Pilotu Programme
Pilotu’s support
International institutions, municipalities, development agencies, and other international bodies are showing ever increasing interest in solutions and services that Basque companies launch on the market. The Pilotu allows these international entities to test those solutions or services prior to putting them out to international tender.
Thus, the entities have the opportunity to check innovative services and solutions and adapt them to their context prior to putting them out to tender, while such projects can be the best commercial action for Basque business. The projects must be innovative in the territories in which they are implemented, scalable and replicable.
What we offer
Non-repayable grant for the project startup costs
- Up to 51% of the investment, limit of €50,000
- Includes designing the project and its implementation (direct costs of staff / materials / supplies / external consultancy / travel)
- Each applicant may receive funding to develop one single project, even though they may submit two applications per call, with the limit of one application per project and country
Requirements
- Projects with a maximum investment of €250,000, whose subsidised expenditure must be made within a maximum of 12 months from the decision
- Micro-companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large corporations of the Basque Government
- An agreement in place with a public entity with powers to develop the project
- The foreign public entity with powers to develop the project will have to contribute, at least, 49% of its cost
Procedure
- Applications will be resolved in a competitive call until the exhaustion of the budget for all companies with over 50 points
Beneficiaries
- Any company (micro-companies, SMEs and large corporations) based in or with production facilities in the Basque Country and which have been incorporated prior to the publication of this grant may apply
2024 budget

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FAQs
Do you have any questions?
Leave your details and we will contact you Contact
Or write to Jesús Mª Cantón jmcanton@basquetrade.eus
Requirements
- Projects with a maximum investment of €250,000, whose subsidised expenditure must be made within a maximum of 12 months from the decision
- Micro-companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large corporations of the Basque Government
- An agreement in place with a public entity with powers to develop the project
- The foreign public entity with powers to develop the project will have to contribute, at least, 49% of its cost


Súmate al reto de la internacionalización
Timeline: 30 September – 30 October