Sardinia: enterprise emergency fund, European resources put up for tender have been distributed
120 million euros to support the companies of the island
With the disbursement of 120 million euros, the European resources put up for bids were totally allocated to meet the companies burdened by the economic crisis and the cost of energy. The business emergency fund, set up by the Sardinia Region in 2020, saw the addition of 30 million by June (reaching the total resources provided by the Fund, therefore at the end of the call).
In addition, the regional ERDF Por 2021-2027 program presented to Europe is about to come to life, which as regards the development of local businesses aims to facilitate access to credit, also thanks to the new financial instruments that guarantee subsidized rates.
"The Region will continue to support businesses burdened first by the crisis and now by the costs associated with the international scenario, with financial instruments dedicated to achieving energy efficiency, therefore the redevelopment of production processes in a green key - underlines the governor Christian Solinas -. Sardinia, in line with the new global challenges dictated by the 2030 Agenda, aims to implement concrete actions towards new development models ".
For this reason, in programming 21-27, the greatest resources have been allocated to the green and digital transition and smart competitiveness, about 1 billion in total (out of a program of 1,581 million euros). Specifically, € 522.10 million for the green transition; for the digital transition € 159.88 million; for smart competitiveness 340.12 million euros.
"Preparing for change also means meeting companies and preparing them for a new phase: we have done so from the beginning of the emergency up to now, with extraordinary measures and tools such as the Enterprise Emergency Fund and we will continue to do so - adds the commissioner of the Planning and Budget, Giuseppe Fasolino - The introduction and operation of financial instruments that allow loans to be granted at subsidized rates is also the challenge of the new European programming which has, among the objectives, that of investing in businesses to increase opportunities opening up to foreign markets (internationalization) and facilitating access to credit ".
(Unioneonline / ss)
