The Provincial Council distributes 975,000 euros among business associations in 2027

The Provincial Council of A Coruña is calling for 975,000 euros in grants for business associations, professional colleges, and chambers of commerce in the province to develop economic promotion activities during 2027. The call, identified as program FOENAA/2027, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña (BOP) number 217, dated November 12, 2026, through the extract of Resolution number 46990, dated October 28, 2026, from the provincial Presidency. The period for submitting applications will open on November 20 and close on December 18, 2026.

The full text of the regulatory bases already appeared in BOP number 212, dated November 5, 2026, signed on October 30 by the president, Valentín González Formoso, and the general secretary, Miguel Iglesias Martínez, under the management unit of the Tourism Promotion and Development Service. The publication of the extract responds to the mandate of articles 17.3.b and 20.8.a of Law 38/2003, of November 17, general on subsidies, and carries the identifier BDNS 940392 in the National Database of Subsidies.

The program is part of the Provincial Strategic Subsidy Plan 2025-2027, approved by the Plenary on September 27, 2024, and falls within the objectives of boosting economic development and supporting the associative fabric. The Council justifies its competence in provincial cooperation for economic promotion as provided for in article 36.1.d of Law 7/1985, regulating the bases of the local regime.

975,000 euros and up to 21,000 per entity

The total allocation amounts to 975,000.00 euros, charged to item 0510/414.2/481 of the 2027 budget, an amount that may be subject to budgetary modification. The economic conditions are as follows:

• Grant per entity: minimum of 1,500.00 euros and maximum of 21,000.00 euros.
• Project expenditure budget: between 7,500.00 and 35,000.00 euros.
• Amount requested: between 20% and 60% of the eligible budget, with a financing coefficient varying between 0.20 and 0.60.
• Compatibility: the grants are compatible with other subsidies provided that the expenditure is differentiated, but incompatible with other competitive lines from the Council itself.

Who can apply and who is excluded

Non-profit business entities and associations from the province of A Coruña, with a tax domicile in the territory or those who prove to carry out their activity there, may apply. The call details the admitted scopes: professional colleges, associative and federative entities representative of any professional, commercial, or business sector, and chambers of commerce.

The guidelines expressly exclude a wide list of groups: volunteer groups, hunting associations, mountain communities, agricultural and forestry entities, environmental entities, cultural, tourist and sports associations, neighborhood associations and entities participated in by public administrations, such as GALP or AGADER. Only one application per legal entity is permitted.

What is subsidized and how it is valued

Actions to boost economic development, promote employment, and support trade and hospitality are eligible for subsidies, with special attention to logistics, distribution, and the promotion of quality products. The guidelines allow for workshops and seminars open to society, festivals declared of tourist interest, craft fairs and fairs celebrating typical products, as well as promotion, dissemination, and animation campaigns for local trade, including Christmas campaigns.

The valuation is carried out through competitive bidding by a technical commission appointed by a resolution of the Presidency and published in the BOP. Applications that do not reach 40 points are excluded. The scale allocates up to 40 points for the financing coefficient provided by the entity, up to 30 points for the number of full members, up to 10 points for presence on social networks and a website in Galician, and up to 20 points for the quality and innovation of the proposal.

Deadline, processing, and justification

Applications shall be submitted exclusively electronically through the SUBTeL platform, accessible from the electronic headquarters of the Deputación, from 08:00 hours on November 20 until 14:00 hours on December 18, 2026. The activities must be executed between January 1 and December 31, 2027, although, as an exception, supporting documents issued before January 16, 2028, will be accepted.

The justification, via the simplified procedure of article 75 of Royal Decree 887/2006, may be submitted from the day following the publication of the final resolution and will end on March 31, 2028, at 14:00 hours. Beneficiary entities must incorporate the Deputación logo in their materials, maintain the corporate image on their website, tag the @dacturismo profiles on social networks, and have all their dissemination documentation in the Galician language.

A consolidated line after a 2026 with 41 entities

The 2027 call continues a program already in progress. In the final award resolution of the previous year, published in BOP number 157, of August 19, 2026, the Deputación granted aid to 41 applications for a total of 610,055.08 euros, after resolving seven appeals from entities claiming points or the readmission of their projects.

The new allocation of 975,000 euros represents one of the main lines of direct aid to the associative fabric of the province. For merchants’ associations, sectoral clusters, professional colleges, and chambers of commerce, the program is the most accessible way to finance commercial revitalization campaigns, fairs, and external promotion actions, with a limit of 21,000 euros per entity that requires projects to be adjusted to the presented budget.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, number 217, of November 12, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-2 (official reference: announcement 2026/7314; Resolution number 46990).