What are the procedures for obtaining subvention for tourist related
businesses (building a guest house) in the Province of Malaga, Spain.A
contact name(s) of an english speaking agent who will provide guidance
or oversee the application would also be useful.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 17 Sep 2002 06:03 PDT

Hello, handyman:
  Do you mean subvention, loan or mortgage? There's no kind of
subvention to build a guest house, if subvention means money
facilities from the spanish government.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by handyman-ga on 17 Sep 2002 06:44 PDT

I have been reliably advised that subvention (grant of some kind) is
available from the junta of andalucia for tourism related business and
that the plans I have (for a small rural hotel)which are approved by
the town hall in La Vinuela (a local authority in spain)would qualify.
I'm having difficulty find out how to apply.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 17 Sep 2002 07:46 PDT

Hello:
 Sorry, I understood that you wanted to build a guest house "in your
own house" ;-) . In that case I think there is some subvention, I will
do my research on this direction.

Sorry again.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 17 Sep 2002 09:28 PDT

Hello:
  I have found the subventions you are looking for, but I need more
information. Could you tell me where are you from? I don't think a
non-spanish could apply to get the subvention. Please, give me all the
information you can to know if you can apply.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by handyman-ga on 17 Sep 2002 09:50 PDT

Hi,

I'm from the UK and presently own land in the south of spain. I have a
building permit for a small rural hotel on this land an have been
advised by a number of spaniards that subvention should be available.
I've also been told of an English couple that received a grant for
apartments in the area, unfortunately I have not yet been able to
trace their address. The region is La Axarquia and the Town Hall is La
Vinuela. The mayor was one of the individuals that suggested I apply
for a subvention however my spanish is not good enough for me to deal
locally. I need a procedure and or an agent.

I understand that the grants are made availble in tranches and the
latest one for hotels is September 2002.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 17 Sep 2002 10:56 PDT

Hello:
  All the research done, but I think you are running out of time to
apply for the subvention, read below:
  
Concesión de subvenciones en materia de TURISMO RURAL. 
http://www.ctd.junta-andalucia.es/turismo/Subv%20y%20Becas/Subvenciones/RESOL-TUR-RURAL-%2001.htm

It was created on 19, December 2001 and there you can read:

Spanish:"El plazo de presentación de solicitudes será de un mes desde
la publicación de la presente Resolución"

English:"You will have one month after the publishing of this text to
apply for the subventions"

And it was published on the BOJA (official place to do it) on 24,
January 2002

Sumario BOJA nº 10 
http://www.junta-andalucia.es/bojas/boja02.010/b02_010.htm

So the deadline to apply for the subventions was 24, February 2002.
Are you sure you can apply until September? I have found that now (in
september) are publishing the grants.

I found a company you could contact here to manage the subvention in
the case you are interested to apply the next year, tell me what do
you think and if you are interested in all the information I gathered.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by handyman-ga on 27 Sep 2002 05:45 PDT

Thanks. It would seem that a grant is available but what is the
procedure to apply for it and where are the agents that could handle
my application.

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Request for Question Clarification by joseleon-ga on 02 Oct 2002 13:48 PDT

Hello, handyman:
  I'm still working on the question, I have found all the process you
must follow to apply for the subvention, but give me more time because
it's really hard to translate those legal documents. Also I will post
some information about agents who can apply the subvention for you.

Regards.

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Clarification of Question by handyman-ga on 03 Oct 2002 03:46 PDT

Thanks.

Hello:
  I think this information finally answers your question, bear in mind
you cannot apply for the subvention this year, but you can do it the
next one:

This is the page where you can get all the information about
subventions on rural tourism:

Concesión de subvenciones en materia de TURISMO RURAL.  
http://www.ctd.junta-andalucia.es/turismo/Subv%20y%20Becas/Subvenciones/RESOL-TUR-RURAL-%2001.htm

And you can read at the bottom:

"9. En lo relativo al procedimiento, documentación, y valoración de
las solicitudes, se estará a lo dispuesto en la Orden de 22 de
diciembre de 2.000 por la que se regula el procedimiento general para
la concesión de subvenciones en materia de turismo rural, sin
perjuicio de lo dispuesto en esta convocatoria."

