evidoria

← Back to browse

Good practice Imported

Digital Tools for SMEs (Phase B) — Greece's National Digital-Voucher Scheme for MSMEs

Greece · Athens · See the Greece profile · See the Athens profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 83% 57/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Greece's 'Digital Tools for SMEs B' matched 64,300 small firms and sole traders with €630–1,600 digital vouchers, expanding its Recovery-Fund budget from €42m to €46m after demand exceeded the original allocation.

64300
Approved businesses
630–1,600 €
Voucher value range
42 € million
Original budget allocation
46 € million
Expanded total budget

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Ministry of Digital Governance & Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)
Period
2024–2026
Region (NUTS)
EL30
Keywords
SME digitalisation, e-commerce vouchers, government grants, recovery fund

Context

Digital Tools for SMEs (Phase B) is the second cycle of Greece's national voucher scheme for small and medium enterprises, sole proprietorships, notaries and judicial trustees, financed through the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility under the 'Digital Transformation of SMEs' action.

Objectives

Firms apply through a dedicated online platform and, once approved, redeem a voucher directly against listed suppliers of digital hardware, software and services, including workforce-management, sales and customer-support applications, tablets, laptops, desktop computers and teleconferencing systems.

Activities

The Ministry of Digital Governance and the Ministry of National Economy and Finance jointly published the provisional beneficiary list in March 2025, confirming 64,300 approved businesses with vouchers worth €630 to €1,600 depending on beneficiary category.

Results

Demand outstripped the original €42 million allocation, prompting ministers to add €4 million, bringing the cycle's total budget to €46 million; the published figures measure disbursement and reach rather than downstream productivity or revenue effects on participating firms, and no independent evaluation of the scheme's effect on digital adoption, sales or survival rates was located.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Digital Governance (Greece) (programme owner), Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece) (co-funder)

Conditions for success

  • Redemption directly against a list of approved suppliers of digital hardware, software and services, simplifying take-up
  • Government topped up the budget by €4 million when demand outstripped the original €42 million allocation
  • Financing tied to the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

Common failure modes

  • Funding is time-bound to the RRF cycle, which closes around 2026, and continuation beyond that is not yet confirmed

Commonly funded by

Recovery and Resilience Facility (national plans) National / regional programmes

Indicative funding routes for practices of this type — always check each programme's current calls and eligibility rules.

Do you run this practice? Claim it — verified implementers get a public contact pathway and can propose corrections.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

Similar practices you may find useful