The call for proposal aims at supporting and fostering the investments of SMEs in Tuscany, through the concession of free interest loans. The SMEs should be from the following sectors: artcraft industry, tourism, commercial, culture, machinery, tangible and intangible goods. investiments should be in line with the Strategy fo Research and innovation for the intelligent specialisation in Tuscany (RIS3). This strategy is divided in thress technological priorities: ICT Information Communication Technologies and photoni, Smart Factory, Chemistry and Nanotechnology.
The fund supports innovative programmes of investments on material/non material activities that aims at: a) exthension of an existing factories; b) Introduction of new additional products in a factory in order to favour the diversification of sectors; c) Radical transformation of the productive process in an existing factory; in line with the Tuscan Smart Specialisatoin Strategy, in line with the following priorities: ICT Information Communication Technologies and photoni, Smart Factory, Chemistry and Nanotechnology.