Beneficiaries 

Fundings are open to professionals and consulting firms, if they have:

• qualified and regularly trained staff;
• proven knowledge and operational skills on business competitiveness, resource efficiency and environmental sustainability of activities in rural areas; 
• the provision of advice to agricultural and/or forestry holdings in their statutory purposes;
• technical and administrative resources and at least one operational site in the region.

Objectives 

Supporting access to advisory services on the issues covered by Submeasure 2. 1 for farmers and foresters, land managers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active in rural areas.

Selection principles

The evaluation of Submeasure 2.1 requires a subdivision into macro-criteria, a minimum eligibility score of 40 and a maximum score of up to 100 points, as defined for:

• type of operations activated, with a maximum score of 100 points, divided in turn into: 
  • meeting the needs and objectives of the Puglia 2014 - 2020 RDP (minimum 7/max 30 points);
  • ability to pursue the objectives set out in points 4. or 5. or 6. of Article 15 of EU Regulation 1305/13 (minimum 14/max 54 points);
  • economic convenience (max 16 points.

In this case, the territorial scopes and the beneficiaries do not foresee a relevance in the attribution of the score.
 

Eligible expenditure 

The financing covers the costs incurred for: 

• staff remuneration; 
• the purchase of support materials, information and multimedia media; 
• trips; 
• design and organisation; 
• overheads; 
• insurance, taxes and VAT, where non-recoverable.

Scope of financing

Funding covers 85% of eligible costs, up to a maximum limit of 1,500 euros.