The first (1st) Decision Approving Evaluation Results in the context of the ‘Strengthening the Establishment and Operation of New SMEs’ Action has been published, which concerns applications submitted to the Transition Regions (Attica and South Aegean). According to the Decision, of the 1072 applications submitted to the Transition Regions, with a requested grant budget of €171,497,647.60 and a requested public expenditure of €86,901,426.12, four hundred ninety-seven (497) applications for funding have been approved, with a total funded budget of €82,545,123.72 and public expenditure in the amount of €41,851,263.97.

The Extroversion of SMEs Action of the ‘Competitiveness’ Programme was pre-published, which encourages investment plans aimed at utilising and developing modern technologies, upgrading the products produced and/or the services provided, and their activities in general, with the aim of improving the competitiveness and openness of enterprises, their integration into international value chains, and strengthening the international presence of their products through their participation in trade fairs organised outside the Greek territory, in the EU and third countries.