Emerxe Program: Aimed at startups founded by women.

Specific requirements:

• • • Start date of the activity: between September 30, 2024, and the application deadline.
    • Job creation: It must generate jobs for all female entrepreneurs.
    • Unemployment situation:
    • Participants must be unemployed before the activity begins (at least 50% if there are multiple participants).
    • A person will be considered unemployed if they have been out of work for at least one month prior to registering with Social Security or a professional mutual insurance association, as evidenced by an employment history report or a certificate from the corresponding mutual insurance association.
    • Social Security Enrollment:
    • Applicants must register between September 30, 2024, and the application deadline.
    • If you hire employees, their registration must be completed before the deadline for submitting documentation to justify the grant.
    • Not having engaged in the same economic activity during the previous 3 years, as determined by a three-digit match in the CNAE classification, according to an employment history report or a certificate from a professional mutual aid association.

Impulsa Line:

Companies established by women that submit projects aimed at revitalizing, consolidating, or improving their businesses may qualify for this program, provided they meet the following requirements:

• • • Minimum experience:
      • Demonstrate at least 3 years of active business operations as of the application deadline.
      • A cumulative period of inactivity of up to 3 months is permitted; or, in the case of newly established companies, their founders must have been self-employed for the 3 years prior to the company’s incorporation.
    • Project details:
      Include one of the following actions in the business plan:
      • Change in the event location.
      • Refurbishment or renovation of facilities.
      • Upgrading computer equipment or applications.
      • Purchase of machinery or tools.
      • Adoption of new technologies for the marketing of products or services.
  • Employment:
    • Maintain or increase existing jobs (whether within the company or at other companies).
    • New hires must be registered with Social Security between September 30, 2024, and the deadline for submitting documentation to claim the subsidy.
    • INNOVA Line: Aimed at start-up companies founded by women that are developing in in research, technology, or R&D&I.

Specific requirements:

• • • Start date: between September 30, 2024, and the application deadline.
    • Innovative nature: an activity, process, product, or service with a high scientific or technological content, based on applied developments, scientific advances, R&D&I, or high-value intangible assets.
    • Job creation: It must generate jobs for all female entrepreneurs.
    • Unemployment status: project leaders who were unemployed before starting the project (at least 50% if there are multiple project leaders), as defined in Article 6.1.c.
    • Enrollment in Social Security or a mutual insurance plan: between September 30, 2024, and the application deadline.
    • Hiring female workers: New hires must be officially registered by the deadline for submitting documentation to justify the subsidy.
    • Education: At least one project leader must hold a college degree in a field related to the project.
    • No prior activity in the same CNAE (3-digit code): must not have engaged in that activity in the previous 3 years.

Concilia Hotline:

This is a supplementary grant for recipients of the Emega Emerxe, Impulsa, or Innova programs, designed to help female entrepreneurs and workers balance their personal, family, and professional lives.

Formats:

• • • Concilia-Promotoras: A €3,000 incentive for companies with female sales representatives who have children under the age of 3 as of the date the grant is claimed.

• • • Work-Life Balance for Women Workers:

• • • €4,000 per company for collective agreements or equality plans that include at least 5 work-life balance measures (flexible hours, compressed workweek, extended leave, flexible vacation, etc.).

• • • Telework: €1,000 per female employee (max. €5,000 per company) for individual telework agreements (min. 30% of working hours over 3 months).

• • • Agreements must be formalized in writing before the reporting date and remain in effect for the required minimum period.

• • • The incentives are calculated using a simplified cost method, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.