 years)

Investment priorities    Stimulating demand for enterprise innovation through

RDI projects

Main eligible

expenses

 Industrial research and experimental development

(services, equipment, tools, salaries, rent, etc)

 Validating/obtaining IP rights  R&D and innovation services

 Putting into production R&D results

Funding intensity    Up to 100%

Grant    1 – 1,5 mil. EUR

Launch status     April 2016

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart

specialization area

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Funding Programme for innovative start-ups and spin-offs

Eligible beneficiaries

 Private companies  Innovative Start-ups – company not older than 3 years

 Spin-off – company that will be created based on R&D results

or existing IP rights obtained by public research institutions.

Investment priorities    Improvement of innovation, processes and products in

economic sectors with growing potential.

Main eligible expenses

 Research and development activities

 Purchase of services for research and development  ICT equipment and specific R&D tools

 Tangible and intangible assets

 General administration costs

Funding intensity    90%

Maximum grant    200.000 EUR

Launch status    Opened (continuous submission under budget limit)   Approx.. 2,5 mil. EUR budget still available (in Feb. 2016)

Other issues    Project must be included in at least one smart specialization

area

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EU Funds 2016  – Regional Operat ional Programme 

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Funding Programme for microenterprises

Eligible beneficiaries

 Micro-enterprises ( ≤ 9 employees + annual net turnover

or total assets ≤ 2 mil. EUR)  1 full fiscal year closed, 1 fulltime employee

Investment priorities    Development of microenterprises through acquisition of

production tools and related services

Main eligible expenses

 Construction/ Modernization works

 Equipment and specific production installations &