SMEs can obtain financing of up to 100,000 euros through the PNRR for digitalization.
Microenterprises can benefit from funding between 20,000 and 30,000 euros for digitalization through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), without making their own contribution.
"We have a budget of 347 million euros, divided by regions. Thus, companies in Bucharest and Ilfov, for example, compete on budget only with companies in the same area, which ensures that financing reaches all areas of the country. The financing values range between 20,000 and 100,000 euros and depend on the category of the enterprise,” said Răzvan Gălăţan, operational director of Goodwill Consulting, according to The Financial Newspaper.
"If we talk about microenterprises, financing is between 20,000 and 30,000 euros and it is a financing of 100%. Basically, micro-enterprises do not have their own contribution on this program. If we talk about small enterprises, the financing is between 20,000 and 50,000 euros, with an own contribution of 10%, and medium-sized enterprises have financing between 20,000 and 100,000 euros, also with an own contribution of 10%", he added.
The program has a total budget of 347 million euros.
The applicant guide includes the following elements:
- Activities supported within the investment/operation:
- ICT hardware purchases;
- purchases of automation and robotics equipment for technological flows, integrated with digital solutions;
- development and/or adaptation of software applications/licenses, including RPA software automation solutions, respectively Robotic Process Automation;
- blockchain technology acquisitions;
- acquisitions of artificial intelligence systems, machine learning, augmented reality, virtual reality;
- purchase of presentation website;
- the acquisition of cloud and IoT services;
- training of staff who will use ICT equipment;
- consultancy/analysis to identify technical solutions needed by SMEs, etc.
- Eligible beneficiary: enterprises, companies regulated by Companies Law no. 31/1990, republished, with subsequent amendments and supplements, which fall into the SME category and have their registered office in Romania.
- Call budget: The allocation for this call – corresponding to the open section – is 347.5 million euros, the equivalent in lei = 1,690.83 million lei, according to the inforeuro exchange rate in September 2022.
- Call type: competitive
- Deposit type: with timely submission (only one funding application).
