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project info
Start date: 1 December 2017
End date: 31 December 2020
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 3 624 332,00 €
EU contribution: 3 062 182,20 € (84,49%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Ministerul Fondurilor Europene

Smart Start-UP – Innovative and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in South Muntenia

The general objective of the project is the development of the entrepreneurial spirit and the generation of an increased number of non-agricultural jobs and businesses in South Muntenia Region, through professional training, the development of entrepreneurial and managerial skills and support for people over the age of 18, who want to initiate an independent activity in this region. The project will generate long-term positive effects both at the level of the target group, on the economic communities in the region and, by disseminating the results, it can generate a major impact on the level of other development regions, other target groups. Thanks to integrated services to support the initiation and development of independent activities, the members of the target group will develop the necessary knowledge and skills that will help them to become successful entrepreneurs in the long term. The capacities and expertise of the 3 partners involved in the project will contribute to this. The actions developed through the project will generate a long-term positive effect by: — Increasing the entrepreneurial capacities of the target group categories included in the project, through measures adapted to the specifics of the persons involved (employees, inactive persons); — Increasing the entrepreneurial spirit at regional level, through campaigns with wide addressability; — Increasing the entrepreneurial spirit by supporting a transparent and complex competition between different business plans; — Increasing the number of people acquiring entrepreneurial skills, through entrepreneurial training courses accredited by NCAs; — Increasing the number of companies established in the region by subsidising 72 business ideas; — The formation of a core of competent legal entities, which, through the consultancy/mentorship activities that benefit from the project, will acquire an easily transferable know-how to other persons interested in hiring on their own; — Increasing the occupation at regional level, by establishing at least 144 new jobs; Growth of the local/regional economy, through successful business development; — Increasing the local/national budget through the payment of taxes and duties; — Making social innovation models transferable to other sectors/regions/bussines; — Increasing the number of people involved in actions aimed at developing the social innovation component, through specific actions carried out in centers specifically provided for in the project; — Increase the promotion of sustainable development measures, use and quality ICT and strengthen research, technological development and/or innovation, by including specific activities at the level of selected business plans; — Creating a complex database with methodologies, analysis and models, all made after project implementation.

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