The Fund for Micro, Small, and Medium Size Enterprises (PyME Fund) aims to assist companies, especially the smaller ones and entrepreneurs, in order to boost the country’s economic development.

This is achieved by granting temporary aid for programs and projects that promote the creation, development, consolidation, feasibility, productivity, competitiveness, and sustainability of micro, small and medium size enterprises.

- 2011 Operational Guidelines

Procedures Handbook:

Stage 1.- Validation of intermediate organization legal documents

Stage 2.- Review of the intermediate organization obligations compliance, and curricular review of first-time participants

Stage 3.- Submission and registration of the PyME Fund subsidy application

Stage 4.- Evaluation of projects submitted through subsidy applications

Stage 5.- Project resolution by PyME Fund’s Advisory Board

Stage 6.- Subscription of legal instruments for the granting of PyME Fund’s subsidies.

Stage 7.- Granting of PyME Fund’s subsidies (contribution receipt format and bank account format)

Stage 8.- Supervision, verification, and follow-up of resources and subsidized projects

Appendix 1.- State Technical Subcommittee Operation

Appendix 2.- Board of Trustees Operation

Appendix 3.- Guidelines and Criteria for project integration, evaluation and verification of the resource application and impacts compliance:

1st Category: NEW ENTREPRENEURS

2nd Category: MiCRO-BUSINESSES

3rd Category: SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES

4th Category: GAZELLES

5th Category: “TRACTOR” COMPANIES

6th Category: PYME EVENTS AND OTHER PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AND TOOLS