Vavčerji za digitalizacijo — Slovenia's SME Digitalisation Voucher System

Slovenia's Vavčerji za digitalizacijo (Digitalisation Vouchers) are one of around 15 small-value voucher instruments run by the Slovenian Enterprise Fund (SPS) between 2019 and 2023, alongside the national Digital Innovation Hub (DIH Slovenia) network. Four voucher tracks — digital-competence development, digital marketing, digital-strategy preparation and cybersecurity — each covered up to 60% of eligible costs, up to EUR 9,999.99 per micro, small or medium enterprise, with funds released within about a month of approval.
Across the four tracks SPS reports 759 successfully completed SME projects: 231 in digital competences, 425 in digital marketing, 91 in digital-strategy preparation and 12 in cybersecurity, against a combined budget of roughly EUR 11 million. Allocation was deliberately weighted toward Slovenia's less-developed Eastern cohesion region (63% of funds) versus the Western region (37%), an explicit equity mechanism rather than a first-come-first-served design.
As with comparable voucher schemes, the public reporting available covers project completion and disbursement rather than a rigorous assessment of resulting revenue, productivity or digital-maturity gains at the firm level; SPS itself has noted that an earlier iteration of the voucher model 'did not bring satisfactory results' before the redesigned, faster-turnaround version launched in 2019.

Read the full analysis: https://www.podjetniskisklad.si/en/sef-role/specific-incentives/vouchers/