OP Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Competitiveness (OPEIC)

Supported activities:

Modernization of production operations, reconstruction of existing outdated infrastructure and reconstruction of brownfield buildings and their transformation into modern business buildings.

Subsidy amount:

1 – 50 million CZK, 45% (MP) or 35% (SP) of eligible expenses.

Information:

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

Location of the object outside of Prague.

Supported activities:

Acquisition of new machines and equipment for business development, also for start-up entrepreneurs up to 3 years old.

Acquisition of production and non-production technologies enabling robotization, connectivity, online communication and the like.

Subsidy amount:

1 – 20 million CZK, 45% (MP) or 35% (SP) of eligible expenses.

Information:

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

It can be limited by the location of the activity in a selected disadvantaged area of the Czech Republic (always outside of Prague).

Supported activities:

Acquisition of new technologies, HW and SW for the purpose of increasing the technical and utility values of products, technologies and services (product innovation) or increasing the efficiency of production and service provision processes (process innovation).

Subsidy amount:

1 – 50 million CZK, 45% (MP), 35% (SP) or 25% (VP) of eligible expenses.

Information:

It is necessary to clearly document the completed research and development (own or in collaboration or external) of the introduced product or process.

20% of expenses can be used for building modifications necessarily related to investment in technology.

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

Location of the project outside of Prague.

Supported activities:

Insulation of the building envelope, replacement and renovation (overhaul) of opening fillings, implementation of construction measures that have a demonstrable effect on the energy demand of the building or improvement of the quality of the internal environment, implementation of forced ventilation systems with waste heat recovery, implementation of systems using waste heat, exchange of the heat source for heating or the preparation of domestic hot water, the installation of solar-thermal collectors for heating or only the preparation of a TV, all in public buildings.

Subsidy amount:

35 - 70% of the total eligible expenses of the project, depending on the degree of savings achieved and the type of measure implemented.

Information:

Support will be provided mainly for measures with a longer economic return. Subsequent care for proper heating of buildings and renovation of related technological equipment, especially heat sources and control systems, is also key.

If one of the measures of the project is to improve the thermal technical properties of the perimeter structures of the building used for the upbringing and education of children and young people, a ventilation system must be designed as part of the project in accordance with Decree No. 410/2005 Coll.

After the implementation of the project, there must be a total energy saving of min. by 20% compared to the original state, for heritage-protected buildings min. by 10%.

The implementation of the project must result in min. saving 20% of carbon dioxide emissions compared to the original state, 10% for listed buildings.

Supported activities:

Construction and reconstruction and modernization of small hydropower plants, heat removal from existing biogas stations to the point of consumption, installation of a remote cogeneration unit using biogas from an existing biogas station for the purpose of using useful heat in the heat supply system or in another highly efficient way, construction and reconstruction of heat sources and combined production of electricity and heat from biomass and heat removal.

Subsidy amount:

1 - 100 million CZK, 40 - 80% depending on the size of the company and the type of renewable resource.

Information:

The investment must be located outside of Prague.

The project must not be financed by operating support for renewable energy sources.

A reconstruction/modernization project that concerns the burning of fuels in facilities with a total nominal input of more than 20 MW will not be supported.

The energy produced will be intended for distribution and/or self-consumption.

Supported activities:

Construction of new or renovation of existing training centers, acquisition of equipment for training areas - furniture, IT equipment, practical training aids, etc.

Subsidy amount:

0.5 - 5 million CZK, 50% of eligible expenses.

Information:

The project must be implemented outside of Prague.

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

Trained persons must mainly be employees of companies engaged in supported activities.

The recipient of the subsidy must ensure a certain level of occupancy of the training center for a period of 5 years.

Acquisition of land, buildings, machinery/equipment and other equipment for the establishment or development of industrial research, development and innovation centers.

Subsidy amount:

2 – CZK 50 million, 50% of eligible expenses regardless of the size of the company.

Information:

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

The minimum amount of investment in fixed assets within the project is for SMEs.

4 million CZK, in the case of large companies 10 million CZK.

The investment must be located outside of Prague.

Supported activities:

Operating costs for the implementation of industrial research and experimental development.

Subsidy amount:

1 - 100 million CZK, industrial research: 70% (MP), 60% (SP), 50% (VP), experimental development: 45% (MP), 35% (SP), 25% (VP) of eligible expenses.

Information:

Only selected categories of economic activities are supported.

The project can be implemented independently or in cooperation with an organization for research and dissemination of knowledge.

It is assumed that the output of the project is a prototype, utility model, semi-production, industrial model, etc.

The project must be implemented outside of Prague.

Supported activities:

Creation of modern digital services, applications and firmware, e.g. in the field of communication, entertainment, business, education, healthcare, access to employment or in the field of cultural and creative industries, including related implementation.

Subsidy amount:

1 – 50 million CZK, 45% (MP), 35% (SP) or 25% (VP) of eligible expenses.

Information:

The project must be implemented outside of Prague.

The minimum amount of investment in long-term tangible and intangible assets used to ensure project activities is CZK 0.3 million for a small enterprise, CZK 0.5 million for a medium-sized enterprise, and CZK 1 million for a large enterprise.

As part of the implementation of the project, the beneficiary must create a minimum number of new jobs (2, 3 or 4 depending on the size of the company) and fill them with employees who will perform professional activities corresponding to the supported activity. Supported places must be maintained for 5 years after the implementation of the project.

Supported activities:

Installation of FVE on the roof or walls of buildings for the applicant's own consumption with or without storage.

Subsidy amount:

0.3 – 100 million CZK, 80% (MP), 70% (SP), 60% (VP).

Information:

The subsidy is calculated from the investment costs reduced by the hypothetical price of a conventional energy source.

The applicant must consume most of the energy himself, a maximum of 30% is allowed to flow into the network.

The project must be implemented outside of Prague.

A wide range of supported economic activities.

Supported activities:

Electromobility, introduction of energy storage technologies, introduction of innovative technologies to obtain secondary raw materials in a quality suitable for further use in industrial production, technologies for processing biogas into biomethane and injecting it into the distribution network or filling.

Subsidy amount:

The amount and rate of the subsidy depends on the selected activity.

Information:

The project must be implemented outside of Prague.

Some projects have the character of pilot projects and must also implement dissemination (educational) activities.

Additional costs for the purchase of electric cars are supported.

The purchase of lead and alkaline batteries is not supported.