“Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs”: 9th Decision Approving Evaluation Results for the Action
The ninth (9th) Evaluation Results Approval Decision has been published for the Action “Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs” of the Program “Competitiveness 2021–2027”, which includes the evaluation results for the following -in order of submission- three hundred and forty-eight (348) applications, according to the date and time of their final electronic submission to WHEREAS.
In particular, two hundred and seventy-six (276) funding applications with subsidized public expenditure of 3,889,734.01 euros are approved and seventy-two (72) applications, with a total requested subsidized budget of 1,991,171.65 euros with requested public expenditure 1,019,285.55 euros are rejected.
The total approved projects in the Action amount to 1,585 with a total eligible public expenditure of 22,837,829.63 euros and the total number of applications, for which Evaluation results have been issued in the Action, amount to 2,167 requests for funding of requested public expenditure 31,740,892.54 euros and a total requested subsidized budget of 61,421,154.04 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).
See the relevant Decision here.
Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs
The Action concerns businesses that have not yet integrated significant information and telecommunications technologies (ICT) in their operation 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.