Object
The purpose of this call is to promote the participation of SMEs in the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation of Pontevedra, Vigo and Vilagarcía de Arousa in the Pyme Cibersegura Programme, by making available to them the support services detailed in section 6 ‘Budget and amount of aid’ of this call.
These services are free of charge for companies and are carried out within the framework of the public administrative functions entrusted to the Chambers of Commerce in Basic Law 4/2014, to strengthen the business fabric. Specifically, the services provided by the Chamber Technology Advisors are:
Assisted Diagnosis in Cybersecure SMEs.
Follow-up of the Implementation
They will be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Chamber of Commerce of Pontevedra, Vigo and Vilagarcía de Arousa. The cost of these services will be fully pre-financed by the Chamber of Commerce and will not involve any disbursement by the beneficiary SME.
Requirements for beneficiaries
The requirements to be a beneficiary of the Programme are:
To be a small and medium-sized enterprise, according to the definition of SME set out in Annex 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 http://www.boe.es/doue/2014/187/L00001- 00078.pdf . Natural and legal persons that are validly constituted are considered to be enterprises.
Budget and amount of aid
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CYBERSECURE SME IN SMES
The budget associated with this call for proposals for support services for the implementation of cybersecure SMEs is 56,416.68 euros. These services are free of charge for companies and are carried out within the framework of the public administrative functions entrusted to the Chambers of Commerce in Basic Law 4/2014, to strengthen the business fabric. Specifically, the services provided by the Chamber Technology Advisors are:
Assisted Diagnosis in Cybersecure SMEs.
Follow-up of the Implementation
They will be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Chamber of Commerce of Pontevedra, Vigo and Vilagarcía de Arousa. The cost of these services will be fully pre-financed by the Chamber of Commerce and will not involve any disbursement by the beneficiary SME.
FINANCIAL AID FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CYBERSAFE SME IN THE SME
The budget available in this call for proposals for the implementation phase of the Cybersecure SME is 115,560 Euros, so that the total amount of ECONOMIC AID to SMEs is 69,336 Euros, with an estimated participation of 27 companies.
The maximum eligible budget per company for this phase of aid is 4,000 euros of direct cost (VAT not included), although it is not excluded that larger implementations can be addressed. In addition, the indirect costs of the companies will be financed, at a fixed rate, applying the percentage of 7% of the eligible direct costs, according to art. 54 letter a) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. Therefore, the eligible cost associated with the implementation of the action plans will be variable in each case, with a maximum of 4,280 euros per company (4,000 euros direct cost + 7% of indirect costs associated), which will be pre-financed in its entirety by the recipient company. The maximum percentage of aid to be received by each company will be 60% of the eligible cost indicated, so that the maximum amount of aid per company will be 2,568 euros, provided that the investment is justified in the terms and deadlines established.