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Free technical support for creating and consolidating business projects (ATCP)

Apoio Técnico à Criação e Consolidação de Projetos (ATCP)

Status

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Open all year to unemployed people registered with IEFP; delivered through the network of accredited support entities (EPAT).

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Amount
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Free technical support before project approval (entrepreneurial skills, project set-up, investment and business plan) and during the first two years of activity (monitoring, management consulting), delivered by accredited non-profit entities and municipalities.

Funder

Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Open all year to unemployed people registered with IEFP; delivered through the network of accredited support entities (EPAT).

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This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Unemployed people registered with IEFP who want to develop a project to create their own job or company; the support is free and can be used with the other PAECPE measures.

How to apply

  1. Check the list of accredited support entities (EPAT) for your municipality
  2. Request support through IEFP or an EPAT

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.iefp.pt/en/empreendedorismo

"O Apoio Técnico à Criação e Consolidação de Projetos (ATCP) é um apoio para quem quer criar o seu próprio emprego ou empresa."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.iefp.pt

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