"9. The procedure, documentation and rating of applications, is
established in the Resolution of 22nd December, 2000, which controls
the common procedure to apply for subventions in rural tourism"

That resolution is published here:

BOJA nº6 2001
http://www.junta-andalucia.es/bojas/boja01.006/b01_006.htm

And to get the complete text of the procedure, you will need a PDF
reader, you can download the document here:

22nd December, 2000 Resolution
http://boja.andaluciajunta.es/boja/cgi-bin/frame_pagina.cgi?2001-6-22

You can use the top navigator to scroll through the several pages, I
extracted the more important information, I'm not able to translate
verbatim the legal stuff, but I post in plain text what you need:

-You must present two copies of all the documents on the "Registros de
las Delegaciones Provinciales de la Consejería de Turismo y Deporte"

Here you can find all the addresses of the 
"Delegaciones Provinciales de la Consejería de Turismo y Deporte" 
http://ifa.ingenia.es/programas/guia/Breveregional?17

And the Malaga's one:

MALAGA.
Avda. de la Aurora, s/n, Edf. Servicios Múltiples, 1ª Plta. 29071
Málaga.
Tlf: 952-34 73 00
Fax: 95-232 67 16 

-You must declare that you have the non-subventioned money or you can
get it from a bank or another institution to proof the project is
finacially viable

-You must declare that you are a PYME (little and medium sized company
or equivalent (self-employed))

-Also you must declare that you don't have started the subventioned
activity and you will start in the year you apply for the subvention.

-You must present all your project plans, the money you need, for what
you need it and time you need to finish it

-You will need DNI or NIF (there is no specific instructions about
foreign people, I think your passport will be fine)

-In any case, you can be requested for as many documentation they want

-If your application lacks of any requeriment you will be requested to
provide more information and you will have 10 days for that, if not,
your application will be desestimated

I have found several agents for you to oversee the application, but I
think this is the most trusted one, they are in the business many
years and have their pages in English and German:

Gestoria Bravo
http://www.gestoriabravo.es/inicio/inicio_eng.htm

They have two offices in Malaga

FUENGIROLA
Avda. de Condes de San Isidro 23, 1º
29640 Fuengirola (Malaga)
Apdo. de Correos 190
Tel. 95 247 30 62 / 66
Fax. 95 246 20 06

CALAHONDA   
Avda. España, CC. los Cipreses L-9
29649 Calahonda, Mijas-Costa
(Malaga)
Tel. 95 293 16 62
Fax. 95 293 16 33

You can ask for more information in their phone numbers or in:

info@gestoriabravo.es

If you have any problems contacting them or you need something else,
don't hesitate to request a clarification, we are here to help you!

Search Strategy

tramitación de subvenciones Malaga
://www.google.com/search?q=tramitaci%C3%B3n+de+subvenciones+Malaga&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N

Best Regards.

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Request for Answer Clarification by handyman-ga on 16 Oct 2002 07:14 PDT

I've tried to contact the gestoriabravo by email. The "Contacto"
option on the site doesn't let me send my query and I get no reply
from the info@ address.

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 16 Oct 2002 11:16 PDT

Hello:
  I have sent also a mail (in spanish) to the info account, and if
tomorrow I get no response, I will call them by phone and I will
explain your case requesting the way you can contact with them. Don't
worry.

Regards.

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 16 Oct 2002 23:45 PDT

Hello, handyman:
  I sent an e-mail to info@gestoriabravo.es explaining your problem
and only after 1 hour I got this response:

Estimado Señor,
En primer lugar agradecerle la confianza puesta en nuestra firma.
Siento que no haya funcionado nuestra Web, pero es la primera noticia
que tenemos de que no funciona.
Para contactar con nosotros se puede dirigir por e-mail a: 

info@gestoriabravo.es

Por teléfono: +34952473062

Por Fax: +34952462006

Por correo:

Av. Condes San Isidro 23, 1º
Aptdo. Correos 190
29640 Fuengirola
MALAGA

Estando a su disposición, 
Atentamente.


