Strengthening Environmental Safety in Industry (SVO)
Pays Dutch industrial collaborations up to EUR 500,000 for above-and-beyond safety projects.
RVO runs this scheme as Safety Deals: a consortium or branch organisation files a single project description directly, without any prior concept note or letter of intent, and complete applications are ranked purely by the date they arrive against the year's funding pool. A large company can only draw project-a subsidy if the small and medium partners in the same consortium cover at least 30% of th…
SVO ('Safety Deals') is for consortia and branch organisations in the Dutch industrial sector working with hazardous substances or risky processes, going beyond what safety law already requires. It also funds small and medium industrial companies buying external advice to strengthen their internal safety culture, on themes like safety culture, chain responsibility, asset management or safe industrial sites.
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