Support for associations of producers of alcoholic beverages in their business support activities
$200,000
Grant, Loan, Investment
Description:
The Quebec Alcohol Positioning Support Program – Support for associations within the framework of business support activities (PAPAQ, section 3) helps support producers of alcoholic beverages in the marketing of their products.
Comments on Funding:
Financial assistance takes the form of a non-repayable contribution.
The maximum assistance rate is 70% of eligible expenses. The maximum amount of financial assistance is $200,000 per year per eligible association or organization, for a maximum of $600,000 for the duration of the program.
When the project involves carrying out an activity or program that helps producers promote and develop a reserved designation or a promotional term in the alcoholic beverage sector, the assistance rate can reach 75% of eligible expenses. The maximum amount of financial assistance is $250,000 per year per eligible association or organization, for a maximum of $750,000 for the duration of the program.
The accumulation of government assistance cannot exceed 80% of eligible expenses.
Contributions in cash and in kind will be considered admissible. Read the contents of note number1 whose value must be established and supported by supporting documents. The cash contribution must represent at least 15% of eligible expenses.
For the 2024-2025 year, this measure covers eligible expenses incurred from the effective date of the program until March 31, 2025, or according to the dates determined in the financial assistance agreements. Expenses incurred before the application submission date, including expenses for which the organization has made contractual commitments, are not eligible.
Continuous Intake. No specific deadline was identified.
Eligibility:
Eligible associations or non-profit organizations registered in the Quebec Enterprise Register that meet one of the following two situations:
their members are mainly small and medium-sized alcoholic beverage production companies and are representative of alcoholic beverage manufacturers in Quebec in their sector;
have an establishment in Quebec and are actively engaged in the restaurant or tourism sector there. The organization must be able to implement structuring and strategic projects for the development of a sector of alcoholic beverage manufacturers in Quebec.
Applicants must meet the following conditions:
Not be registered in the Register of Companies Ineligible for Public Contracts (RENA).
Have fulfilled all their obligations relating to the allocation of previous financial assistance from a ministry or agency of the Government of Quebec for at least two years.
Not be a Crown corporation or a corporation controlled directly or indirectly by a government (municipal, provincial or federal), a municipal entity or a business that is majority owned by a Crown corporation.
Not be in a situation of bankruptcy or insolvency.
Not to commit ethical breaches or offer products or services likely to undermine the integrity or call into question the probity of the Government of Quebec, even by association.
Application Steps:
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Complete the financial aid application form (PDF 1.30 MB) and prepare the required documents.
Submit a request
beveragesalcoholics@economie.gouv.qc.ca
Documentation Needed:
Financial aid application form (PDF 1.30 MB)
Required documents
Other Things to Note:
In-kind contributions: non-monetary contributions, but whose value can be reasonably established and supported by supporting documents.
In-kind contributions are considered admissible if:
1) they are essential to the financial planning of the organization’s project;
2) they correspond to costs incurred specifically for the organization’s project;
3) they represent an element for which it would otherwise be necessary to pay at an equal or higher cost.
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Maurice
