{"id":25956,"date":"2020-12-09T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=25956"},"modified":"2020-12-09T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:32:29","slug":"356-smes-received-vouchers-ict-services-25-projects-receive-funding-national-innovation-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/356-smes-received-vouchers-ict-services-25-projects-receive-funding-national-innovation-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"356 SMEs Received Vouchers for ICT Services, 25 Projects to Receive Funding from the National Innovation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7903 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small.jpg\" alt=\"EU-Additional-Funding\" width=\"371\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_334043420small-112x75.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>Three hundred sixty-five vouchers with a total value of BGN 6,105,000 have already been distributed under the procedure &#8220;Voucher scheme for providing of Information and Communication Technology Services&#8221;. The indicative programme provides two types of vouchers &#8211; BGN 5,000 for website or application development and BGN 20,000 for digital marketing, process optimization, cyber- and information security, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procedure is managed by the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA), and the goal is to reach a total of 450 enterprises with a budget of over BGN 9 million. The funds are under the Operational Programme &#8220;Innovation and Competitiveness&#8221;. They are directed to the digitalization of Bulgarian enterprises, access to digital know-how and technology, integration of new business models based on technological solutions, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BSMEPA will also support 25 project proposals with nearly BGN 7 million from the 11th competitive session of the National Innovation Fund.\u00a0 Through the funding, companies will be able to develop an innovative product or service or improve already existing ones to support the further development of the companies, including in times of economic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The approved projects fall within the thematic areas of the Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization \/ ISIS\/: &#8220;Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies&#8221;, &#8220;Mechatronics and Clean Technologies&#8221;, &#8220;Healthy Living and Biotechnology&#8221; and &#8220;New Technologies in Creative and Recreational Industries&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development of over 500 projects was funded in the previous ten calls with over BGN 90 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three hundred sixty-five vouchers with a total value of BGN 6,105,000 have already been distributed under the procedure &#8220;Voucher scheme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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