Submission period:
17/7/2025-11/11/2025

Export Orientation of SMEs

Target Audience

Private enterprises

Reimbursement Rate

40%–60%

Depending on the percentage increase in exports during project implementation

Project Duration

Up to 24 months from approval

Geographical Area

All across Greece

The action encourages investment plans to leverage and develop modern technologies, upgrade existing products/services, and enhance general business operations. Its goals are to strengthen competitiveness and export orientation, integrate companies into global value chains, and broaden product reach in international markets. It further includes participation in trade fairs outside Greece (either in EU countries or in third countries).

 

Eligible Beneficiaries

Existing micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that:

 

  • Conduct their investment exclusively in one Category of Region.
  • Have at least two fully closed financial years prior to submitting the application.
  • Maintain a principal (or highest-revenue) business activity (primary VAT activity code) that is eligible under this call and involves products targeted for promotion at trade fairs.
  • Have or acquire an eligible VAT business code before the electronic application submission.
  • Already export at least 2% of their annual turnover via manufacturing or processing products (or plan to develop an export capacity within the project period).
  • Have at least 1 Employee Work Unit (EWU) in the year preceding the application.
  • Legally operate.
  • Have not started the project prior to application submission.
  • Function exclusively as companies with a corporate or commercial structure.
  • Fulfill the requirements of Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 (OJ EL L 15.12.2023) of 13 December 2023 (De Minimis) on which this call is based. No project activities should begin before the funding request is filed.

 

Eligible Expenditures

An investment plan may involve:

 

  • Production and machinery equipment.
  • Environmental protection equipment.
  • Software.
  • Consulting services.
  • Certifications.
  • Packaging–Labeling–Branding design services.
  • Participation in exhibitions.
  • Promotional, marketing, and networking costs.
  • Payroll costs for newly hired employees.
  • Indirect costs.

 

Budget Limits

The total grant-aided budget cannot exceed the company’s highest turnover in one of the three (or fewer, if the company hasn’t had three) financial years preceding the application, with a maximum grant of €200,000.

 

The minimum eligible budget per project is €80,000.

 

Evaluation Method

Applications are evaluated comparatively against all submissions within the announced timeframes.

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