“The Italian Rugby Federation and the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo, social bank for the sustainable development of Italy through Sport and Culture, have signed a new memorandum of understanding to support, through financial products and services provided by ICS , the construction and redevelopment of safe, accessible and state-of-the-art plants from a technical and technological point of view, also in terms of energy “. Fir announces it from its website. “Central elements of the agreement, signed by the presidents of ICS and Fir, Andrea Abodi and Marzio Innocenti, are the Top of The Sport products, dedicated to national sports federations, and Mutuo Light 2.0 – Fsn, for affiliates. of opportunities, the Institute has also added the financing of tax credits, factoring and advisory for the development of infrastructure projects. “The Top of The Sport product allows the Federation to take out a 20-year interest-free loan, thanks to the intervention of the Fund dedicated to the contribution to interest account, for a maximum amount of 6 million euros. The measure is aimed at investments relating to the construction, redevelopment, expansion, compliance, removal of architectural and sensorial barriers and energy efficiency of federal centers, including the purchase of the related areas, as long as it is contextual to the implementation of the aforementioned interventions. The financing is also accessible for the purchase of sports equipment. Beneficiaries of the “Mutuo Light 2.0 – FSN” are, on the other hand, the Associations and Companies Affiliated to FIR, which will be able to receive funding for the purchase of sports equipment and the construction and redevelopment of facilities throughout the national territory. The maximum amount of the loan is 60,000 euros, with a duration of 2 to 7 years. The peculiarity of this product is given by the simplification in the credit access procedures that do not provide for any additional guarantee by the ASD and Ssd affiliates, thanks to the intervention of the “Guarantee Fund for sports facilities” managed by the Institute for Credito Sportivo, but simply the presentation of a letter of reference from the Federation “. Marzio Innocenti, President of Fir, declared:” with President Abodi we share the vision of the centrality of plant development as an essential tool for the development of the movement and the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo constitutes a strategic partner for Fir to give substance to our commitment to relaunch rugby, especially in the South. Every family needs a comfortable home to give life to their dreams and help our clubs to transform them in reality theirs is an institutional duty of the Fir, a duty to which we are strongly committed and our Clubs in the condition of having access in a simple and effective way to new financial instruments that allow them to adapt or improve their facilities will make it easier to make this vision tangible. Furthermore, with the product dedicated to the Federation itself, we will be able to make federal plants, increasingly responsive to the needs of modern society, accessible and energy efficient, in line with our desire to make Fir fully inclusive, open, sustainable “. “I am sure that the signing of the new Memorandum of Understanding with the Italian Rugby Federation – declared the President of the Istituto per il Credito Sportivo, Andrea Abodi – the spirit of collaboration that animates it and the agenda of opportunities that will make the joint work, will contribute to achieving the mandate objectives that President Innocenzi illustrated to me with competence, clarity and passion. I can guarantee all the ICS commitment to Federugby to support the growth of the movement, also through the improvement of the infrastructures dedicated to this wonderful discipline, starting with a new generation of federal plants dedicated to start-up and excellence, safe, efficient, sustainable and accessible “.