How to identify suitable financing with CCI Normandie?

Summary

CCI Normandie is the regional level of the chamber network and refers businesses to the territorial chambers. To identify financing, the project must first be qualified: investment, modernisation, innovation, energy transition, recruitment, export or cash flow need. The search must then cross-reference the business's location with the criteria of regional, national and European programmes.

Role and financing services

This fact sheet does not present a specific Normandy scheme without verifiable rules and a local source. Possible aid may take the form of grants, repayable advances, loans, guarantees or funded support. The programme's managing body remains the reference for eligibility criteria, eligible expenses, caps, combination rules and the date from which expenses may begin. The services specific to CCI Normandie and the territorial contacts must be confirmed before final publication.

Services identified

Referral to the territorial CCIs of Normandy; support for start-up, transfer and development projects; search for grants to confirm according to the department and the project.

Qualify the financing need

Define the need and the timeline: investment, innovation, recruitment, energy transition, business development, export, business transfer or cash flow. Prepare the quotes, the recent accounts, the forecast, the financing plan and the resources already available. This preparation helps distinguish a grant from a repayable advance, a loan, a guarantee or advisory support.

Checks before submission

Before any spending, check whether the scheme requires prior submission. Check whether the scheme is open, the territory covered, the size of the business, the sector, the eligible expenses, the caps and the combination rules. Confirm the criteria with the funder and keep the applicable rules. Also ask the CCI to confirm the content, any fees and the conditions of its support.

Does the CCI grant aid directly?

The CCI informs, advises and may refer or support the application; the decision to grant rests with the scheme's managing body.

When to contact the CCI?

As early as possible, ideally before signing a quote or starting any spending.

Main source

https://www.normandie.cci.fr/

Additional source

https://www.cci.fr/reseau-cci/le-reseau-des-chambres-de-commerce-et-dindustrie

Verification status

Official regional source; financing page to be expanded.

Type

Territorial/regional CCI — funder fact sheet