Factsheet for measure
FR-2015-1/2613
– measures in France
Business Support and Economic Development Observatory
Service Aides-entreprises.fr
Background information
Launched in 2002 by the Institut supérieur des métiers (Higher Institute of Professions), the French Business Support and Economic Development Observatory, which then became the National Directory of Aids to Businesses and then simply the service, is a database providing information on public support instruments available for companies. Information can be filtered by region, sector, project and type of support.
Content of measure
Since 1 January 2015, the database of the Business Aid Observatory of the Institut supérieur des métiers (ISM) is available at www.aides-entreprises.fr. It is the reference database on financial aid to businesses, selected by the State. The Aides-entreprises.fr website offers complete and up-to-date information on more than 2,000 business grants, at local, national or European level, and directs applicants to the reference contact for each scheme. The site has been managed by CMA France since the end of 2019. CMA France is the national public establishment federating the network of chambers of trades and crafts. Aides-entreprises.fr is aimed at a number of economic players: businesses, particularly SMEs and VSEs; those with business start-up and takeover projects; and players wishing to provide information or new services for businesses.
The service has two main objectives:
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direct companies towards public support schemes they can benefit from, including European ones;
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inform public actors (such as local authorities) and professional support networks on the development of public policies.
The service website gives access to companies to a comprehensive database on available public support measures and provides information on how to avail of these measures. The website also offers guidelines on how to apply for public support schemes as well as updates on changes to existing schemes. It also provides with additional support tools: a mobile app, an online hiring cost simulator as well as a list of web resources.
Use of measure
The database includes 2,143 public financial support instruments available for companies (as of October 2022).
In the Ukraine war crisis context, it also includes a list of financial support tools put in place which are directly accessible from the website homepage.
The internet resources that are made available through the database facilitate access to information on public support for managers and entrepreneurs and help them to make informed decisions. Access to information is free of charge.
Since 2017, the service has been evolving towards an open data platform and provides, since April 2018, a free and unrestricted access to its data on public aids.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Applies to all businesses
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Does not apply to citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Unknown
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Main level of involvement: Unknown
Involvement
Unknown
Views and reactions
Unknown
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