“Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs”: 4th amendment to the Call for Action
The fourth (4th) amendment to the Call for Action “Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs” of the Program “Competitiveness NSRF 2021/27”, according to which the total amount of de minimis aid that the single enterprise has received in the past, including the aid from this Action, should not exceed the amount of 300,000 euros within a three-year period before the grant of the legal right to the aid. The modification of the Call includes additional changes in points concerning the beneficiaries of the Action, the evaluation process and criteria, the supporting documents for the payment of the aid, etc.
See the 4th amendment to the Invitation 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.