The objective of this Action is to bolster Greece's production base and international competitiveness in sectors with a high external focus by bolstering selected production sectors. This is a targeted intervention which seeks (a) to bolster the domestic production base in key sectors and (b) to support and expand the export orientation of Greek businesses. By increasing local production of products for which there is high international demand and improving export performance, the Action is expected to make a positive contribution to the Greek economy. At the same time, it seeks to strengthen domestic demand for Greek products by bolstering the competitiveness of Greek products at international level.

The Action encourages investment plans aimed at utilising and developing modern technologies, upgrading the products produced and/or 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 the products produced through their participation in trade fairs organised outside Greek territory in the EU and in third countries.

The Action concerns support for SMEs with an employment capacity of 20-50 employees (Annual Labour Units – ALU) in developing and implementing plans for them to adapt to the demands of modern organisational operation and personnel skill development, with special focus on issues of green management, digital modernisation, extroversion, and supply chain management.

The Action aims to utilise research results, integrating them into national and international value chains to enable them to contribute to the competitiveness of Greece's economy, the development of the local workforce, and the improvement of national innovation indicators.

The Action concerns the strengthening of tourism entrepreneurship through the creation of new micro-, small, and medium enterprises of selected tourism ACNos.

The Action concerns support for entrepreneurship through the establishment of new micro-, small, and medium enterprises in specific Activity Code Numbers spanning all sectors of the economy, except for catering, retail, and tourism.

The main goal of the Action is to link research and innovation with entrepreneurship and improve the competitiveness, productivity and extroversion of enterprises in foreign markets, with the purpose of achieving quality innovative entrepreneurship and boosting domestic added-value.

The State Aid Package 'GREEN TRANSITION of SMEs' of the Competitiveness Programme (NSRF 2021 - 2027), with a total budget of  €700,000,000 , aims to upgrade the country's small and medium-sized enterprises.

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.

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.