Project support
Sustainable business
This project support aims to contribute to sustainable development in companies with operations in the island's rural areas.
The applicant/project owner must be a company or an economic association with good administrative capacity and liquidity that covers approximately 45% of the project's costs. The projects must be carried out in collaboration between at least three actors and benefit one or more areas in the countryside.
Here, Project Support Sustainable Entrepreneurship is described in more detail. Further down the page, there are instructions on how to apply.
Project focus:
Sustainable local business development. It may involve development in social, economic, and/or ecological sustainability.
Collaboration. The applicant/project owner must be a company/an economic association with local operations in Gotland's countryside. However, the project must be carried out in collaboration between at least three actors. The project-owning company/economic association can collaborate with other actors, e.g., local businesses and/or local associations.
In line with local needs and interests. The benefits the project provides primarily accrue to the project-owning company/the economic association and its collaboration partners. However, the project should also have some form of positive effect for one or more local rural areas in a broader sense. For example, by making the area/areas more attractive to visit, developing services, strengthening a business sector, or creating preserved or new job opportunities. The positive effect for the area/areas should be anchored and documented, e.g., in the form of meetings or a local survey.
Not regular activities. The support must not apply to a company's/the economic association's regular operations – the project must involve some form of new initiative.
Implementation capacity. To be able to make a correct application and report during the project's implementation and conclusion, it is required that the project owner has very good administrative capacity. Competent resources are needed primarily in project management and finance. These resources can be within the organization or hired on a consultancy basis. There needs to be allocated funds for these personnel resources in the project's budget.
Examples of what you can do within the project:
Here are some examples of what you can do within a project that can receive this support:
- Increase competence in local businesses by participating in courses/training.
- Develop new or existing products/services by conducting study visits, creating prototypes, or carrying out tests.
- Diversify businesses with the help of surveys, analyses, or strategic work.Create new or develop existing collaborations/business networks through meetings or workshops.
- Increase the service in an area in the countryside with a renewed range of products/services.
- Project support for businesses can be between.
The size of the project support:
40% – 70% of budgeted costs in a project – up to a support amount of at most 200,000 kronor Example:
If the project's total budgeted costs are 500,000 kronor, you can apply for 40% = 200,000 kronor.
- If the project's total budgeted costs are 285,714 kronor, you can apply for a maximum of 70% = 200,000 kronor.
- liquidity that covers approximately 45% of the costs
NOTE! Project support from Leader Gute cannot be combined with other EU funds.
Requirements for liquidity and rules for disbursement:
The project owner must have a The advance normally amounts to approximately 17% in the requested project.
Support is paid out afterwards after approved interim and final reports.
It is possible to apply for advance payment when support has been granted by the Swedish Board of Agriculture. of the granted support. The exact amount is specified in the support decision. This is how you prepare an application for Project Support Sustainable Entrepreneurship.
Project Support Sustainable Entrepreneurship places high demands on the application and reporting.
Project support Sustainable Business places high demands on the application and reporting.
It is primarily about shaping a project that fits the leader method and Leader Gute's strategy.
The actual application is then made in the Swedish Board of Agriculture's E-service.
Thereafter, Leader Gute's board assesses the application and finally the Swedish Board of Agriculture makes a decision on support.
During the implementation and conclusion of the project, reports and applications for payments must be submitted to the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
To gain an understanding of the entire process – read ”Four steps for application and implementation” via the link below:
Fill out and submit our checklist before the application is made!
Once you have read ”Four steps for application and implementation” – fill out and submit the checklist that can be downloaded via the link below.
When we have read the completed checklist, you will receive feedback on your project idea. You will receive advice if something needs to be clarified or supplemented.Plus instructions on how to proceed and make a formal application in the Swedish Board of Agriculture's E-service.
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