This week we knew that there are now over 333,000 citizens and small businesses who have used loans to buy equipment Avanza Plan ICT (Information and Communication) and connect to the Internet via broadband. Loans at zero percent interest courtesy of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, for a modern country is a country online, with next-generation computers and access to quality by the network of networks.
Just have an connection to broadband Internet or you are thinking of signing up for this service so you can benefit from the funding line ICO-Plan Avanza. As stated in the official website, there are three types of credit to which you can receive:
ICT LOANS
Their objective is to finance small and medium enterprises investing in computer equipment (hardware and software), applications and services for Internet access, broadband Internet presence, incorporation of ICT in business processes and commerce and electronic billing. The amount of these loans can reach 200,000 euros, with zero interest rate and a repayment period of 36 months, with possibility of three qualifying.
YOUTH AND COLLEGE LOANS
Aimed at young people (18-35 years) and students enrolled in Spanish universities. Finance the acquisition of computers with Internet capability and, optionally, software, antivirus, peripherals and high Internet connection service to broadband. Can reach a maximum of $ 3,000, with zero interest rate and a repayment period of 60 months.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP LOANS
For citizens in general. Like the previous finance the acquisition of equipment capable of Internet access and, optionally, software, antivirus, peripherals and high Internet connection service for broadband. Can reach $ 3,000, with zero interest rate and a repayment period of 36 months, with possibility of three qualifying.
On the procedures to follow, advise reported in the financial institutions themselves attached to the line, which lists are available on the ICO website.
FORWARD PLAN: Version 1 and 2
The Avanza Plan 1 was born in 2005 with the intention to put Spain on a map of the Information Society and Knowledge, making in it a preferred position and getting thereby increase economic productivity and the welfare of those who inhabit.
This same year came the second version, Advance 2, which has a budget of 1,500 million euros in 2009 and is expected to help generate almost 200,000 highly skilled jobs over the next four years.