SME Extroversion

The purpose of the action ‘SME Extroversion’ is to strengthen and support the export orientation of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises and concerns the support of investment plans aiming at the utilization and development of modern technologies, the upgrade of the produced products and/or provided services and their overall activities with the aim of improving the competitiveness and extroversion of the enterprises, their integration into international value chains, and the enhancement of the international presence of their products, including through their participation in trade fairs organized outside the Greek territory within the EU and in third countries.

Who is it intended for

The Call is addressed to existing Small, Very Small and Medium Enterprises, as defined in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, which legally operate and are active in the country, belong to eligible NACE Codes for the Action and meet the requirements stated therein.

What is funded

Funding applications are supported, where the total subsidized budget cannot exceed twice the highest turnover achieved in one of the three (or fewer if the company does not have three) closed financial periods of the year preceding the submission of the funding application, with a maximum funding limit of €200,000. The minimum budget for each investment plan is set at €80,000. The public funding rate amounts to 40% of the subsidized budget of the funding application for Transition Regions (Attica and South Aegean) and 50% for Less Developed Regions (North Aegean, Eastern Macedonia – Thrace, Central Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Greece, Crete, Western Macedonia, Ionian Islands, Central Greece, Peloponnese). Main categories of eligible expenses:

Equipment, Transport Means & Instruments Expenses
Service Provision Expenses
Software Expenses
Advertising, Promotion & Networking Expenses
Payroll expenses
Indirect Expenses

Implementation Duration

The maximum duration for the completion of the physical and financial scope of the investment plan cannot exceed eighteen (18) months from the date of electronic notification of the final approval of the funding application.

Application Period

Start: 17.07.2025 at 13:00 End: 09.10.2025 at 15:00

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