Regulatory bases for the granting of subsidies for the maintenance of female entrepreneurship “emprendou en feminine”. Call for the year 2026
Official name: REGULATORY BASES FOR THE GRANTING OF SUBSIDIES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP “EmprendOU en feminine”. CALL FOR THE YEAR 2026.
Summary
This grant is aimed at smes (small and medium enterprises). Scope: Ourense. Budget: 150.000 €. You can apply until October 30, 2026. The application process is done electronically. Direct award: granted without a public competitive process.
What is this grant about?
This aid is granted without competition: you can apply for it if you meet the requirements and, as long as there are funds, it is granted to you without your application being compared with others. It serves small businesses and individuals who develop an economic activity, especially female entrepreneurship projects in the rural area of Ourense. It's a cash grant that you don't have to pay back. The total amount available is 150,000 euros and the deadline to submit the application is October 30, 2026.
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Official description of the call
Object and purpose. The purpose of these bases is the regulation of the processing, granting, payment, justification and control of the subsidies granted by the Provincial Council of Ourense, under a non-competitive competition regime, by order of priority, to individuals who are developing business, self-employment or professional projects in municipalities of the province of Ourense, and to proceed with its call for the year 2026. The purpose of the 2026 call is, on the one hand, to maintain the purpose already stated. in the 2025 call, aimed at supporting female entrepreneurship, especially linked to the rural area of the province, as an instrument of economic development, territorial cohesion, reduction of structural gender gaps, territorial equity and population fixation. On the other hand, the 2026 call incorporates a specific purpose of continuity with respect to the projects that were already beneficiaries in the previous year, with the aim of promoting their consolidation, avoiding the interruption of business or professional initiatives already supported by the Provincial Council of Ourense and contributing to the maintenance of economic activity and self-employment in the provincial territory. Requirements of the beneficiaries and business projects. 1. The following may be beneficiaries of these subsidies: A) Those people who will be beneficiaries of the 2025 call, provided that, on the date of the application provided for in these bases, they are still registered in the business or professional activity that motivated the granting of the subsidy in the previous year. B) Natural persons who have started their self-employed business or professional activity as of May 1, 2025, in one of the municipalities of the province of Ourense, and meet the other requirements established in this call. The available credit will be allocated, 75%, to business and/or professional initiatives whose workplace is located in a municipality in Ourense with less than 20,000 inhabitants. The granting of this reserved credit will be carried out in strict order of priority of the complete applications that meet the requirements established in these bases. Once these requests have been attended to, or in the event that there are not enough requests to exhaust the reserved credit, the rest of the available credit will also be assigned in strict order of priority to the complete applications that meet the requirements, regardless of the city council in which the initiative is developed, until the maximum credit of the call is exhausted. However, people who had the status of beneficiaries in the 2025 call will access the preferential processing in the terms provided in these bases, provided that they certify or allow ex officio verification of the maintenance of the subsidized activity. For people who were already beneficiaries of the 2025 call, the accreditation of the requirements already verified in the previous file may be carried out through ex officio verification by the Provincial Council of Ourense, without prejudice to the duty to accredit or allow verification of the maintenance of registration in the activity and that there are no causes that prevent obtaining the status of beneficiary person. For these cases of continuity, the age requirement and the location criterion for access to the reserved credit are excepted, as these are applications that will opt for preferential processing in the terms provided in these bases. B) For people who attend this call for the first time, the requirements will be the following: Be a woman. Have a minimum of 3 months' experience in the business/professional activity on the date of submission of the application. Be between 16 years old and 35 years old at the time of registration with Social Security. Have Spanish nationality or be a citizen of the European Union, of the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or of Switzerland, or be a foreigner with an authorization to reside in Spanish territory that enables them to work on their own. Be registered as a resident in the registry of one of the municipalities of the province of Ourense. Be registered with Social Security in any regime for self-employment, or as a member in practice in a mutual benefit
Issuing agency
PROV. DEPUTATION FROM OURENSE — PROVINCIAL DEPUTATION OF OURENSE
Scope
Ourense
Category
Recipients
SMEs (small and medium enterprises)
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Deadlines
| Publication date | July 14, 2026 |
| Application start date | July 24, 2026 |
| Application end date | October 30, 2026 |
Full information
| Administration | Local |
| Call type | Direct award: granted without a public competitive process |
| Purpose | Employment Promotion |
| Economic sector | ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AND AUXILIARY SERVICES; ARTISTIC, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES; J - EDITING, BROADCASTING AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES; ACTIVITIES OF HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS AND AS PRODUCERS OF NON-DIFFERENTIATED GOODS AND SERVICES FOR OWN USE; L - FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES; REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES; PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES; HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENSE; MANDATORY SOCIAL SECURITY; AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FORESTRY AND FISHING; G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; F - CONSTRUCTION; Q - EDUCATION; I - HOSPITALITY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; B - EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES; V - EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISMS; OTHER SERVICES; WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION ACTIVITIES, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DECONTAMINATION; SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING; K - TELECOMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES; H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE |
| Last database update | September 21, 2026 |
Who can apply for this grant?
- SMEs (small and medium enterprises)
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The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.
Financial information
| Total budget | 150.000 € |
| Grant format | SUBSIDY AND MONEY DELIVERY WITHOUT COMPENSATION |
The exact amount may vary depending on your specific case. Always check the governing rules before applying.
Documents
Governing rules
REGULATORY BASES FOR THE GRANTING OF SUBSIDIES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP “EmprendOU en feminine”. CALL FOR THE YEAR 2026.