The second call for the KIT DIGITAL program and the Unique Sectoral program have been published. Given the importance of these aids, BIOVEGEN has prepared two reports summarizing the regulatory framework for programs of financing for digitalization activities that also include the agri-food sector.
Second call for the KIT DIGITAL program
As part of the Digital Spain 2025 Agenda, the SMEs Digitalization Plan 2021-2025, and the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, the Kit Digital Program of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation is established as a central component for the digitalization of small businesses, micro-enterprises, and individuals in self-employment throughout Spain. The digitalization of these entities constitutes one of the main levers for modernizing the Spanish economy and potential medium-term growth, as it allows improving the productivity of all productive factors, increasing their size, internationalizing, and deploying networking both within the same sector and across different economic sectors. The second call for the Kit Digital Program includes:
- Budget allocation of 500 million euros.
- Type of aid in the form of a grant of up to 6,000 euros.
- The application submission period opens on September 2, 2022 until September 2, 2023 or until budget availability is exhausted.
UNIQUE SECTORAL PROGRAM
The Unique Sectoral Program 2022, established within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, aims to provide grants, under a competitive bidding system, for the execution of projects, in Spanish territory, for the experimental development of 5G applications and services that impact the digital transformation of key economic sectors for the country. The program Unique Sectoral includes:
- Budget allocation of 90.7 million euros (60.7 million euros for the year 2022 and 30 million for the year 2023).
- Assistance modality in the form of subsidy.
- Multi-year assistance.
- Assistance intensity between 25% and 60% of the project’s eligible costs.
- Projects in TRL 5-6.
- Subsidies with a minimum of 3 million euros and a maximum of 15 million euros per beneficiary and per project.