COMPANIES CREATION AND CONSOLIDATION EMMA June 2011

1. COMPANIES CREATION AND CONSOLIDATION EMMA June 2011

2. We implement concrete activities to promote enterprising culture in order to stimulate new business initiatives as well as consolidating the existing companies. • This is part of a provincial strategy to give technical support to municipal and supra-municipal entities in order to improve employment level, increase the added value of our local economies and to hold the rural depopulation back.

3. Main work lines: • Advice on companies creation and consolidation • Business training • Preferential funding lines • Companies Centre – CIE Diputacion Granada • Provincial Net of Companies Centres • Support to the consolidation of key economic sectors • Support to the local economy revitalizing projects of municipalities • Participation in trans-national networks • Support to the creation of the public company “GRANADA INNOVA” • Advice on professional associations.

4. 1 ComprehensiveAssessment Business • Support to any entrepreneur or employer on the creation and consolidation of its company through: • Personalized assistance by our technicians • On line through www.granadaempresas.es • LANZATE(2007-2009) • INICIATIVA NYE (2009-2011)

5. 2 Training Seminars of entrepreneurship culture promotion • Devoted to anyone who could begin a business activity • Course of business idea evaluation for entrepreneurships through http://teleformacion.dipgra.es (40 hours) Training on line • Courses related to business management through: http://mentor.dipgra.es/

6. 3 Preferential funding lines Agreement Diputación de Granada – Caja Granada • “Enterprising Credits” line with 2 millions of budget for May 2009 – April 2010 (2nd). • Grant advances to new companies and public or private entity linked by agreement with the economic promotion objectives. Direct incentives to the creation of new companies • 62 financial helps to people with a self-employment project in the New Employment Sites sphere. It is realized through a project granted by the Employment Service of Andalusia Regional Government (iniciativa NYE)

7. Direct incentives to the creation of new companies • The proyect INICIATIVA NYE, 2009-2011, set as objective the creation of 120 economic activities along the province of Granada. • 1.- Seminars (9). 5 hours. • 2.- Business Simulation Units (8). 75 hours. • 3.- Direct incentives (261.000,00€). • 3.- Financial helps to self-employment projects or economical activities in the New Employment Sites sphere. • It is realized through a project granted by the Employment Service of Andalusia Regional Government.

8. 4 Companies Centre “CIE Diputación” • Temporary Cession of 8 modules to companies in consolidation phase. • The target are new SMEs with a favourable technical report. • We have also ceded one area to the Provincial Association of Granada Rural and another one to the Computer Architecture Department of the University.

9. 5 Provincial Net of Companies Centres • Extending the concept to all town councils that own premises or offices able to be ceded to companies in phase of consolidation. • Creation of a Company Centres Net in the 13 municipalities of the area “Los Montes”. It is made in the framework of project “TEMA”, funded by RDEF.

10. 5 Provincial Net of Companies Centres

11. 6 Support to key economic sectors • Support to the consolidation of companies who work in key sectors the provincial economy and employment: • Rural tourism • Building • Trade in the Metropolitan Area • Fruit and vegetables • Wines • Alternative sources of energy • Olive oil • Bread from the municipality of Alfacar • Handcraft

12. 6 Support to key economic sectors

13. 7 Support to local economy revitalizing projects • Support to the local entities in the design and the business management of the local revitalizing projects

14. Participation in Transnational Networks 8 • It is a source of wealth, learning and transfer of good practices between organisations from different countries. • Creation of the Transnational Net “TandemPlus” in October 2008,, made up of 11 entities from 11 different countries (France, Rumania, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Morocco, Portugal y Spain). • Project “Rider” (P.O. INTERREG SUDOE) Accessibility to innovation of the rural SMEs, from an organizational and marketing point of view.

15. Participation in Transnational Networks 8 • Project “Mercamed ” (P.O. POCTEFEX): Entrepreneurial cooperation between Granada and North of Morocco • Project “EMMA” (P.O. MED): to improve enterprising culture and companies consolidation from women • Project “WIDE” (P.O. MED) Accessibility to innovation of SMEs regarding human ressources and organizational point of view.

16. 9 Support to the creation of “GRANADA INNOVA” Purpose: The public company “GRANADA INNOVA” will be devoted to support the municipalities with less resources and promoting a more competitive, open, sustainable and solidarity Province.

17. 9 Support to the creation of “GRANADA INNOVA” Main lines of work: • Energetic services devoted to local entities (production and sale of renewable energies) • Consultancy and Services training • Computer services • Promotion and management of tourist and cultural installations of town/city councils • Promotion of a Provincial Net of Open Company Centres • R+ D+ i

18. CIE Diputación de Granada • Sección de Creación y Consolidación de Empresas • Dirección: • Planta 0 Edificio CIE Diputación • Avda. de Andalucía, s/n- 18015 Granada • Teléfono: 958 804 920 Fax: 958 805 825 • Correo electrónico: escuelaemprendedores@dipgra.es