With the Decree of the Director General for internationalization policies and the promotion of exchanges of 1 July 2015, the Ministry of Economic Development, as per the Interministerial Decree of 7 April 2015, has defined the methods and terms for requesting and granting non-refundable grants in favor of internationalization consortia, aimed at supporting SMEs in foreign markets and promoting the dissemination of products and services. Without forgetting the role of knowledge of authentic Italian products among international consumers in countering the phenomenon of counterfeiting of agri-food products.
The resources available for the implementation of specific promotional initiatives abroad amount to 3 million euros in favor of multi-regional consortia, for the year 2015, allocated with the 2015 Stability Law. Promotional initiatives that can be financed, provided for in art. 4 of the aforementioned Directorial Decree, must be structured in the form of an Internationalization Project, with a value of no less than 50.000 euros and no more than 400.000 euros, and must be completed in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2015.
The grant application, with the relative attachments, must be submitted exclusively by certified e-mail, digitally signed by the legal representative of the Consortium, starting from the day following the publication in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic of the notice relating to this decree and by no later than 1 August 2015, at the PEC address dgpips.consorzi@pec.mise.gov.it, according to the provisions of art. 7 of the announcement.
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