“Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs”: 8th Decision Approving Evaluation Results for the Action
The eighth (8th) Evaluation Results Approval Decision was published for the Action “Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs” of the “Competitiveness” Program 2021–2027″, which includes the evaluation results for the next five hundred and twelve (512) applications in order of submission, according to the date and time of their final electronic submission to OPSKE.
In particular, three hundred and seventy-two (372) funding applications with a subsidized public expenditure of 5,398,735.44 euros are deemed eligible and one hundred and forty (140) applications, with a total requested subsidized budget of 3,863,631.66 euros with a requested public expenditure 1,977,465.74 euros are rejected.
Hereby, the total approved projects in the Action amount to one thousand three hundred and nine (1,309) with a total eligible public expenditure of 18,948,095.62 euros and the total of applications for which Evaluation results have been issued in the Action “Basic Digital Transformation SMEs” amount to 1,819 applications for funding of a requested Public Expenditure of 26,729,606.79 euros and a total requested subsidized budget of 51,639,284.26 euros.
The beneficiaries are informed electronically, at the electronic contact address (email) stated in the submission form, through the Integrated Information System of State Aids (OPSKE).
The interested parties may, within an exclusive period of seven (7) working days from the day after the notification of the final evaluation result, in accordance with the Decision on the Approval of Evaluation Results, submit an administrative objection (an open appeal within the meaning of Article 25 of Law 2690/1999) exclusively through OPSKE.
See the relevant Decision here.
Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs
TheActionrefers to businesses that have not yet integrated significant information and telecommunications technologies (ICT) into their operations and aims to cover basic deficiencies in applications and equipment.
The main objective of the Action is the digital upgrade ofSMEs by implementing basic digital transformation actions with modern information and communication technologies (ICT) so that supported businesses to be able to respond to the increased digital demands of the modern market.
The Action encourages, as a matter of priority, the implementation of targeted digital transformation actions that contribute to an outward-looking, innovative, competitive and sustainable critical production of products and services of higher added value.
Subsidized expenses
The basic costs covered by the Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs action concern:
- Equipment Expenses with indicative expenses: Supply of digital office equipment, upgrade of internal data transfer networks, interaction with employees, customers or suppliers, etc.
- Software costs with indicative costs: Supply of modern business resource & process management applications (eg ERP, WMS, KPIs, EDI, BMPS, etc.), image processing, 3D models and CAD, digital security, customer and supply chain management, production optimization, etc.
- Expenses for the provision of services related to the digital upgrade with indicative costs: Advisory support for monitoring the implementation of the investment plan, technical support for the implementation of the investment plan, installation or configuration of applications included in the financing application.
- Indirect costs: This category of cost does not require the presentation of documents, it is paid proportionally with each payment and its proportional amount is finalized during the stage of final certification of the investment plan.