A new version of the file of the programming of Calls for Proposals for the ‘Competitiveness’ 2021-2027 Programme was announced.

At 9 May 2023, Europe Day, the Representation of the European Commission in Greece in collaboration with the Office of the European Parliament is organizing an event in Athens, at the Athens Conservatory (13:00-18:00), titled "Europe Day 2023 — Celebrating the European Year of Skills" and invites you to attend! We are celebrating peace, unity and cooperation in Europe, as well as the European principles and values that bring us together in the European Union.

The competition for the 16th RegioStars awards of the European Commission for 2023 was launched. Each year, Regiostars rewards the best projects funded by the Cohesion Policy. Beneficiaries of all projects can submit their applications in the following six thematic categories, which are linked to the policy objectives of the 2021-2027 Programming Period:

The 1st amendment to the Call for Action ‘Cutting-edge Digital Transformation of SMEs’ of the ‘Competitiveness 2021-2027’ Programme has been published.

The FAQ files of the "Digital Transformation of  SMEs” of the ‘Competitiveness 2021-2027’ Programme have been published for the convenience of interested parties.

The  ‘Green Transition of SMEs’ Package of Actions was announced, with a budget of €700,000,000, which promotes investment projects aimed at the utilisation and development of modern technologies, the upgrading of products and/or services and their activities, by subsidising actions that utilise modern technologies, infrastructure, and best practices in energy upgrading and circular economy.

The EquiFund , the successful financial instrument of the EPAnEK (NSRF 2014-2020) for financing startups and existing businesses, is one of this year’s finalists in Showcase 2023!

The Ministry for Development and Investments announced that the new Integrated State Aid Information System (OPSKE) will be launched tomorrow, Thursday, 19 January 2023.

The State Aid Package 'Digital Transformation of SMEs’ of the Competitiveness Programme (NSRF 2021 - 2027), with a total budget of €300,000,000, aims to address Greek enterprises’ delay in adopting and incorporating modern digital technologies in their production activity and covers SMEs’ targeted needs depending on their digital and technological maturity, and their varying investment needs, as follows:

The work of the 1st Monitoring Committee of the ‘Competitiveness 2021-2027’ Programme, in the context of the NSRF 2021-2027, was concluded in a positive atmosphere on Thursday 20/10/22 at the Titania Hotel, chaired by the Special Secretary for the Management of ERDF & TC Programmes, Mr. Giorgos Zervos, and with the participation of representatives from policy bodies and staff structures in the Programme’s intervention areas, NSRF management, coordination and certification authorities, as well as the related economic and social partners and the European Commission.

The 1st Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the ‘Competitiveness 2021-2027’ Programme will take place on Thursday, 20 October 2022, with arrival time at 9:00, and opening time at 09:30, in the context of the new NSRF 2021-2027, at Hotel Titania (Panepistimiou 57, Athens).

The ‘Competitiveness 2021–2027’ Programme is planned as an integrated intervention of the NSRF 2021-2027 that will support productive, competitive and outward-looking sectors of the economy in their transition to a growth model driven by the Knowledge Economy.

The pre-publication of the Action 'Research - Innovate 2021-2027', which aims at strengthening research and innovation and is fully aligned with the national strategy in order to make innovation the focus in a sustainable and resilient recovery from the pandemic, but also to accelerate green and digital transition and ensure technological development in Greece, was announced.

The new law on the Partnerships Agreement for Regional Development (NSRF) 2021-2027 was passed on Thursday, 17 March. The law regulates issues that concern the management, control and implementation of development interventions for the 2021-2027 programming period, in accordance with the requirements of the relevant EU regulatory framework for the individual Funds.

A technical hybrid workshop on the Financial Instruments of the ‘Competitiveness 2021-2027’ Programme was successfully held on 17 March 2022 at the Titania Hotel, in the context of the NSRF 2021-2027.

The online consultation for the ‘Competitiveness’ Programme of the 2021-2027 Programming Period was successfully completed on Thursday, 25 November 2021.

In the context of the planning and consultation procedures of the new ‘Competitiveness – Entrepreneurship – Innovation 2021-2027’ Programme, the Managing Authority of EPAnEK published the Concept Paper of the Programme, which is the first summary text of its consultation. The ‘Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation’ Programme is planned as an integrated intervention of the NSRF 2021-2027 that will support productive, competitive and outward-looking sectors of the economy in their transition to a growth model driven by the Knowledge Economy.

The first meeting of the Policy Planning Committee of the new NSRF 2021-2027 was held on Friday, 6 March 2020, at the Ministry of Development and Investments, marking the start for the drafting of the new Partnership Agreement for the next Programming Period.

In the context of the national development plan for 2021-2027, the Ministry of Economy and Development issued the 1st Circular for the launch of the official dialogue on the planning of the 2021-2027 programming period in the context of the new Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework - NSRF 2021-27 and its Programmes.