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The funding guideline applies to all grant applications submitted from 1 January 2023. Within the period of validity of the funding guideline (until 31 December 2026), each eligible company can receive funding for a maximum of five self-contained consultations, but no more than two per year. The decisive factor here is the time of application.

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The aim of the federal programme ‘Promotion of Business Consultancy for SMEs’ is to strengthen the prospects for success, performance and competitiveness as well as the employability and adaptability of small and medium-sized enterprises. To achieve this, companies can obtain advice from qualified consultants on all economic, financial, personnel and organisational issues relating to company management. The costs incurred are reduced by a non-repayable subsidy from the funding programme. Your management consultancy info.

You can only apply for a grant towards the costs of a planned management consultancy online via the BAFA application platform (see ‘Forms’ tab). Simply enter your company details and submit the application online. You do not need any further documents.
The control centre involved and selected by you and BAFA will check the formal eligibility requirements and the existence of the necessary consultant status in accordance with the funding guidelines of your chosen consulting company in advance and inform you of the result, the conditions for funding and the deadline for submitting your proof of use.
You may only start the consultancy after receiving this non-binding information letter. Please note that the start of the counselling is deemed to be the conclusion of a contract for the counselling to be provided.
If your company has not been active on the market for more than one year at the time of application (from the date of foundation), you must have an information meeting with a regional contact person. You can have the meeting at the earliest three months before submitting your application, but at the latest before submitting your proof of utilisation. You can find the contact details of the regional contacts on this page under the ‘About’ tab
No later than six months after receiving the information letter, you must submit the following documents in full to the control centre using the electronic procedure:

Proof of use form completed and signed by the applicant
EU-KMU and de minimis declaration form completed and signed by the applicant
Declaration of awareness of the information sheet on respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, completed and signed by the applicant
Consultancy report signed by the consultant and the applicant (including questionnaire on the cross-sectoral principles of the ESF)
Invoice from the counselling company
Account statement of the applicant as proof of full payment of the fee
Confirmation letter from the regional contact person (only for companies up to one year after foundation at the time of application)

As part of the submission of the where-used list, the applicant must also complete the monitoring questionnaire on the funding of business consultancy for SMEs and the questionnaire on the cross-sectoral principles of ESF Plus.

The proof of use form, the EU SME and de minimis declaration, the declaration of acknowledgement of the information sheet on respecting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the monitoring questionnaire and the questionnaire on the cross-sectoral principles of the ESF Plus can be found on this page under the ‘Forms’ tab.