{"id":47010,"date":"2025-08-07T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeb.org.cy\/the-digital-upgrade-plan-for-enterprises-announcement-2025-is-re-announced\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:15:06","slug":"the-digital-upgrade-plan-for-enterprises-announcement-2025-is-re-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeb.org.cy\/en\/the-digital-upgrade-plan-for-enterprises-announcement-2025-is-re-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"The Digital Upgrade Plan for Enterprises (Announcement 2025) is re-announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (OEB) expresses its satisfaction with the decision of the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry to proceed with the third consecutive call for proposals, in the framework of the <strong>Digital Upgrading Plan for Enterprises<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following an appeal by the Cyprus Association of Information Technology Enterprises (CITEA) and OEB, the deadline for submission of applications will be <strong><u>20 May 2025<sup><\/sup><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OEB welcomes the positive response of the Ministry to the request of businesses and will continue to closely monitor the implementation of the Plan, providing its Members with every possible support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Digital Business Upgrade Plan is part of the <strong>THALIA Programme 2021\u20132027<\/strong> and is co-financed by the <strong>European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)<\/strong> of the <strong>European Union<\/strong> and the <strong>Republic of Cyprus<\/strong>, in the framework of Cohesion Policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The total budget of the current call is <strong>\u20ac14 million<\/strong> and aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises for the adoption of digital technologies and e-commerce solutions. The intensity of the sponsorship reaches up to <strong>50%<\/strong> of the eligible costs (maximum amount <strong>of \u20ac50,000<\/strong>), while for companies operating in <strong>mountainous and disadvantaged areas<\/strong>, the aid rate amounts to <strong>70%<\/strong> (maximum amount <strong>of \u20ac70,000<\/strong>). <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Applications are submitted exclusively <strong>electronically<\/strong> through <strong>the Sponsorship Scheme System of the Ministry<\/strong> of Finance from <strong>20 May 2025<\/strong>, and will be evaluated in order of priority until the available budget is exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, interested parties can contact the relevant officials by phone at <strong>22867282<\/strong>, <strong>22867284<\/strong> and <strong>22867149<\/strong>, or visit the website of the Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.cy\/energeia-eborio-viomichania\/prosklisi-ypovolis-protaseon-sto-schedio-psifiakis-anavathmisis-ton-epicheiriseon-prokiryxi-2025\/\"><strong>Industry and Technology<\/strong> of the<\/a> Ministry of Energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (OEB) expresses its satisfaction with the decision of the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry to proceed with the third consecutive call for proposals, in the framework of the Digital Upgrading Plan for Enterprises. &nbsp; Following an appeal by the Cyprus Association of Information Technology Enterprises (CITEA) and OEB, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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