IAPMEI – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation has already ordered the payment of 50% of the incentive in advance for the beneficiaries of the PRR’s mobilizing agendas and speaks of an “act of justice” towards businesspeople.
On October 2, IAPMEI had announced this anticipation, which will have an impact of 75 million euros.
“The payment orders have already been formulated […]. This measure arises from a three-year experience of managing mobilizing agendas and reprogramming, which increased the ambition of a significant set of agendas”, stated the president of IAPMEI, José Pulido Valente, in statements to Lusa.
Despite noting that the deadline is short, Pulido Valente specified that around 200 more products, processes or services are at stake.
Therefore, IAPMEI wanted to respond to the companies’ ambition and advanced 50% of expenses, after its presentation.
Previously, payment was only made after full validation, which takes an estimated period of 30 working days.
This measure will allow us to “move faster” and achieve or even exceed the objectives set, he highlighted.
For the president of IAPMEI, what is at stake is, above all, “an act of justice and confirmation of the trust and ambition that this instrument has deserved on the part of companies”.
The estimated impact is 75 million euros, that is, half of the historical expenditure value presented “every two or three months”.
However, this value can still increase, since, as projects evolve, expenses will also grow.
“With a lighter treasury, [as empresas] they will be able to place their orders more quickly and accelerate the execution of projects”, illustrated José Pulido Valente, highlighting that mobilizing agendas are a “virtuous model”.
The measure applies to beneficiaries of the mobilizing agendas and green agendas for business innovation.
The mobilizing agendas, which fall within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), are intended to promote innovation in the economy, with collaboration between companies, universities and research institutions.
The PRR, which has an execution period until 2026, intends to implement a set of reforms and investments with a view to recovering economic growth.
In addition to having the objective of repairing the damage caused by covid-19, this plan aims to support investments and generate jobs.