“Digital Media Tools”: The Invitation for the 2nd round of the program has been published
The purpose of the Program “Digital Media Tools” is to enhance the digital maturity of small and medium enterprises of the country that are active in a wide range of economic sectors. Through the Program, participating businesses can be strengthened in order to:
- modernize their productive, commercial and administrative function,
- upgrade the way of communication and collaboration and introduce new forms of hybrid work (hybrid workplace)
- digitize electronic transactions with customers and partners, including e-commerce
- increase the level of security and trust in electronic transactions, through the use of new digital products and services
For this purpose, the “Media Digital Tools” Program will provide vouchers which will be available for the acquisition, through purchase or lease, of new digital tools.
New cycles of the “Digital Media Tools” Program with renewed terms and conditions
With the main aim of making the Program usable by the majority of small and medium-sized businesses and freelancers, significant modifications were made to the terms, the main ones being the following:
- Freelancers can also apply for participation in the Program
- The possibility of assistance is also provided for businesses, which do not employ staff
- Potential beneficiaries include newly established businesses, regardless of their months of operation
- Hardware is also subsidized, provided the subsidized digital solution also includes software costs
SPECIAL NOTE : Businesses that have received and redeemed a VOUCHER in a previous round of the “Digital Media Tools” Program cannot apply.
Submission of Applications and Implementation Schedule – 1st CYCLE
The Program will be implemented through three (3) short, consecutive cycles, utilizing the entire unused budget of each category.
In particular, for the first cycle of the Program, potential beneficiaries will be able to submit Funding Applications:
- from Monday 16 December 2024 until Friday 03 January 2025 at 17:00.
For applications that are approved, beneficiaries will be able to make purchases according to the following deadlines:
- Issuance and binding of checks by suppliers, from Monday 20 January 2025 to Friday 14 February 2025.
- Cash checks (provided that the corresponding commitment has been made within the above time period) by Friday, February 28, 2025.
It is noted that in case of exhaustion of the total available Budget during the 1st Cycle, it is possible that subsequent cycles may not be carried out.
Beneficiaries of the “Digital Media Tools” Program
Potential beneficiaries of the Program are existing small and medium enterprises, for which the following conditions are met, among others:
- They have not received support in a previous round of the “DIGITAL MEDIA TOOLS” Program.
- They belong to one of the following four Categories:
- Notaries with an available public expenditure budget of €4,459,200. Η αξία του VOUCHER είναι 1.600 € * [αρ. members ] for a maximum eligible expenditure of €2,000 * [no. members], with an aid rate of 80%
- Court bailiffs with an available public expenditure budget of €1,920,000. The value of the VOUCHER is €1,200 * [no. members ] for a maximum eligible expenditure of €1,500 * [no. members], with an aid rate of 80%
- SMEs and Freelancers operating in Affected Areas with an available public expenditure budget of €6,930,000. The value of the VOUCHER is €990 for a maximum eligible expenditure of €1,100 with a 90% aid rate
- General SME Category (SMEs and Freelancers active in the rest of the country) with an available public expenditure budget of €28,690,800. The value of the VOUCHER is €630 for a maximum eligible expenditure of €700 with a 90% aid rate
Eligible Expenses
Through the Program, participating businesses have the opportunity to enhance their digital maturity, using vouchers available for the acquisition, through purchase or lease, of new digital products and services. Specifically, eligible expenditure categories are:
- Digital Solutions, Services and Software. For example, through the Program, the beneficiaries can acquire solutions for commercial management, warehouse management, invoicing software, payroll applications, staff timekeeping software, creation of e-shops, etc.
- Digital Equipment. Indicatively, beneficiaries can use the vouchers to purchase tablets, laptops, scanners, timekeeping clocks, etc. It should be noted that the supply of digital equipment is considered eligible, only if it is accompanied by the supply of a digital solution (service or software)
- Additional services under specific limitations, for product customization, information and consulting services for Digital Transformation
- Additional equipment under certain restrictions
It is also noted that a necessary condition for the eligibility of the products is that they have been included in the Unified Register of Approved Digital Products and Services and are available from Suppliers approved by the Program.
Beneficiary Funding Application Submission Process
The application is submitted by a company representative who legally owns the company’s access codes (username & password) to the tax services of AADE (taxis-net information system).
In order to enter the Electronic Aid Management Platform (EBMA) and create a new application, the applicant should confirm the identity of the business using the company passwords on Taxis-net. To this end:
- First of all, he gives his consent to the processing of the necessary data in the context of submitting, checking and approving the Grant Application, and declares that he is aware of and agrees to comply with the terms and procedures of the Program
- Goes to the secure environment of the General Secretariat of Digital Government Information Systems (GIPSPSD) for user authentication service
See the Invitation of the Program here.