When was the last time you pushed your limits? If you don’t develop, you will lag behind. This applies to people, products, services – and market strategies. Make your company internationally visible and open new markets. The Styrian business development agency SFG will cover up to 60 percent of your costs for the Welt!Markt promotional campaign.
Every organism wants to grow. This also applies to your company. Growth doesn’t just mean more employees or alternative business areas: it also means looking beyond the core audience and overcoming economic and geographic boundaries.
The SFG tackles it together with you
Because: the competition doesn’t stop at the national border – in many areas it only starts further. Because the really exciting projects are advertised transnationally. As many entrepreneurs in the field of architecture or technology know, participating in an international tender takes a lot of effort. However, don’t hesitate. The SFG will tackle the matter with you and promote both external advice and the journey.
The aim of the current Welt!Markt financing campaign is to support Styrian companies in their first international stock exchange appearances and market development measures, as well as in cross-border technology transfer, thereby facilitating access to new export markets and cooperation partners. In addition, architectural and engineering firms can be supported in participating in international competitions (subsidiary of the programs of the Go International Offensive; note).
Who is the World!Market open to?
The World!Market promotion is available to micro, small and medium-sized companies that want to enter the international market with their products or services. However, a requirement is a classification in one of the following areas:
- industrial-commercial production companies
- business service providers
- Trading companies with Styrian products in the portfolio for the specific event
- Architectural and engineering firms
What is funded?
- Im module trade shows Styrian companies are supported in their appearances at international fairs. However, only the first two or maximum two appearances at a specific trade show or trade show-like event (eg conference) abroad that is new to the company are eligible for funding. Eligible costs are, for example, stand space and stand construction, transport costs for the stand and exhibition material, marketing documents in the national language of the event or in English, travel costs and participation costs for virtual fairs.
- Im module contest entries the participation of architectural and engineering firms from Styria in international architectural competitions abroad is promoted. Material costs and external services for the preparation of the competition entry, travel costs and participation costs can be credited.
- Im module European technology transfer fostering cross-border cooperation, supported by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN). Travel costs and external consultancy costs are eligible for reimbursement in this context.
Im module market development Market development measures abroad are financed in new target regions, travel, marketing and external consultancy costs can be submitted.
How much financing is there?
- Grant of max. 60% of the eligible project costs (max. 50% basic funding, 10% bonus for projects in current focus regions of the ICS Internationalisierungscenter Steiermark GmbH) for Europe.
- max. attributable project costs of 8000 euros for long distance markets.
- max. attributable project costs of 16,000 euros.
More information about the SFG’s World!Market funding campaign can be found at www.sfg.at/f/exportfoerderung
Source: Krone
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