The Ministry of Industry will finance companies that help workers learn about new technologies

The INTRO program supports, with subsidies to lost funds and loans, companies that provide computer equipment, connectivity and internet training to their employees outside of working hours.

The INTRO program (Program for the Initiation of Workers on Line) aims to increase competitiveness by supporting business plans for the training of its employees and, in turn, contributing to the increase in Internet penetration indicators in the homes.

This program is intended to finance business training projects of their own workers in the field of telecommunications and the information society, aimed at familiarizing themselves with the use of new technologies by delivering equipment and systems that allow Access to the Internet and the services of the information society beyond the physical scope of the company.

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade will allocate 3 million euros in this subsidy into lost funds and 15 million in loans this year. The maximum subsidy intensity will be up to 70% of the cost of the action, except if it is large companies that will not exceed 50%. For the case of the loans, its equivalent in subsidy (15-20%) is calculated approximately.

The subsidies must be for the period 2005-2007 and the loans will be granted without interest for the acquisition of equipment, terminals and services of Internet with a maximum return period of 7 years with two of lack.

For more information, you can access the website of the Ministry of Industry www.mityc.es or be on the information telephones: 902 446 006 as well as at the headquarters of the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Society of the Information, telephone 91 346 15 00.