The Action aims to strengthen and support the export orientation of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and concerns the support of investment projects that focus on the utilization and development of modern technologies, as well as on the upgrading of their products, services, and overall activities. The purpose of the Action is to improve the competitiveness and extroversion of enterprises, facilitate their integration into international value chains, and enhance the international presence of their products — including through their participation in trade fairs organized outside Greek territory, within the European Union and in third countries.
Online Submission Start Date: Thursday, 17.07.2025 at 13:00
Online submission end date: Tuesday, 11.11.2025 at 15:00
Βudget for investment plans: Minimum investment project budget: €80,000
The total subsidized budget of the investment project may not exceed twice the highest turnover achieved in one of the three most recent (or fewer, if the enterprise has not completed three) closed fiscal years preceding the submission of the funding application, with a maximum grant amount of €200,000.
Action Budget: 200.000.000€
The Action is co-funded by the EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and with the participation of the Hellenic Republic. For reasons of greater complementarity, funding is provided through the use of Joint Support (Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060) for the financing of interventions that fall within the scope of ESF+
- €44.000.000 for transition regions: Attica and South Aegean
- €156.000.000 for less developed regions: North Aegean, Eastern Macedonia – Thrace, Central Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Greece, Crete, Western Macedonia, Ionian Islands, Central Greece, Peloponnese.
Subsidy rate
The percentage of the funding applications are uniform for all eligible expenses of the investment projects and range from 40% to 50% of the subsidized budget of each funding application, depending on the category of the Region in which it is implemented.
Beneficiaries
Existing Small, Very Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises which, prior to the date of electronic submission of the funding application:
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Have at least one (1) full (i.e., continuous twelve-month operation) closed fiscal year.
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Are substantially active (Main Activity Code or Activity Code with the highest revenue) on the date of electronic submission of the funding application in at least one (1) eligible activity code.
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Possess the eligible investment activity code(s) listed in Annex II.
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Employ at least one (1) EME of dependent employment during the calendar year preceding the submission of the funding application. This will be verified based on the declared data maintained for the enterprise in the ERGANI information system.
Upon submission of the funding application, it must be demonstrated that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Private Participation in the proposed budget is secured through own funds.
Important! It is mandatory for the supported enterprise to achieve an increase in exports [(compared to its export value in the base year — fiscal year 2024)] amounting to at least 70% of the public expenditure upon completion. This target must be achieved no later than three years after the completion of the project.
Application submission procedure
The funding application must be submitted online via the Integrated State Aid Management Information System. Applications for funding submitted to the iSAMIS with unfilled mandatory fields will not be accepted.
Contact – Information
Public Information Office: 8 Dragatsaniou Street, Klafthmonos Square, Athens.
Operating hours Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00
By phone: on 801 11 36 300 from landlines with a local charge from 09:00 to 16:30
Εmail: infoepan@mou.gr
Websites: www.antagonistikotita.gr www.espa.gr
Information points for EFEPAE (Intermediary Body of Operational Programmes for Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship) & their regions units: www.efepae.gr
