Project Description

Job Creation and Entrepreneurship

Portugal 2030

This support aims to promote employment and entrepreneurship in the Lisbon region. Eligible actions include the creation of one’s own job by setting up a company, the creation of new permanent jobs associated with the creation of new companies or the expansion of existing companies and the creation of new permanent jobs in social economy entities.

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Support Status

Open

Financing

Up to 40% Lost Fund

Territory

Lisbon (NUTS II)

Eligible Entities

Micro Enterprises
Small Enterprises
Medium-Sized Enterprises
Social Economy Entities

Job Creation and Entrepreneurship

Portugal 2030

This support aims to promote employment and entrepreneurship in the Lisbon region. Eligible actions include the creation of one’s own job by setting up a company, the creation of new permanent jobs associated with the creation of new companies or the expansion of existing companies and the creation of new permanent jobs in social economy entities.

Download the Infosheet

Support Status

Open

Financing

Up to 40% Lost Fund

Territory

Lisbon (NUTS II)

Eligible Entities

Micro Enterprises
Small Enterprises
Medium-Sized Enterprises
Social Economy Entities

Incentive Conditions

  • The following actions are eligible
    • a) Creation of new open-ended jobs associated with the creation of new companies or the expansion of existing companies;
    • b) Creation of new open-ended jobs in social economy entities.
  • *Funding is limited to the creation of 4 jobs per project for a period of 24 months.

  • Lisbon (NUTS II).

  • Up to 40% Lost Fund

  • The following are eligible for support
    • a) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
    • b) Social economy entities:
      • Cooperatives;
      • Mutual associations;
      • Misericórdias;
      • Foundations;
      • Private social solidarity institutions not covered by the previous paragraphs;
      • Associations with altruistic purposes that operate in the cultural, recreational, sports and local development spheres;
      • Entities covered by the community and self-management sub-sectors, integrated under the terms of the Constitution into the cooperative and social sector;
      • Other entities with legal personality that respect the guiding principles of the social economy.
  • Eligible beneficiaries are not companies which, regardless of their size, take the form of a sole proprietor or an individual limited liability establishment. Service providers or self-employed professionals are also not eligible beneficiaries.

  • Eligible recipients of this type of operation are:
    • a) unemployed people registered for at least three months with the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I.P. (IEFP, I.P.). (IEFP, I.P.);
    • b) unemployed people registered for at least two months with the IEFP, I.P., if they are aged 29 or under or 45 or over;
    • c) unemployed people registered with the IEFP, I.P., regardless of how long they have been registered, if they are:
      • beneficiary of unemployment benefit;
      • beneficiary of the social insertion income;
      • people with disabilities
      • person who is part of a single-parent family;
      • a person whose spouse or partner is also unemployed, registered with the IEFP, I.P.;
      • victims of domestic violence; refugees;
      • ex-prisoners and those serving or having served sentences or non-custodial judicial measures who are in a position to enter working life;
      • drug addicts in the process of recovery;
      • a person who has served in the Armed Forces on a contract, special contract or voluntary basis;
      • homeless person;
      • victims of trafficking in human beings;
    • d) other unemployed or inactive people not covered by the above, who have no social security records as employees or self-employed workers in the 6 months prior to being hired, regardless of whether there are no contributions (for example, in cases where the respective exemption may apply).
  • * Only jobs for which the employment contract was signed after the application was submitted are eligible.
  • * Jobs that correspond to members of the entity’s management bodies, directors, administrators or cooperators of the beneficiary entity are not eligible.

  • Support is provided as follows:
    • Direct personnel costs:
    • Salary costs, plus the employer’s contributory costs (90% of the basic salary up to an amount equivalent to 3 (three) times the Social Support Index (IAS) is set as the maximum funding limit for each month of support).
    • Other costs of the operation.
  • Financing
    • The operation is financed by a private contribution (CP) made by the beneficiary, calculated on the Total Eligible Cost (CTE):
      • Private contribution (PC)= 10% * CTE;
      • ESF+ contribution = 40% * (CTE – CP);
      • OCS contribution = 60% * (CTE-CP).

Incentive Conditions

The following actions are eligible
a) Creation of new open-ended jobs associated with the creation of new companies or the expansion of existing companies;
b) Creation of new open-ended jobs in social economy entities.
*Funding is limited to the creation of 4 jobs per project for a period of 24 months.

Lisbon (NUTS II).

Up to 40% Lost Fund

The following are eligible for support
a) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
b) Social economy entities:
Cooperatives;
Mutual associations;
Misericórdias;
Foundations;
Private social solidarity institutions not covered by the previous paragraphs;
Associations with altruistic purposes that operate in the cultural, recreational, sports and local development spheres;
Entities covered by the community and self-management sub-sectors, integrated under the terms of the Constitution into the cooperative and social sector;
Other entities with legal personality that respect the guiding principles of the social economy.
Eligible beneficiaries are not companies which, regardless of their size, take the form of a sole proprietor or an individual limited liability establishment. Service providers or self-employed professionals are also not eligible beneficiaries.

Eligible recipients of this type of operation are:
a) unemployed people registered for at least three months with the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I.P. (IEFP, I.P.). (IEFP, I.P.);
b) unemployed people registered for at least two months with the IEFP, I.P., if they are aged 29 or under or 45 or over;
c) unemployed people registered with the IEFP, I.P., regardless of how long they have been registered, if they are:
beneficiary of unemployment benefit;
beneficiary of the social insertion income;
people with disabilities
person who is part of a single-parent family;
a person whose spouse or partner is also unemployed, registered with the IEFP, I.P.;
victims of domestic violence; refugees;
ex-prisoners and those serving or having served sentences or non-custodial judicial measures who are in a position to enter working life;
drug addicts in the process of recovery;
a person who has served in the Armed Forces on a contract, special contract or voluntary basis;
homeless person;
victims of trafficking in human beings;
d) other unemployed or inactive people not covered by the above, who have no social security records as employees or self-employed workers in the 6 months prior to being hired, regardless of whether there are no contributions (for example, in cases where the respective exemption may apply).
* Only jobs for which the employment contract was signed after the application was submitted are eligible.
* Jobs that correspond to members of the entity’s management bodies, directors, administrators or cooperators of the beneficiary entity are not eligible.

Support is provided as follows:
Direct personnel costs:
Salary costs, plus the employer’s contributory costs (90% of the basic salary up to an amount equivalent to 3 (three) times the Social Support Index (IAS) is set as the maximum funding limit for each month of support).
Other costs of the operation.
Financing
The operation is financed by a private contribution (CP) made by the beneficiary, calculated on the Total Eligible Cost (CTE):
Private contribution (PC)= 10% * CTE;
ESF+ contribution = 40% * (CTE – CP);
OCS contribution = 60% * (CTE-CP).

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