ANNOUNCEMENT YES! LOMBARDY - non-repayable contributions for micro-businesses and self-employed workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis

Lombardy Region, with resolution no. XI/3869 of 17 November 2020, approved new calls for applications aimed at providing non-repayable grants to micro-enterprises and self-employed workers particularly affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

The benefits consist of the granting of a one-off non-repayable contribution as compensation for the situation of particular hardship, without the obligation to report related expenses.
The micro-enterprises must have had a drop in turnover of at least one third to be measured over the period March-October 2020, compared with the same period March-October 2019.

This requirement is not required for companies established on January 1, 2019.

The amount of the contribution is 1,000 or 1,500 or 2,000 euros, as indicated in the table Appendix 1, attached to the reported resolution.

Applications to access the contribution can be submitted from 23 November 2020 in the seven windows indicated in the same Appendix 1.

All windows will close on November 27th, unless the financial allocations assigned to the individual windows are previously exhausted.

Applications for contributions must be received exclusively electronically, with digital signature, through Online tenders in the indicated opening windows and all requirements will be subject to self-certification.