Most of all EU aid funds remain invisible because those are being used for re-financing of national grants in EUterritory and on national level, paid to SME’s. With the granting of aid funds, companies automatically obtain EU funds.
This EU fund does not necessarily mean direct support for enterprises. It also does not necessarily come through EU institutes directly, but mainly flows via institutions which then make it available for SMEs.
Projects in the EU area are normally only supported when connected to a transnational aspect. Without a partner in one or more EU countries, the application for assistance funds is not accepted. When requesting funding support it is particularly important that the outcome of the project either results in benefits for other companies or the cooperative idea of the own enterprise is underlined.
The investments of companies and the construction of an infrastructure... Both issues can be funded under certain conditions.
Many programmes are not only available for beginning entrepreneurs, but also for already longer existing SMEs. Those aid funds concern general investments, establishments, stakes, the establishments of European cooperatives, liquidity problems, etc.
| Bund | KfW, Berlin | www.kfw-mittelstandsbank.de | ||
| Baden Württemberg | Landeskreditbank BW, Karlsruhe; L-Bank | www.l-bank.de; www.bw-bank.de | ||
| Bayern | Lfa, München | www.lfa.de | ||
| Berlin | Investitionsbank Berlin | www.investitionsbank.de | ||
| Brandenburg | ILB, Potsdam | www.ilb.de | ||
| Bremen | WfG; Bremer Aufbau Bank | www.wfg-bremen.de www.bab-bremen.de |
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| Hamburg | Hamburgische Wohnungsbaukreditanstalt | www.wk-hamburg.de | ||
| Hessen | Investitionsbank Hessen, Wiesbaden | www.ibh-hessen.de | ||
| Mecklenburg Vorpommern | Landesförderinstitut, Schwerin | www.lfi-mv.de | ||
| Niedersachsen | NBank; Hannover | www.nbank.de | ||
| NRW | NRW Bank; Düsseldorf | www.nrw-bank.de | ||
| Rheinland Pfalz | ISB, Mainz | www.isb.rlp.de | ||
| Saarland | Saarländische Investitionskreditbank, Saarbrücken | www.sikb.de | ||
| Sachsen | SAB, Dresden | www.sab.sachsen.de | ||
| Sachsen Anhalt | Investitionsbank Sachsen Anhalt; Magdeburg | www.ib-sachsen-anhalt.de | ||
| Schleswig Holstein | Investitionsbank SH, Kiel | www.ib-sh.de | ||
| Thüringen | TAB, Erfurt | www.aufbaubank.de |