GRW-G Large Directive

The MWAE funding programme GRW-G Large Directive supports companies in the commercial sector, including the tourism sector, provided they meet the primary effect and are not excluded from funding due to their sector. Priority will be given to investments by the commercial sector in business premises in the state of Brandenburg that belong to one of the following clusters:

• Energy technology
• Health economy
• ICT/media/creative economy
• Optics and photonics
• Transport/mobility/logistics
• Food economy
• Plastics/chemicals
• Tourism
• Metal

The main objectives of the programme are:

• Creating and securing employment and income through new and existing jobs (job objective),
• Compensating for locational disadvantages by strengthening the competitiveness and adaptability of the economy (compensation objective) or
• Accelerating transformation processes towards a climate-neutral and sustainable economy (transformation objective).

The MWAE GRW-G Large Grant Program supports small and medium-sized enterprises in the implementation of the following projects:

• Establishment of a new business site
• Expansion of the capacity of a business site (expansion)
• Diversification of the production of a business site into new additional products,
• Fundamental change of the overall production process of an existing business site,
• Acquisition of a closed or threatened to be closed business site under market conditions by an independent investor. The acquisition of company shares does not count as initial investment.

Large companies can only be funded under the MWAE GRW-G Large Grant Program if the investment is in a new economic activity according to Article 2 No. 51 of Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014:

• Establishment of a new business site,
• Acquisition of the assets of a business site which has been closed or would have been closed without this acquisition and which is acquired by an investor who is not related to the seller, provided that the new activity to be carried out with the acquired assets is not the same or similar to the activity carried out in the business site before the acquisition. The acquisition of company shares does not count as initial investment.
• Diversification of the activity of a business site, provided that the new activity is not the same or similar to the activity previously carried out in the business site.

In addition, investments by large companies are eligible for funding that enable the company to go beyond national and EU environmental standards or, in the absence of such standards, to improve environmental protection (environmental aid).

Only projects with eligible expenditure of at least €100,000 will be funded.

Tourism projects are funded in the areas of health tourism in officially recognized spa and resort towns, cycling and water tourism, and projects that contribute to the development of innovative or complementary existing tourist products.

The funding of relocation investments from Berlin to Brandenburg is generally not possible.

A partial subsidy is granted on eligible expenses. A subsidy based on capital expenditure or labour costs can be chosen.

Maximum subsidy rates

• In D-funding areas, a maximum subsidy rate of 10% for medium-sized companies and 20% for small companies applies.
• In C-funding areas, funding can be up to a maximum rate of 15%. A basic subsidy of 10% is generally granted.
• Meeting structural effects affects the amount of the subsidy. For medium-sized companies, an additional 10% can be added to the calculated subsidy rates. For small companies, an additional 20% is possible.

In the C-funding areas bordering Poland, an additional 10% subsidy can be granted.