“Nuove imprese a tasso zero” (NITO-ON) [new zero-rate businesses] is the incentive for young people and women who want to become entrepreneurs.

The measure is aimed at micro and small businesses established no more than 60 months ago, made up (more than half of the partners and shares) of people aged 18 to 35 or women. The incentives take the form of subsidised financing, at zero interest, for a maximum duration of ten years, and a grant for a total that shall not exceed 90% of the eligible expenditure.

The incentive is open to all: there are no rankings or deadlines. Applications, which must be submitted digitally via the Invitalia portal (the National Agency for Inward Investment and Economic Development), ​​are assessed on a first-come, first-served basis.

On the website of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, you can find information and intercept all the incentives sponsored by MIMIT with the aim of relaunching business’ leading role and strengthening the competitiveness of our productive fabric, with a view to modernisation. From the following link you can access the different types of incentive measures available: incentives for research and innovation; incentives for business creation and development; incentives for access to credit and tax incentives; incentives to support investment and other measures.

Europe: Guide to EU funding for the tourism sector

The new online guide to European funding for tourism illustrates the wide range of programmes that relate to the tourism sector funded by the European Commission through the new budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and the Next Generation EU recovery plan.

The guide provides an overview of the available opportunities, eligibility requirements and fundable activities, links to the websites of the relevant EU programmes and illustrates the open calls. The page also presents concrete examples of activities funded under previous programmes, as a possible source of inspiration.