Last Saturday, May 11, the Ministry for the Transformation and Development of the
and Civil Service published in the Official State Gazette Order TDF/435/2024 by which
which amends Order ETD/1498/2021, which approved the bases for the
regulations for granting aid for digitization to SMEs, also called the “Programa
Digital Kit”.
The new modification of the program rules is
motivated by the inclusion of medium-size companies as new beneficiaries of the
these public subsidies (whose entitlement to payment is referred to for the purpose of
These rules and the successive calls for proposals, «bono digital»). This measure
is intended to continue the modernization and adoption of solutions that
digital technologies in the business environment, promoted in previous calls for proposals for
this program, in order to enhance the efficiency in the performance of their
economic operations.
Thus, two new segments are established for
beneficiaries to those that already existed previously and the amount of the voucher is extended to
for segment III (from 2,000 to 3,000) . A table is shown in which
The modifications made are marked in bold type:
| Beneficiary segments | Amount of the “digital bonus” - Euros |
| Segment I. Small companies between 10 and less than 50 employees. | 12.000 |
| Segment II. Small or Micro companies between 3 and less than 10 employees. | 6.000 |
| Segment III. Small or Micro companies with between 0 and less than 3 employees. | 3.000 |
|
Segment IV. Medium-sized companies with between 50 and less than 100 employees. This includes companies with less than 50 employees that are considered medium-sized companies when their annual turnover and annual balance sheet total exceeds 10 million euros. Exception of article 7.2.d) |
25.000 |
| Segment V. Medium-sized companies with between 100 and less than 250 employees. | 29.000 |
New categories of solutions are also included
digitization within Annex IV to the existing categories in the
from 10 categories to the 17 categories included in the previous calls for proposals, from 10 to 17.
this new modification, in order to encourage the introduction of new
technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.
- Website and presence
basic on the internet - E-commerce
- Social network management
- Customer management
- Business intelligence and analytics
- Process management
- Billing management and electronic invoicing
- Virtual office services and tools
- Secure communications
- Cybersecurity
- Advanced internet presence
- Marketplace
- Managed Cybersecurity Service
- Customer management with associated AI
- Business Intelligence and associated analytics and AI
- Process management with associated AI
- Safe workplace
The application for the aid with the new amount for the
segment III companies will be able to do so once the form has been opened.
application form in the month of June.
It is expected that the application for medium-sized companies (segments
IV and V) may be carried out once the corresponding call has been published, and
The application form will be opened at a later date. It is foreseen that this will be in the
last quarter of the year 2024.
