The Ministries of Finance and Digital Government announce that the platform (https://digitalsme.gov.gr) has been put into productive operation for the applications of those interested in the action “Digital Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises”. This is a project, implemented within the framework of the National Plan for Recovery and Sustainability “Greece 2.0”, with the funding of the European Union – NextGenerationEU and a total budget of 445,000,000 euros.
The action is implemented in accordance with the provisions of a Joint Decision of the Minister of State and Digital Government Kyriakos Pierrakakis and the Deputy Minister of Finance Theodoros Skylakakis. The action, implemented by the Information Society M.A.E. (supervised body of the Ministry of Digital Government), concerns the enhancement of the digital maturity of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the country, with the aim of modernizing their productive, commercial and administrative operation.
Under the program, investments will be made in technologies and services that promote the digitization of small and medium-sized enterprises, namely in: electronic payments, electronic sales and e-invoicing applications, digital advertising tools, teleworking systems, business analytics, digital skills upgrades, services data backup and disaster recovery, artificial intelligence, internet of things, providing comprehensive contactless solutions, cybersecurity systems, cloud computing infrastructure and services, industrial data platform templates and software, upgrade of cash registers and POS .
The action to support small and medium enterprises, for the purchase / utilization of digital products and services and their general support for their digital transformation, is divided into three sub-State Aid programs:
• Program I: “Digital SME Tools”
• Program II: “Development of Digital Products and Services”
• Program III: “Digital Transactions”
The “Digital SME Tools” program, amounting to 180 million euros, provides checks (vouchers), which will be available for the acquisition – through purchase or lease – of new digital products and services, in order to enhance the digital maturity of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ) of the country, through the use of various digital tools.
Through the program “Development of Digital Products and Services”, with a budget of 100 million euros, digital investments will be subsidized, in the form of a non-repayable grant, amounting to 200,000 to 2 million euros, for the development of infrastructure and cloud services.
Finally, the “Digital Transactions” program, amounting to 165 million euros, strengthens the adoption of modern digital tools, which support the procedures of invoicing, issuance of tax documents and electronic payments.
The Minister of State and Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, stated: “When the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, presented the” Greece 2.0 “Plan to the President of the Commission a year ago, we were convinced that Greece, with the support of the Recovery Fund, can change model. With a solid strategy and smart leverage of the Recovery Fund, the creativity of Greeks is highlighted and strengthened in most aspects of economic activity. “At the ‘threshold’ of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, companies are leaning to acquire innovative tools and to be at the forefront of the modern international environment.”
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis, pointed out: “The digital transformation of small and medium enterprises is one of the most emblematic actions implemented with the resources of the National Plan for Recovery and Sustainability” Greece 2.0 “. The three programs that make it up, and opened for submission, have a total budget of about 445 million euros, while the companies that will benefit from the initiative will exceed 200,000. It proves once again, with deeds, that “Greece 2.0” is a financial tool that is addressed to many and supports small and medium entrepreneurship “.
Source: Capital
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