Also this year, the Chambers of Commerce, through PIDs (Digital Enterprise Points), are making vouchers available to businesses for consulting, training and technology: find out more in the article.
For the fourth year in a row, the Ministry of Economic Development, in consultation with the nationwide Chambers of Commerce, is launching the Impresa 4.0 Digital Vouchers. They are disbursed in favor of companies through a system of non-repayable contributions, with partial coverage of expenses incurred for the digitization of Italian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises belonging to all economic sectors.
This is one of the measures taken to encourage technological progress in the Italian business fabric, which in 90% of cases consists of companies with fewer than 10 employees. Subject deputed to the support - economic and innovative - of businesses are the PIDs (Digital Enterprise Points), created in 2017 within the structures of the individual Chambers of Commerce: in each of the 85 Italian offices a PID is active, with the aim of creating an active awareness for the importance of digitization, disburse - as in this case - economic contributions to support businesses, accompanied in addition through accompanying services and guidance help.
The Impresa 4.0 Digital Vouchers are amounts disbursed on a non-repayable basis through special Calls for Proposals published by the individual Chambers of Commerce, at varying intervals and in different ways established by the chambers themselves. In fact, they can be different:
The investments that can be financed are also variable.
For example, some Chambers of Commerce allow, among the expenses subject to contribution, those related to the "development of web marketing actions of their products" (Chamber of Commerce of Brescia) or "digital marketing solutions: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) interventions, SEM (Search Engine Marketing), Web, Social and Mobile marketing" (Chamber of Commerce of Perugia).
Others, on the other hand, such as the Chamber of Commerce of Romagna-Forlì-Cesena and Rimini, fund projects related to cloud computing, " e-commercesystems" and Customer Relationship Management(CRM) solutions, with the possible inclusion of digital marketing programs only if they are preparatory and complementary to the above activities.
All micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, from any economic sector, with registered offices and/or operating units in the district territory of individual Chambers of Commerce, are eligible for the facilities. The subsidy is also extended to groups of companies participating in aggregate projects, as long as they are "aimed at the introduction of technologies in the context of Impresa 4.0."
Additional requirements are:
It is also allowed to be combined with aid granted to support the economy to cope with the emergency of COVID-19 dated 19/03/2020 as amended.
It is possible to consult the calls currently active in the country at the Digital 4.0 Vouchers section of the Digital Enterprise Points website. Within each notice, the peculiarities of access to available incentives and facilities are made explicit.
Take advantage of this opportunity: tell us more about your project and the results you want to achieve, and we will figure out together whether or not you can enjoy the benefits offered by Digital Enterprise 2020 Vouchers.
