Project Description

SI Circular Economy

Portugal 2030

This support is intended to encourage investments that promote the transition to a more resource-efficient circular economy. Companies can benefit from up to 80% non-repayable funding for projects aimed at boosting sustainable business models, contributing to companies’ competitiveness and environmental responsibility.

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Support Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

NUTS Norte
Centro
Alentejo

Eligible Entities

SMEs

SI Circular Economy

Portugal 2030

This support is intended to encourage investments that promote the transition to a more resource-efficient circular economy. Companies can benefit from up to 80% non-repayable funding for projects aimed at boosting sustainable business models, contributing to companies’ competitiveness and environmental responsibility.

Download the Infosheet

Support Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

NUTS Norte
Centro
Alentejo

Eligible Entities

SMEs

Incentive Conditions

  • Eligible Actions:
    • Eligible for support are Productive Investment projects whose work/investment plans include actions aimed at:
      • The reintegration of materials (waste) in the production of new products of equal or greater added value (upcycling) or products of lower quality and reduced functionality (downcycling);
      • The development of new processes and/or new products supported by the endogenization of activities converging with the principles of efficient and sustainable design (ecodesign);
      • Reducing the consumption of resources (raw materials), namely through the production of reusable packaging and/or packaging based on recycled materials or those with greater recycling potential;
      • The adoption/conception of new business models that promote circularization, based on “product-as-a-service” logics in the reuse of materials or in the sharing economy;
      • The adoption of innovative e-commerce practices that optimize logistics and/or the reduction/reuse of packaging;
      • Implementing measures for water circularity;
      • The development of R&D for circularity;

  • NUTS Norte, Centro and Alentejo.

  • Up to 80% non-repayable*
  • *It’s necessary to check the applicable rate for each region.
  • **It’s necessary to check investment amounts applicable to each Region.

  • The following are eligible for support: SMEs

  • The following types of expenditure are eligible for co-financing under this Call for Applications, provided they are duly substantiated and directly related to the development of the operation:
    • Tangible assets, including the acquisition of machinery and equipment, directly attributable costs to place them in the location and conditions necessary for them to be able to function, as well as the acquisition of computer equipment, including the software necessary for its operation;
    • Intangible assets, including the transfer of technology through the acquisition of national and international patent rights, licenses, technical knowledge not protected by patent, and standard software or software developed specifically for a given purpose;
    • Other investment expenditure, including expenditure on the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors in validating expenditure on payment requests, engineering services, studies, diagnoses, audits, marketing plans and architectural and engineering projects.
  • In duly justified cases, operations may also include the construction of buildings, refurbishment works and other constructions.

Incentive Conditions

Eligible Actions:
Eligible for support are Productive Investment projects whose work/investment plans include actions aimed at:
The reintegration of materials (waste) in the production of new products of equal or greater added value (upcycling) or products of lower quality and reduced functionality (downcycling);
The development of new processes and/or new products supported by the endogenization of activities converging with the principles of efficient and sustainable design (ecodesign);
Reducing the consumption of resources (raw materials), namely through the production of reusable packaging and/or packaging based on recycled materials or those with greater recycling potential;
The adoption/conception of new business models that promote circularization, based on “product-as-a-service” logics in the reuse of materials or in the sharing economy;
The adoption of innovative e-commerce practices that optimize logistics and/or the reduction/reuse of packaging;
Implementing measures for water circularity;
The development of R&D for circularity;

NUTS Norte, Centro and Alentejo.

Up to 80% non-repayable*
*It’s necessary to check the applicable rate for each region.
**It’s necessary to check investment amounts applicable to each Region.

The following are eligible for support: SMEs

The following types of expenditure are eligible for co-financing under this Call for Applications, provided they are duly substantiated and directly related to the development of the operation:
Tangible assets, including the acquisition of machinery and equipment, directly attributable costs to place them in the location and conditions necessary for them to be able to function, as well as the acquisition of computer equipment, including the software necessary for its operation;
Intangible assets, including the transfer of technology through the acquisition of national and international patent rights, licenses, technical knowledge not protected by patent, and standard software or software developed specifically for a given purpose;
Other investment expenditure, including expenditure on the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors in validating expenditure on payment requests, engineering services, studies, diagnoses, audits, marketing plans and architectural and engineering projects.
In duly justified cases, operations may also include the construction of buildings, refurbishment works and other constructions.

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