Action 1: Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs

The priority of Action 1 "Basic Digital Transformation of SMEs" is to meet the basic needs of SMEs with modern information and communication technologies (ICT).

The action encourages, as a matter of priority, the implementation of targeted investment projects of key digital transformation that contribute to an outward-looking, innovative and competitive production of products or services of higher added value.

Start of Submission of Applications: 23/02/2023 and time 12:00

Minimum / maximum grant budget::18.000€ to 30.000€

Aid rate:

• 50% for all regions
• 60% for the areas of Fair Transition: Regions: Western Macedonia, B. Aegean, N. Aegean, Crete Municipalities: Megalopolis, Gortynia, Tripoli , Oichalia

Eligible Expenses

• Equipment Expenses (indicative): Supply of digital office equipment, upgrade of internal data transfer networks, interaction with employees, customers or suppliers, etc.
• Software Expenses (indicative): Supply of modern business resource & process management applications (e.g. ERP, WMS, KPIs, EDI, BMPS, etc.), image processing, 3D models and CAD, digital security, customer management and supply chain, production optimization etc.
• Expenses for the provision of services linked to the digital upgrade (indicative): 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 funding application .
• Indirect Costs

The date of publication of the Detailed Call for the Action (15/02/2023) is defined as the start date of expenditure eligibility.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

• The business should be registered in the Register of Beneficial Beneficiaries of article 20 of Law 4557/2018 (Α΄ 139), as applicable, before the date of submission of the financing application.
• The subsidized budget of the investment plan may not exceed three times the highest turnover achieved in one of the three (or less if the company does not have three) closed management periods preceding the year of submission of the financing application, with a maximum amount of €30,000.
• The company can implement costs at its headquarters and/or in its branches, as long as all implementation points belong to the same Region Category and as long as they have the same aid intensity
• The action provides a request for verification - certification of expenses.