Subsidies to digitise your business
On 15 July 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade opened a call for applications under the Operational Programme Technology and Applications for Competitiveness called Digital Enterprise - Digital Enterprise - Call I.
Applications for support will be accepted until 31 March 2025. The call is open to small and medium-sized enterprises. Total funds for allocation are CZK 1 billion. The main supported activities include:
- digital transformation of an enterprise
- logistics and warehouse technologies and other non-production technologies intra-company connectivity (including sensor networks)
- cybersecurity
- creating a digital twin
- BIM and CDE systems
- selected IT training courses.
The project must meet at least one of the following conditions for an initial investment:
- a fundamental change in the overall production process
- setting up a new establishment
- expansion of the capacity of the existing
- establishment
- expansion of the production range.
Support can be obtained for expenses incurred for tangible and intangible fixed assets, services and other expenses. Eligible expenses are specified in Annex 3 of the call. On the other hand, expenses for the acquisition of tangible assets used for an applicant's core business are not eligible. Eligible project expenses must be at least CZK 2.5 million and not more than CZK 50 million. The aid intensity varies from 25% to 60% of eligible expenses, depending on the region in which the project is carried out and whether the applicant is a small or medium-sized enterprise.
An applicant may submit only one application for support but may carry out the project in up to ten different locations. Implementation is possible throughout the Czech Republic, excluding Prague. The project must be completed by 31 December 2026 at the latest.