At the beginning of March 2020, just before the start of the pandemic, the REI team had 15 consultants specialized in attracting European funds and state aids for companies active in Romania so that by the end of August the team would have about 30 specialists.
“We continue the recruitments and our target for 2021 is to reach a team of about 100 specialists, ready for the wave of financing requests that will come from companies affected by the COVID-19 crisis, the aid schemes of 2021 and the coming years, as well as the huge funding opportunities announced for EU member countries, including Romania, in the period 2021-2027. The year 2020 was an unexpectedly good one for the consultancy market specialized in attracting European funds and state aids, a big plus being the measures taken by the Romanian Government to stimulate the businesses affected by the pandemic, the projects financed by state aid (ex: GD 807/2014, GD 332/2014) as well as non-reimbursable European SME funds: Regio