SARIO Voucher Support
Funds Slovak small and medium-sized companies participating in international trade fairs and exhibitions.
SARIO Voucher Support 2026 is a reimbursement-based export promotion instrument administered by SARIO, the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. The programme reimburses micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) incorporated in Slovakia for eligible costs of individual participation in foreign trade fairs and exhibitions abroad. The 2026 call opened on 11 May 2026 at 08:00 with a total allocated budget of EUR 1,000,000, distributed on a first-come-first-served basis until funds are exhausted. Each applicant may receive a voucher of up to EUR 15,000.
Eligible costs under the voucher include exhibition space rental, registration fees, catalogue inscription and listing fees, selected marketing materials fees, and other costs directly related to participation in a specific foreign trade fair or exhibition. The legal basis is a state aid scheme document amended by DM 6/2024; full eligibility conditions and per-cost caps are set out in the downloadable state aid PDF on the SARIO portal. Applications are submitted electronically via the form at sario.sk/sk/podpora-msp/aktualne-vyzvy/voucherova-podpora; the portal and application materials are in Slovak. The mechanism is a reimbursement model: applicants apply prior to the trade fair and then claim reimbursement of incurred eligible expenses after the event.
The programme is open exclusively to for-profit companies registered and operating in Slovakia that qualify as MSMEs under EU definitions; non-profit organisations, universities, and research institutes are not eligible. There is no scoring rubric — applications are processed in the order received until the EUR 1,000,000 budget is exhausted, creating a strong incentive to apply promptly. SARIO has been recognised multiple times as the best investment promotion agency in Central and Eastern Europe at the AIM conference (2017, 2020, 2021, 2022), reflecting its established position in facilitating Slovak business internationalisation.
International trade fair and exhibition participation costs for Slovak SMEs — exhibition space, registration, catalogue, marketing fees.
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