Project Description
UDE – Digital Business Upgrade Investment
Recovery and Resilience Plan
This PRR measure aims to promote the digitalisation of companies in the Azores region by supporting investment projects aimed at adapting and integrating digital technologies. The objectives are to strengthen competitiveness, innovation and increase productivity.
Support Status
Open
Financing
50.000 €
Up to 70% Lost Fund
Territory
Azores
Eligible Entities
ENI
SMEs
Co-operatives
UDE – Digital Business Upgrade Investment
Recovery and Resilience Plan
This PRR measure aims to promote the digitalisation of companies in the Azores region by supporting investment projects aimed at adapting and integrating digital technologies. The objectives are to strengthen competitiveness, innovation and increase productivity.
Support Status
Open
Financing
50.000 €
Up to 70% Lost Fund
Territory
Azores
Eligible Entities
ENI
SMEs
Co-operatives
Incentive Conditions
- Investment projects aimed at adapting and integrating digital technologies that promote:
- a) Strengthening competitiveness through the implementation of digital technologies that enable companies to become more competitive in the global market.
- b) Improving productivity by applying automation processes, business management software (ERP) and other digital solutions that optimise internal processes.
- c) Boosting innovation by adopting technologies that enable the development of new products and services, as well as making it easier to adapt to changes in the market.
- d) Reducing business process costs by implementing technological solutions that automate manual processes, reduce human error and improve resource management.
- The investment projects to be supported under this Notice must be developed in the territory of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
- 50% for large companies;
- 60% for medium-sized companies;
- 70% for micro and small companies.
- The maximum support per application is limited to €50,000.00.
- Minimum investment
- 2.500,00 €.
- Beneficiaries are sole proprietors, commercial companies, regardless of their legal nature, co-operatives and complementary groups of companies.
- Equipment
- a) Digital shop windows;
- b) IT and IoT machinery and equipment;
- c) Video Conferencing equipment;
- d) Network infrastructures;
- e) Equipment for implementing or automating payment processes;
- f) Other equipment related to the action and business object or complementary to those listed above, to be approved on a case-by-case basis and provided its relevance to the development of the project is demonstrated.
- Software and cloud services
- a) Software licenses, including lifetime licenses;
- b) Subscription services (SaaS – Software as a Service, PaaS – Platform as a Service).
- c) Development of customised software and applications;
- d) Hire of cloud services;
- e) Implementation of cybersecurity initiatives.
- Digital marketing and rebranding
- a) Application development;
- b) Customer Relationship Management (CRM);
- c) Digital marketing and online advertising;
- d) Online presence management and optimisation;
- e) Brand rebranding development;
- f) Adaptation of visual identity for digital communication;
- g) Other services related to the action and business object in activities complementary to those listed above, to be approved on a case-by-case basis and provided their relevance to the development of the project is demonstrated.
- Consultancy services
- Consultancy to draw up the company’s digital transition and training plan, up to a limit of €750.00.
- The following expenses are also considered eligible
- a) Drafting, preparing and monitoring the application, up to a limit of €1,000.00.
- b) Submission of the payment request(s), up to a limit of €1,000.00.
- a) The beneficiary’s normal operating costs, not provided for in the contracted investment, as well as maintenance and replacement costs, and costs related to replacement costs, and costs related to periodic or continuous activities. activities;
- b) Cash payments;
- c) Expenses paid under contracts made through intermediaries or consultants, where the amount to be paid is expressed as a percentage of the amount financed by the PRP percentage of the amount financed by the RRP or of the operation’s eligible expenditure;
- d) Acquisition of goods in a state of use;
- e) Value Added Tax (VAT), whether or not recoverable by the beneficiary;
- f) Purchase of motor vehicles, aircraft and other transport equipment;
- g) Interest and financial charges;
- h) Working capital;
- i) Purchase of real estate, including land;
- j) Leases and rights to use premises;
- k) Current advertising.
Incentive Conditions
Investment projects aimed at adapting and integrating digital technologies that promote:
a) Strengthening competitiveness through the implementation of digital technologies that enable companies to become more competitive in the global market.
b) Improving productivity by applying automation processes, business management software (ERP) and other digital solutions that optimise internal processes.
c) Boosting innovation by adopting technologies that enable the development of new products and services, as well as making it easier to adapt to changes in the market.
d) Reducing business process costs by implementing technological solutions that automate manual processes, reduce human error and improve resource management.
The investment projects to be supported under this Notice must be developed in the territory of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
50% for large companies;
60% for medium-sized companies;
70% for micro and small companies.
The maximum support per application is limited to €50,000.00.
Minimum investment
2.500,00 €.
Beneficiaries are sole proprietors, commercial companies, regardless of their legal nature, co-operatives and complementary groups of companies.
Equipment
a) Digital shop windows;
b) IT and IoT machinery and equipment;
c) Video Conferencing equipment;
d) Network infrastructures;
e) Equipment for implementing or automating payment processes;
f) Other equipment related to the action and business object or complementary to those listed above, to be approved on a case-by-case basis and provided its relevance to the development of the project is demonstrated.
Software and cloud services
a) Software licenses, including lifetime licenses;
b) Subscription services (SaaS – Software as a Service, PaaS – Platform as a Service).
c) Development of customised software and applications;
d) Hire of cloud services;
e) Implementation of cybersecurity initiatives.
Digital marketing and rebranding
a) Application development;
b) Customer Relationship Management (CRM);
c) Digital marketing and online advertising;
d) Online presence management and optimisation;
e) Brand rebranding development;
f) Adaptation of visual identity for digital communication;
g) Other services related to the action and business object in activities complementary to those listed above, to be approved on a case-by-case basis and provided their relevance to the development of the project is demonstrated.
Consultancy services
Consultancy to draw up the company’s digital transition and training plan, up to a limit of €750.00.
The following expenses are also considered eligible
a) Drafting, preparing and monitoring the application, up to a limit of €1,000.00.
b) Submission of the payment request(s), up to a limit of €1,000.00.
a) The beneficiary’s normal operating costs, not provided for in the contracted investment, as well as maintenance and replacement costs, and costs related to replacement costs, and costs related to periodic or continuous activities. activities;
b) Cash payments;
c) Expenses paid under contracts made through intermediaries or consultants, where the amount to be paid is expressed as a percentage of the amount financed by the PRP percentage of the amount financed by the RRP or of the operation’s eligible expenditure;
d) Acquisition of goods in a state of use;
e) Value Added Tax (VAT), whether or not recoverable by the beneficiary;
f) Purchase of motor vehicles, aircraft and other transport equipment;
g) Interest and financial charges;
h) Working capital;
i) Purchase of real estate, including land;
j) Leases and rights to use premises;
k) Current advertising.
