“Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs”: 15th decision approving evaluation results for the action
Published the fifteenth (15th) Evaluation Results Approval Decision for the Action “Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs” of the Program “Competitiveness 2021-2027”, regarding the approval of the results of the examination of the following in order of submission to OPSKE, eighty-nine (89) objections, which were submitted to the Action.
In particular, of the eighty-nine (89) objections, five (5) related to approved funding applications and the eighty-four (84) objections to rejected ones, according to the Decisions approving evaluation results. Upon completion of their examination, fifty-nine (59) objections are approved, twenty-two (22) are rejected and eight (8) are partially approved. In particular, of the five (5) objections of the approved applications, three (3) are accepted in their entirety and two (2) are partially approved.
Of the eighty-four (84) objections rejected, fifty-six (56) are approved in their entirety, twenty-two (22) are rejected and six (6) are partially approved, with three (3) objections changing their status, making fifty-nine (59) the total number of applications that proceed for approval and twenty-five (25) the total number of applications that remain rejected.
Hereby, the total approved projects in the Action amount to one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven (1,937) with a total eligible public expenditure of 27,915,508.56 euros and the total of applications, for which evaluation results have been issued in the Action amount to in the 2,497 funding applications for a requested public expenditure of 36,586,481.69 euros and a total requested subsidized budget 70,740,853.78 euros.
The start of the eligibility of acts is 15.02.2023.
The beneficiaries are informed electronically, at the electronic address of communication (email) stated in the submission form, via the Integrated Information System of State Aids (OPSKE).
The interested parties may, within a subversive period of ten (10) days from the day after the notification of the results of the Decision on Approval of Results, submit an administrative appeal (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.