Indicative budget of the instrument:

EUR 273.6 million

Portfolio guarantee with a loss ceiling and/or risk-sharing financing with the possibility of combining the financial instrument with non-repayable financial assistance in a single operation.

Goals of the instrument:

Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions ("Energy Efficiency"):

• Implementation of energy efficiency measures based on energy audits recommendations;
• Introduction and certification of energy management systems;
• Introduction of monitoring and control systems for energy consumption;
• Stimulating the use of electricity, heat, and cooling energy from renewable sources for self-consumption, including storage systems.

Promoting the transition to a circular and resource-efficient economy ("Circular Economy"):

• More efficient use of natural resources in production, including reducing the use of primary raw materials;
• Increasing product durability or reuse and extending their use;
• Improving recycling capabilities, reducing the use of non-recyclable materials, and reducing the content of hazardous substances in products;
• Energy systems produced from renewable sources for self-consumption;
• Waste management in enterprises and industrial symbiosis - sharing resources, services, secondary products, and linking production processes where waste from one process becomes a resource for another.

Source of public resources:

Program "Competitiveness and Innovation in Enterprises" (CIE) 2021-2027.

Current stage of the instrument:

In the process of market consultations.