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SUMMARY FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMME 2017

Purpose

Awarding financial aid for:

• Recruitment of highly-qualified people in Bizkaia: support to hiring professionals and research

staff who enhance the innovative capacity of Bizkaia.

• Recruitment of qualified young emigrated staff with limited work experience who wish to develop

their activity in Bizkaia.

Beneficiaries

The aid this document deals with is aimed at highly-qualified people1 (hired professional or researcher who fulfils the requirements indicated in this document) who, while this call is in effect:

• Within their professional/research career project decide to work in Bizkaia for at least more

than 3 years. The applications must be jointly submitted by:

• 1. Highly-qualified staff or researchers with experience outside the Basque Country.
• 2. SMEs which have a work centre in Bizkaia where the highly-qualified worker the

aid deals with may carry out his/her professional/research activity, even if the

• rganization does not have their tax domicile in Bizkaia.
• In no event may the employer (either a company or an individual) be the beneficiary of this

Financial Aid Programme 2017.

Economic Endowment: EUR 235,000. Indicative Timetable of the programme

Below is the indicative timetable of the Financial Aid Programme 2017:

Dec-17 Jan-18 1-15 Feb 2018 16 Feb-30 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

Call launch (11/12/17) and application reception period (15/02/18) Application eligibility and

• evaluation. Aid

award Period to execute the contracts (11/12/17-30/06/18)

1For the professional area, highly-qualified staff will be understood as those people with a university degree and for the

research area it will be necessary to be a Doctor.

Aid modes:

MODE A: Recruitment of highly-qualified people with extensive professional experience. MODE B: Recruitment of qualified young emigrated Basques with limited work experience. MODE A: RECRUITMENT OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PEOPLE WITH EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Requirements of the hired staff:

• The professional or researcher the aid deals with will have to work and live in Bizkaia for at

least 5 years from the date on which he/she is hired.

• A minimum work experience of 10 years will be required. As an exception, applications with

fewer years will be considered if they are related to emerging innovative sectors.

• Suitability (Curriculum Vitae) to the job.
• Applicants must have lived and carried out their professional and/or research activity outside

the Basque Country for at least 5 years prior to the publication date (11 December 2017) or the call closing date (15 February 2018). MODE B: RECRUITMENT OF QUALIFIED YOUNG EMIGRATED STAFF WITH LIMITED WORK EXPERIENCE Requirements of the hired staff:

• The professional or researcher the aid deals with will have to work and live in Bizkaia for at

least 5 years from the date on which he/she is hired.

• He/she must have been born in the Basque Autonomous Community or have been registered

as resident for at least 10 years.

• Minimum work experience of 5 years will be required. Maximum work experience of 10 years.
• Have, at least, one university degree.
• Suitability for the job.
• Applicants must have carried out their professional and/or research activity outside the Basque

Country for at least 2 years prior to the publication date (11 December 2017) or the call closing date (15 February 2018).

Innovation Areas the aid is intended for:

• a. SOCIAL INNOVATION AND BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
• b. SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL-INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
• c. INFORMATION SOCIETY

The aim is to enable the participation of all SMEs, under any of the innovation needs (technological, industrial, scientific, managerial, cultural, etc.) which currently exist in

• rganizations and for which there is a real demand for the incorporation and retention of highly-

qualified people.

Evaluation of Applications

The process includes three filters: i. In a first phase, Bizkaia Talent will select the applications which fulfil the formal requirements of the call and which may be eligible for the aid. ii. In a second phase, an external and independent expert panel will carry out a remote evaluation of the applications. If necessary, a personal interview will be arranged for the candidates as well as the representatives of the organizations/projects, to determine the score of the applications. A list of shortlisted applications will be produced according to the scores. iii. Finally, in a third phase, the Managing Board of Bizkaia Talent will award the aids among the shortlisted applications. The list of beneficiaries will be notified in March 2018. The contract must be executed before 30 June 2018. The evaluation of applications will be carried out according to the following: Aid Modes Training Experience2 Project Origin3 Talentia4 Registered

• ffice5

Recruitment of highly- qualified professionals with extensive professional experience (TYPE A) 5 points 45 points 40 points 5 points 5 points Recruitment of Basque qualified young emigrated staff with limited work experience (TYPE B) 25 points 25 points 40 points

• 5 points

5 points

Table 1: Maximum scores of the evaluation process

2 The evaluation of the experience will be based on the data provided by the applicants in the application form and, if they take

place, on the conclusions reached by the panel from the interviews of the highly-qualified person and, where appropriate, the head/director/manager of the organization or project with regard to the qualities or contribution of their candidate.