Francisco J. Bravo Villalba

Translated to English
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Dear Sir,
In first place, thanks for trust in our company, we are sorry about
the problems
in our web, is the first notice we have.

To contact with us, your friend can send us an e-mail to:

info@gestoriabravo.es

By phone: +34952473062

By Fax: +34952462006

By snail mail:

Av. Condes San Isidro 23, 1º
Aptdo. Correos 190
29640 Fuengirola
MALAGA

We are at your service, sincerely yours


Francisco J. Bravo Villalba


Please, try to send another mail to info@gestoriabravo.es, and if you
don't get any response I will make a phone call to know what is the
problem.

Regards.

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Request for Answer Clarification by handyman-ga on 21 Oct 2002 09:18 PDT

I sent another email on 17/10/02 as follows, and to which I've had no
reply.

Dear Sirs,

I own land in La Vinuela, Velez Malaga with permission for a small
rural hotel. I have been advised by a number of people that I should
apply for a subvention to build and equip the hotel but I do not know
how to do this.

Your company name was given to me by someone who believes that you can
help me with an application for a subvention, would you please let me
know if you can help.

Yours faithfully

Alan Walder

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 21 Oct 2002 13:11 PDT

Hello:
  I have sent them a message and here is their answer:

Estimado señor,

Si hemos recibido el mensaje, siento la tardanza en responder, pero
queremos ayudarle en lo mejor posible y estamos recabando la
información
necesaria.
En unos días le responderemos a este señor.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
Atentamente.

Francisco J. Bravo

Translated to english:

Dear sir,

We have received his message, we are sorry about the delay, but we
want to help him the best as possible and we are getting all the
information we need, in a few days we will contact with him.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Sincerely yours.

Francisco J. Bravo

I hope you find it useful! ;-)

Regards.

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Request for Answer Clarification by handyman-ga on 23 Oct 2002 10:08 PDT

Thanks for chasing them. It wil be interesting to see the reply as it
seems from their website that they deal with subventions and would
already know what's involved. I'll let you know what happens.

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 23 Oct 2002 23:19 PDT

Hello:
  Yes, they seem serious people, I hope they could help you ;-)

Regards.

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Request for Answer Clarification by handyman-ga on 06 Nov 2002 05:31 PST

The company that you suggested has not replied to my email. It has
been far too long now, they clearly do not want this work.

So I do not have a complete answer to my original question.

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 06 Nov 2002 06:25 PST

Hello:
  It's really strange, I don't know why, I'm going to phone them this
afternoon and I will search for another agents for you if I think they
don't want the job. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Regards.

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Request for Answer Clarification by handyman-ga on 08 Nov 2002 06:53 PST

OK

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Clarification of Answer by joseleon-ga on 11 Nov 2002 00:09 PST

Hello:
  Here are some other agents in Malaga that can handle subvention
applications, feel free to contact with them explaining your
situation, and keep me informed if you have any problems.

Asesoría Málaga S.L
http://www.asesoriamalaga.com/

c/ Mármoles 34, 1ª planta
29007 MÁLAGA
Tlf y Fax: 952 30 34 31
e-mail : asesores@asesoriamalaga.com
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Guerrero Esteban
http://www.portalaxarquia.com/guerreroesteban/

C/ Princesa 9 bajo  
Tel: 952545038      
Fax: 952545264       
Móvil Centralita: 696981265
E-mail: guerreroesteban@infonegocio.com
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C Y D ASESORES S.L.
http://www.cydasesores.com/

Edificio de las Margaritas local 1
29100 Málaga
Tel.: 9524515
E-mail: cyd@cydasesores.com
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Bufete E.J.Alcázar
http://www.costanet.es/webcosta/personales/alcazar/alcazar.html

Abogados/Lawyers
Emilio Alcázar López
Javier Pineda Soria

Alameda de Colón, 34-8º-4
29001-Málaga
España
Tfno: 222.38.46 / 222.38.33
Fax: 222.58.67

For International Calls:

Telephones:
+ 34 5 222.38.46
+ 34 5 222.38.33

Fax:
+ 34 5 222.58.67

e-mail:alcazar@costanet.es

  I hope this information is useful to you.

Best regards.