Department of Innovation, Industry, Trade and Tourism announced the value of aid in advance 20,015,000 Euros in terms of trade, consumption And craft For the year 2024. Aids intended federations of natural persons, small and medium-sized companies, professional groups and consumers and usersPeople who carry out commercial and craft activities in the Valencian Community, according to the department headed by Nuria Montes.
Its purpose is to support improvement. commercial infrastructure public and private, development of craftsComprehensive training in the skills and competitiveness of professionals in the commercial sector and the promotion and promotion of local trade and crafts, the promotion of consumption in local trade, trying to guarantee its survival and continuity.
General Manager of Trade, Craft and Consumption Maribel Saez“This aid is vital for sectors that form an important part of Valencia’s economic fabric,” he said. closer to the average consumer, “and it is also an example of Valencia’s distinctive make-up, which has historically consisted of small and medium-sized businesses as well as artisans and professionals with a pronounced entrepreneurial spirit.”
In this sense, Sáez recalled, “we have been working for several weeks to change the instruction to give aid, which is already very advanced and which we continue to maintain.” meetings and discussions with relevant sectors“. The director general also credited him with his “full availability to explain to the three provinces and to all relevant representatives in need, the aid and subsidies that are now being granted, trying to meet the greatest possible number of demands.”
In this case, the deadline for submission of applications and all documents is From January 15 to February 9From 2024, both are included and can only be done electronically through the Generalitat’s electronic centre.
Expenditures eligible for aid
Among the aid-eligible expenditures envisaged in the regulatory principles of this subsidy call, the following programs stand out:
– Promotional Crafts (Euro 520,000): Expenses related to participation as exhibitors in fair events of a predominantly craft nature, including those organized outside the Valencian Community, are eligible for assistance, for example the costs of ground and stand rental, assembly, dismantling, decoration and labeling. of the same.
Likewise, expenses arising from the protection of the product, design or brand and the inclusion of the design in the description and application of the product; Preparation and editing of product catalogs in any medium, including web hosting cost and product promotion activities through all kinds of promotional tools.
Participation in specialized training courses organized by educational institutions, regardless of the location where they are held, in design, quality and specialization in trade according to craft activities is also eligible for assistance.
– start trading (230,000 Euro): Current expenses arising from the maintenance of a newly owned commercial facility or the carrying out of a commercial activity in a facility where economic activity was previously carried out.
– Create trade (€7,030,000): Investments in equipment for the business entity, including computer applications and expenses from the creation of a website linked to the entity, if its purpose is to carry out secure online sales or integrate into an online e-commerce platform.
– Create markets (20,000 Euro): Those tasked with selling in non-residential sales markets can receive assistance to invest in the adaptation of transport and storage vehicles or the installation of storage equipment, if they have a municipal permit. sales of food products.