SME project Support Program

MOTIVES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

•Need for a program in which the problems specific to the enterprises are handled in those enterprises' projects that can financially be supported.
•Developing the project preparation culture and awareness in SMEs,
•Enhancing enterprises' project developing capacity,
•Need for flexible supporting system

PROGRAM AND PROJECT LIMITS

Program period                            3 years
Project period                               6-24 months (+12 months)
Support Upper Limit                    150.000 TL
Support Ratio                                50 % for 1st and 2nd Regions
60 % for 3rd and 4th Regions

SUPPORTED PROJECT SUBJECTS

Enterprises are given support for the projects they submit on manufacturing, administration-organization, marketing, foreign trade, human resources, fiscal transactions and financing, information management and the fields related with those.

SUPPORTED PROJECT COSTS

The Board keeps the authority to decide the project costs to be supported. Nevertheless, costs related to building sites, buildings, construction, furbishments, furnishing and etc., vehicles, taxes, duty and fees, social securtiy premiums, communication costs, personnel costs not related with the project, energy and water costs, rental costs, financing costs and the-; other costs not related with the project are not supported.

KOSGEB support for machinery-equipment, raw materials and tools in the project scope cannot be more than 10 % of the total KOSGEB support admitted by the Board. KOSGEB support for software purchasing is out of this limitation.