The application of such measures of support began with the order , of 2 August, by which regulate bases, the aid scheme and the management of the support measures for innovative business groupings and continued with the first call for aid made by order 20 March. Subsequently, as consequence of a set of circumstances that made a series of changes in the existing regulations precise promulgated the order of 3 July, is establishing the regulatory bases, the aid scheme and the management of measures to improve the competitiveness of the small and medium-sized enterprises through support for innovative business groupings, and takes place the announcement of subsidies for 2009 (BOE of 9 July 2009).

This order established in its chapters I and II the regulatory bases of the aid scheme and the management of measures to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by supporting innovative business groupings. However, since several years now starting running program has been necessary to reconsider the evaluation criteria to be used by the commissions set out in the order, of 3 July, for qualification of received requests for help. The inclusion of new evaluation criteria that assess the accomplishments and achievements of groupings coming years aid to benefit from the support provided by the program and the variation of the procedure of publication of annual calls have given rise to the order , from January 27, amending order, of 3 July, by which establish the regulatory bases, the aid scheme and the management of measures to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises through support for innovative business groupings and is made the call for grants for 2009. Because established the regulatory framework for the system of aid to the innovative business groupings in the above-mentioned orders, should make the call for subsidies related to 2011 that is issued in accordance with article 23 of law of 17 November, General subsidies. In his virtue, I have: first. Call.

1 Performed for 2011 call for grants, in competitive concurrence scheme, to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises through support for innovative business groupings. 2. Without prejudice to what in particular is set in the present order, this call shall be governed by the regulatory bases laid down in chapters I and II of the order , of 3 July, and by the order except for everything that relates to innovative tourism business associations and entities for which, there will be a specific call for grants for the year 2011. Second. Deadline for submission of requests. the deadline for submission of applications shall be one month from the day following the date of publication of this order in the “official bulletin of the State. Third party. ((Kinds of projects help. actions and types of projects subject to aid in this call will be those laid down in points b), c) and (d)) paragraph ninth of the order of 3 July .