Unioncamere , in collaboration with the Department for Equal Opportunities, promotes the gender equality certification project ( UNI/PdR 125:2022 ) for small and medium-sized Italian enterprises , acting as Implementing Body for the achievement of the objectives of the PNRR intervention M5C1-I1.3 “Gender equality certification system”.The deadline to access the new public notice has opened.
Applications for participation can be submitted from 10:00 on 26 February 2025 until 16:00 on 18 April 2025 through the restart.infocamere.it system, accessing with SPID/CIE/CNS.
The 2025 contributions will be granted with an evaluation procedure with a one-stop procedure , based on the chronological order of submission of the application until the available resources are exhausted.
Beneficiaries of the incentives made available with the new notice are all subjects in possession of a VAT number operating in Italy. Two lines of incentives are foreseen:
a) for technical assistance and support, a contribution of up to 2,500 euros is foreseen for each subject (businesses and professionals) in the form of services aimed at transferring to the beneficiaries of the measure specialist and strategic skills for the certification of gender equality;
b) for the release of the certification, the allocation of contributions of up to 12,500 euros is foreseen in the form of gender equality certification services provided by the Certification Bodies registered in the specific List.
To accompany interested parties in achieving certification, a folder is available that illustrates, step by step, the process for obtaining it.
To access the contributions it is necessary:
- carry out a self-assessment pre-screening and obtain a result that demonstrates an adequate level of maturity on issues relating to gender equality;
- submit a quote formulated by a Certification Body present in the List of participating Certification Bodies (such as CSQA ).
With the new notice, a second tranche of approximately 2.5 million is made available, out of the total 8 million euros of PNRR resources.
The first of 4 million, related to the public notice closed on March 28, 2024, was quickly sold out and was then integrated with additional PNRR funds for a total of approximately 5.5 million euros.
The integration is linked to the high number of applications received: 1,699 , coming from companies operating in 39% of cases in the North, 33% in the South and 28% in the Centre.
Rome stands out for the highest number of applications (246), followed by Naples (84), Milan (77), Turin (68) and Bari (56). There are multiple sectors of belonging, with a prevalence of Professional Activities, Manufacturing Activities, Health and Social Assistance and Information and Communication Services.
At the end of the checks, 1,400 of these companies were authorized to receive the incentive and will have to complete the certification process by May 2025.
More information on the website https://certificazioneparitadigenere.unioncamere.gov.it/