Criteria and methods for interventions to support economic promotion initiatives organized by third parties - Emilia Chamber of Commerce

In order to allow the Chamber of Commerce to plan its interventions, providing adequate financial resources in compliance with the indications and priorities identified by the planning tools, subjects who intend to obtain contributions to support interesting initiatives for the purposes of promoting the economy provincial authorities present a preliminary application by 31 October of the year preceding the year in which the initiative takes place, formulating a description of the aims, contents and economic value of the initiative and indicating the amount of the contribution that is expected to be requested. The Council - having examined the initiatives - will decide whether to include the Chamber's intervention in the promotional program of activities for the following year, identifying the necessary resources within the economic budget. The application must in any case be reconfirmed, within the terms referred to in paragraph 4. Requests for contributions that are received after the deadline indicated in paragraph 1 will be evaluated from time to time on the basis of the characteristics of the initiative and budget availability. The determination of the extent of the financing is carried out by the Council based on the evaluation of the following factors:  the nature of the initiative or project as a "system" action, a characteristic identifiable in light of elements such as: inter-sectorality, the number and quality of the subjects promoters, the quality of the other subjects involved in supporting the initiative;  the quality of the planning; the interest of the applicants towards the initiative, as demonstrated by the self-financing quota;  the application referring to a new initiative, in the launch phase  The territorial scope of reference of the initiative (local, provincial, regional, national, international)  The capacity to impact on the economy and the territory  The persistence of positive long-term effects on the economy and the territory following the implementation  The existence of a committee or other technical-organizational guarantee body. For the initiatives referred to in art. 5 paragraph 2, the chamber contribution cannot normally exceed the maximum amount of 50% of the costs and, in any case, the sum of 30,000 euros. For events of a local nature, deemed eligible for financing pursuant to art. 3 paragraph 3, the chamber contribution cannot normally exceed the sum of 2,500 euros. In implementation of the principle of rotation of the beneficiaries referred to in the art. 3, initiatives that are repeated periodically will generally not be able to benefit from more than three successive contributions