The intervention of a national project (hereinafter referred to as “NP”) is aimed at supporting registered social enterprises (hereinafter referred to as “the RSP”) pursuant to Act No 112/2018 on the social economy and social enterprises and amending certain acts, as amended, in line with the contribution of the OP HR, aimed at preventing unemployment through the promotion of entrepreneurship and the creation of enterprises in the wider area of the social economy. The aim of the NP is to pilot the functioning of the set-up RSP investment support system in order to survive the difficult start-up phase and achieve a level of stability, which will enable them to improve access to employment and prevent unemployment in connection with labour market and regional labour market needs through investment aid for the RSPs. The purpose of the NP is to support the RSP in the form of a compulsory combination of repayable assistance (financial instrument or commercial loan) through a financial institution and non-repayable aid – non-repayable financial contribution (hereinafter referred to as “non-repayable financial contribution”) through the Headquarters of the PSVR as the beneficiary of the NP and the provider of NFA to users under Act No 292/2014 Coll. on the contribution provided from the European Structural and Investment Funds. The NFA will be granted to RSPs which were initially granted a loan according to the approved investment plan. As shown by foreign experience and the ex ante evaluation for the use of financial instruments in Slovakia in the 2014-2020 programming period[1], social start-ups often need a non-repayable component of funding in addition to repayable assistance. The NFA will be eligible to the RSP for the procurement of goods, the provision of services and for wages, according to established rules, in accordance with the State aid scheme to support enterprises in the wider SE or the de minimis aid scheme. The target groups of NPs are employers (RSPs), employees, jobseekers and inactive persons. NP activities and expenditure co-financed by the ESF are eligible only for the territory of the less developed regions of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as “MRR”). [1] http://www1.finance.gov.sk/Default.aspx?CatID=10365