The 15,5 million euro tender for the digitization of companies launched by the Chambers of Commerce is underway. An interesting opportunity for Italian companies that want to focus on digital and improve services.
COMPANIES: HOW THE CALL WORKS
The national tender for 4.0 vouchers will start on 10 April and will make available to each company resources of up to 10 thousand euros to be used to purchase consultancy services, training and technologies in the 4.0 area.
The money can also be used to buy 4.0 technologies, machinery and software to be included in the company up to a maximum of 50% of eligible expenses. In total, as mentioned, 15,5 million euros will be allocated.
The disbursement of the voucher can be requested until 15 July 2019 at the relevant Chamber of Commerce or through the national portal, in the vouchers section.
COMPANIES: WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
The facilitations provided by the call are aimed at individual micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and groups of 3 to 20 enterprises that present a shared project aimed at introducing enabling digital technologies.
"Through the vouchers, the Chambers of Commerce offer concrete support in favor of the digitization of businesses, especially smaller ones that find it more difficult to find the resources to innovate", underlined the president of Unioncamere, Carlo Sangalli, according to which “with the PIDs, in a short time, we have facilitated over 41 entrepreneurs to adopt 4.0 technologies. In particular through our assessment services already used by around 10 companies to measure their digital maturity and training capabilities. Services that involved over 28 participants to accompany them towards digital transformation".
In total, from 2017 to today, the chamber system has allocated 44 million euros in order to implement the digitization of companies.
Between 2017 and 2018, around 4 companies already had access to the 28,5 million euros disbursed through vouchers.