3 In the event of equality in the evaluation of the candidates, the attraction/return of Basque people will be an asset. 5 points will

be given to those applications by highly-qualified people with extensive professional experience of Basque origin.

4 In mode B, special consideration will be given to the highly-qualified people who have successfully participated in any of the

programmes of Bizkaia Talent’s Talentia Service (from any of the Basque universities). 5 points will be given to those applications which deal with a candidate from said programme.

5 In the event of equality in the evaluation of the candidates, the attraction/return of highly-qualified staff by organizations with

their registered office in Bizkaia will be an asset. 5 points will be given to those applications which have the support of an

• rganization with their registered office in Bizkaia.

In the event of a draw between two or more candidates, the award will be based on:

• Result of the potential interview/s carried out by the panel established for

this call.

• The recruitment of highly-qualified women will be viewed positively.

Aid award procedure

The aid will be awarded:

• Through a merit-based selection of the applications submitted within the established period.
• To those applications which have obtained a higher score according to the criteria established

in this document, the limit of the total aid to be granted being the amount established in the appropriate section of EUR 235,000. The aid will not be executed until the end of the 3 years of compulsory stay in Bizkaia. That is, the beneficiaries will only obtain the aid after that time, provided they stay in Bizkaia for the following 2

• years. The professional or researcher will have to maintain the working relationship with the
• rganization with which they request the aid from this Aid Programme for at least the first two years
• f their working relationship in Bizkaia.

The amounts of the economic contributions made by Bizkaia Talent to the beneficiary applications may be different according to the score obtained in the application assessment process. Bizkaia Talent may leave this call unawarded in the event of:

• Lack of applicants; and/or
• The applications submitted do not fulfil the expectations and objectives of the Association.

Bizkaia Talent may leave the call unawarded or may change the percentages allocated to each mode and distribute them among the rest of the modes. Bizkaia Talent or the host organization will have to carry out the withholdings required by law and will comply with the applicable tax regulations at all times. The tax laws in force at the time the aid is collected will apply to the candidates (professionals/researchers). MODE A: RECRUITMENT OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PEOPLE WITH EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The aid granted by Bizkaia Talent will be divided and executed during the fourth and fifth year of professional practice or research activity in Bizkaia. The total sum amounts to a maximum of 160,000 Euros which will be distributed in 2 or 3 aids (4 beneficiaries at most). The aid will be delivered to the beneficiaries in two years: the total aid will be divided into 4 amounts which will be delivered at the end of each semester. Form of payment of the aid granted: It will be prorated on a six month basis, the first payment being made, once the continuity in Bizkaia of the qualified person or researcher has been confirmed, throughout the first semester of the 4th year of practice in Bizkaia.

MODE B: RECRUITMENT OF QUALIFIED YOUNG EMIGRATED STAFF WITH LIMITED WORK EXPERIENCE The aid granted by Bizkaia Talent will be divided and executed during the fourth and fifth year of professional practice or research activity in Bizkaia. The total sum amounts to 75,000 Euros, which will be distributed in 2 aids. The aid will be delivered to the beneficiaries in two years: the total aid per beneficiary, which amounts to 37,500 Euros (if both beneficiaries receive the same amount) will be divided into 4 amounts which will be delivered at the end of each semester. Form of payment of the aid granted: It will be prorated on a six-month basis, the first payment being made, once the continuity in Bizkaia of the qualified person or researcher has been confirmed, throughout the first semester of the 4th year of practice in Bizkaia.

Documents to be submitted

For applications to be considered in this Financial Aid Programme 2017, applicants must submit the form and the requested documents exclusively through the Website www.bizkaiatalent.eus before the deadline (15 February 2018) and in the manner described in Bizkaia Talent’s website.

For further information and details about the requirements and conditions to be a beneficiary of the Financial Aid Programme 2017 check the document Terms and Conditions of the Financial Aid Programme 2017 (Guide for applicants 2017)