SODEC — Assistance for businesses in the arts and crafts sector — Stream 2

• SOD@ccès application form
• Signed Déclaration de l’entreprise requérante
• Depending on the stream, a detailed project budget, supplier quotes, and an implementation schedule
• Financial documents, including a balance sheet or statement of results, financial statements, and financial forecasts, as applicable
• Stream-specific supporting materials such as a recent portfolio, information on the product-creation approach, or a list of professional arts and crafts artisans

Who is eligible?

• Individual Quebec businesses operating in arts and crafts
• Legally constituted Quebec businesses operating in arts and crafts, including corporations, non-profit organizations, cooperatives, and general partnerships
• Quebec businesses specializing in the commercialization of Quebec arts and crafts products
• For Stream 3, dissemination businesses such as retailers, gallery owners, and promoters of Quebec arts and crafts products through physical or online sales locations

Who is not eligible

• Applicants eligible under Stream 1 are not eligible under Stream 2.

Eligible expenses

• Purchase and modernization of equipment, including delivery and installation
• Technology integration in design and production, workplace health and safety installations, and raw materials
• Labour and subcontracting tied to production stages, limited to 25% of the submitted project budget
• Design and fabrication of exhibition booths, displays, lighting, and layouts for presenting Quebec arts and crafts products
• Fees and costs for physical and digital promotional tools, advertising, and product discoverability, including website indexing optimization, metadata structuring, and search engine optimization

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Complete factory production, sets of machined parts ready to assemble, and production from molds not designed by artisans
• Ephemeral products such as soaps, candles, and cosmetics
• Promotion and commercialization projects intended for markets outside Quebec
• Customs fees, operating costs such as workshop rent, telephones, computers, software, website hosting, heating, and electricity, and administration costs
• Event-related initiatives such as launches and openings, printing of promotional materials, and TPS and TVQ

• Quality of the overall creation and product, or the number and quality of Quebec arts and crafts businesses represented, depending on the stream
• Conformity with the program objectives
• Justification, relevance, or expected benefits of the project
• Realism of the costs and the applicant’s financial capacity
• Clarity, conformity, and precision of the application

• Access the secure SOD@ccès portal.
• Create a user profile if you are a new user, or sign in with your access codes.
• Select the program number for the chosen stream: 30-21-01, 30-21-02, 30-21-03, or 30-21-04.
• Prepare the documentation to be uploaded in SOD@ccès.
• Complete the application form and upload all required documents.
• Submit a complete and compliant application through SOD@ccès.

• Only complete and compliant applications are analyzed; incomplete applications at the filing deadline are declared non-receivable and must be submitted again.
• Applications are analyzed by SODEC professionals and, if necessary, with external opinions.
• For Streams 1 to 3, approved applicants sign a financial assistance agreement before the first payment is issued.
• For Streams 1 to 3, the final 30% is paid at the end of project activities, subject to submission and acceptance of a final report.
• For Stream 4, aid is paid in one instalment after the last event, upon presentation of proofs of participation accepted by SODEC.

• Written materials submitted for this assistance must be in French, unless an exception under the Directive relative à l’utilisation d’une autre langue que la langue officielle de la SODEC applies.
• Only complete and compliant applications are analyzed; incomplete applications at the filing deadline are non-receivable and must be submitted again.
• An annex lists the trade shows eligible under Stream 4.
• SODEC uses ACCEO Transphere for electronic transfer and pre-authorized debit services.