Private projects of the LEADER local programme for the island of Corfu, Paxoi, the Diapontia Islands, the island of Lefkada, Kalamos and Kastos, which includes 11 sub-actions through which development/improvement programmes for entrepreneurship and competitiveness and cooperation between different actors are supported. In detail:

  1. 1) 19.2.2.2 Support for investments in processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products resulting in a non-agricultural product for the service of specific objectives of the local strategy
  2. 2) 19.2.2.3 Support for investments in the tourism sector aimed at serving specific objectives of the local strategy.
  3. 3) 19.2.2.4 Support for investments in the sectors of craft industry, handicrafts, production of goods after the 1nd processing stage, and trade.
  4. 4) 19.2.2.6 Support for investments in cottage industry and multifunctional farms.
  5. 5) 19.2.3.1 Processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products resulting in an agricultural product.
  6. 6) 19.2.3.3 Support for investments in the tourism sector.
  7. 7) 19.2.3.4 Support for investments in the sectors of craft industry, handicrafts, production of goods after the 1nd processing stage, and trade.
  8. 8) 19.2.3.5 Support for investments providing services for the needs of the rural population (nurseries, sports facilities, cultural centres, etc.)
  9. 9) 19.2.7.2 Development of new products, practices, processes and technologies in the food and forestry sectors.
  10. 10) 19.2.7.3 Cooperation between small businesses for the organisation of joint working methods and the shared use of facilities and resources, as well as for the development and/or marketing of tourism services linked to agritourism.
  11. 11) 19.2.7.7 Horizontal and vertical cooperation between actors in the supply chain for the creation, development and promotion of short supply chains and local markets.

To whom it is addressed

Existing businesses, or businesses under establishment. For businesses under establishment, in the case of sole proprietorships, the support application is sufficient, whereas for legal entities the submission of articles of association or draft articles of association attached to the support application, as well as the acquisition of a Tax Registration Number, is required.

The legal entity that established the LAG or a member that composes it, including the members of the LAG Board, as well as members of the legal entity's Board of Directors, at the level of bodies.

The natural persons representing the above bodies cannot be beneficiaries.

An employee of a private-law legal entity, provided that this is not precluded by provisions of that private-law legal entity's articles of association, or an employee of a public-law legal entity and in the public sector, who holds the relevant permission from the Service Council or other competent body, for entrepreneurial activity.

Area of application

Ionian Islands Region

Area of application: Corfu, Paxos-Antipaxos, Diapontia Islands of Mathraki, Ereikoussa, Othonoi and islets, Lefkada, Kalamos and Kastos. The intervention area does not include the town of Corfu and the Municipality of Meganisi in Lefkada.

What is financed

The support rates vary depending on the sub-measure and are set out in the Call (see Related files). Eligible expenditure within investment proposals for all categories of sub-measures may be:

  1. 1. The purchase, construction or improvement of immovable property. The purchase of built or unbuilt land is an eligible expenditure, in cases of operations that include building infrastructure, as well as expenditure on the shaping of the surrounding area in order to meet the needs of the investment, up to 10 % of the operation's total eligible expenditure. For abandoned and former industrial installations that include buildings, this limit is increased to 15 %.
  2. 2. Purchase, including transport and installation, of equipment and laboratory equipment insofar as it serves the operation of the investment. Also, equipment for energy production from renewable energy sources, water-saving and waste-treatment equipment, provided that they correspond to the capacity or needs of the unit and do not constitute a standalone expenditure but a supplementary expenditure in productive investments. In the event of use of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 651/2014, aid for energy production is not eligible and therefore neither is equipment for energy production from renewable energy sources.
  3. 3. Purchase of new vehicles, specifically: i) Vehicles for transporting products of a special type which, according to national legislation, are considered necessary for the operation of the investment. The amount of expenditure for the purchase of special-type vehicles may not exceed 10% of the investment project budget. ii) Internal transport means covering the needs of the investment. Vehicles for transporting staff or customers are not eligible, unless otherwise specified in individual sub-measures. In the event of use of Regulation (EU) 1407/2013, expenditure for the acquisition of vehicles is not eligible for businesses carrying out road freight transport.
  4. 4. Acquisition of quality assurance certificates recognised by international or national standards. These expenditure items include consultant and certification costs.
  5. 5. Business equipment costs, such as the purchase of fax machines, telephone installations, intercom networks, computers, software, peripheral machinery and photocopiers.
  6. 6. Expenditure on security systems for installations, fire protection systems for installations.
  7. 7. General expenditure linked to the unit's installations and equipment, such as fees for architects, engineers and consultants, fees for advice on environmental and economic sustainability, including feasibility study costs. These costs may not exceed 10% of the total cost of the operation. Of the above expenditure, where use is made of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 651/2014, only those meeting the conditions of Article 4 point II.G.ii.10 of this document may be eligible and may be considered intangible assets. These costs may also include consulting services for the submission and technical support of the support application. In the case of operations supported under Regulation (EU) 651/2014, consulting services costs for the submission and technical support of the support application are not eligible.
  8. 8. Costs such as the acquisition or development of software and the acquisition of patents, licences, intellectual property rights, trademarks, creation of a distinctive sign (label) of the product, market research for shaping the product image (packaging, labelling).
  9. 9. Promotional costs, such as a website, printed material, advertising and participation in exhibitions, up to 10% of the total cost of the operation. In the case of operations supported under Regulation (EU) 651/2014 (Article 14), the above costs for printed advertising material are not eligible.
  10. 10. Costs of connection to Public Utility Organisations (PUOs), such as indicative costs for PPC, water supply, sewerage, telephony, etc., within the boundaries of the plot. In the case of operations supported under Regulation (EU) 651/2014 (Article 14), the above costs are not eligible.
  11. 11. All-risk insurance policy, during the works of the investment (compulsory insurance). In the case of operations supported under Regulation (EU) 651/2014 (Article 14), the above costs are not eligible.
  12. 12. Personnel costs, including social security charges, payable by the beneficiary to its staff, provided that they were hired to work exclusively for the implementation of the investment and to be dismissed upon its completion, in the case of self-managed implementation. In the case of operations supported under Regulation (EU) 651/2014 (Article 14), the above costs are not eligible

Start date for electronic submission of proposal: 11/3/2020

Closing date for electronic submission of proposal: 30/6/2020