EU funding consultancy

The eligibility check is free. After it you receive a written quote with the price and timeline, before any contract: the fee depends on the programme, the value of the project and what needs to be done (project writing only, or implementation as well). In many programmes consultancy is an eligible cost, meaning it can be reimbursed from the project, within the limit set in the guide.

No. Projects are evaluated by independent evaluators using the scoring grid published in the applicant's guide, and the result can be appealed. What matters is that the project meets all the conditions and achieves the highest possible score — exactly what we prepare in the project strategy.

It depends on the programme. Some schemes (for example for start-ups through entrepreneurship programmes or for public authorities) cover 100% of eligible costs. For company investments, the aid intensity depends on the region and the size of the company (the regional aid map), and the difference and the ineligible costs are your co-financing.

Co-financing is the part of the investment that you pay yourself: the difference up to 100% of the eligible costs, plus the ineligible costs and, as a rule, VAT (which VAT payers can recover). It is covered from your own funds, from a bank loan or from loans guaranteed under the FNGCIMM, FGCR or BID programmes; we calculate what you need from the project strategy stage.

After the call closes, evaluation takes anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. After the contract is signed, the money arrives through reimbursement requests (you pay, then you are reimbursed), through payment requests (you pay the supplier from programme funds once the invoices are approved) or, in some programmes, through an advance payment. The deadlines for verifying requests are those set out in the contract and the guide.

You receive the reasons, and you can submit an appeal within the deadline set out in the guide. If the rejection stems from a problem that can be corrected, the project can be resubmitted in the next call or under another suitable programme. The eligibility analysis at the start greatly reduces this risk: we only submit applications that have a real chance.

Of every 100 projects we submit, 96 have been approved. The figure comes from the company's track record: 1,729 approved projects since 2006, with €310,552,800 secured for clients.

Yes. Our office is in Bucharest, but we work with companies across the country: we have clients in 42 counties. Discussions take place by phone or video, documents are signed electronically, and when necessary we visit your company's premises.

Yes, anyone can apply. The consultant helps where most projects are lost: choosing the right call, meeting the conditions, scoring, the eligible budget and, after approval, procurement and reimbursement requests, where mistakes cost money.

As a rule: the certificate of good standing from the trade register and the articles of association; the financial statements for the last two to three years (new companies: the start-up declaration from the guide); tax clearance certificates (ANAF and the town hall), with no outstanding debts; documents for the investment site: ownership, lease or concession, for the period required by the guide; price quotes for equipment and works (as a rule at least two to three for each). The exact list is in the guide for each call; you receive it from us after the eligibility analysis.

De minimis aid is low-value state aid: a company (together with the companies linked to it) can receive no more than 300,000 euro over three years, from all sources. Many programmes for small businesses are de minimis, so the amount you have already received matters for eligibility.

Yes. For town halls and public institutions we work on regional programmes, the PNRR, the Modernisation Fund and local development programmes; for associations and foundations, on social and training programmes and on direct EU programmes.