IDEPA opens the 2022 call for applications for the DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SUPPORT PROGRAM

IMPULSO is pleased to inform you that the Institute for Economic Development of the Principality of Asturias (IDEPA) has opened the 2022 call for applications for the DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, aimed at supporting investment projects that implement and develop solutions in the field of Industry 4.0, with the goal of achieving a improvement in competitiveness, to be carried out within the territory of the Principality of Asturias.

This call for applications has a budget allocation of €1,250,000, which could exceptionally be increased by a further €1,250,000.

Below, we summarize the main characteristics of these grants:

BENEFICIARIES

SMEs and sole proprietors, in both cases with more than 3 employees, from the following sectors:

• Industrial.
• Industrial services for businesses (engineering, design, technical assistance, logistics, etc.).
• Construction (heading 50 of the Business Tax (IAE), relating to the execution of works).

Exceptionally, non-SMEs with a number of employees between 3 and 50 will also be included as beneficiaries.

Expressly excluded: communities of property and civil partnerships, as well as associations and foundations, among others.

TYPES OF PROJECT

Investment projects of an innovative nature, which involve the implementation of improvement solutions in the areas of process (in its entirety or in any area of its value chain), product, and business model of companies, through the implementation of solutions within the Industry 4.0 environment (I4.0).

Solutions in the field of I4.0 will be considered to be those technologies that enable the hybridization of the physical and digital worlds, the communication and processing of such data, and the generation of knowledge through the processing and application of intelligence to it, in order to achieve new management applications both within and between companies.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum budget of €10,000.
• Meet the incentive effect requirement: The start of investments must take place after the application is submitted.
• Submission of a digital maturity assessment will be positively assessed.
• Incompatible with any other aid from the Principality of Asturias.
• Maintain the funded assets for 5 years in the case of assets registrable in a public registry, and for 3 years for all other inventoriable items.
• Maintain the permanent jobs required under the award resolution, at the company’s workplaces in the Principality of Asturias, until the end date of the implementation period.

ELIGIBLE EXPENSES

• Tangible assets (hardware, sensor and control instruments, etc.). Land, buildings, replacements, and/or repairs and maintenance are excluded.
• Intangible assets (software related to the implementation and development of management applications in the field of business solutions (supply chain, commercial, financial, and HR), intelligence and control solutions, and those related to collaborative platforms; as well as any other investment in intangible assets necessary for the execution of the project). These must be considered depreciable assets.
• Specialized consultancy services for the development and implementation of the solutions.
• In-house technical staff costs, for staff in contribution groups 1, 2, and 3, limited to 100 hours of dedication or 25% of consultancy costs (whichever is lower). The salaries used as a basis may not exceed the maximum subsidizable caps by professional category set out in the call for applications.

NOTE: The sum of expenses on Consultancy services and Technical staff may not exceed 40% of the sum of eligible Tangible assets and Intangible assets.

TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID

Non-repayable grant, of up to 55%.

Aid subject to the de minimis regime (the amount may never be such that, together with other aid of the same nature, it exceeds the limit of €200,000 over a three-year period).

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Applications open until 2:00 PM on September 7, 2022.

04/28/2022