Restaurants and Hotels Incentive

What are the incentives provided?

Non-repayable grants of up to 70% of eligible expenses.

Total financial allocation of 1 million euros.

Characteristics of the incentives:

● In the case of Micro and Small Enterprises, the incentive is granted in the amount of 70% of the total expenses deemed eligible for the implementation of the project, up to a maximum amount of €7,000 for each beneficiary company. .

● In the case of Medium Enterprises (pursuant to Annex I to EU Regulation no. 651/2014 of the European Commission) the incentive is granted in the amount of 50% of the total expenses deemed eligible, up to a maximum amount of €5,000 for each beneficiary company.

Only projects whose total eligible cost is at least €3,000 are eligible for funding.

Deadline

Deadlines for submitting applications

Applications can be submitted from 10:00 on 7 July 2025 to 12:00 on 14 July 2025.

Eligible interventions

Description of Eligible Interventions and Expenses

Projects that include the purchase of design and/or consultancy services, training, as well as other goods, instrumental services and software aimed at the implementation and adoption of one or more of the 4.0 digital technologies listed in the following LIST are eligible for funding:

● advanced and collaborative robotics

● human-machine interface

● additive manufacturing and 3D printing

● rapid prototyping

● internet of things and machines

● cloud, High Performance Computing - HPC, fog and quantum computing

● cyber security and business continuity solutions (e.g. CEI – cyber exposure index, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing etc)

● big data and analytics

● artificial intelligence (Machine learning, Deep Learning, NLP, LLM, AI Agents, data 2 mining…)

● technological solutions for immersive, interactive and participatory navigation (augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D reconstructions

● simulation and cyber physical systems

● digital technological solutions for the supply chain optimisation

● technological solutions for the management and coordination of business processes with high activity integration characteristics (e.g. ERP, MES, PLM, SCM, CRM, including tracking technologies, e.g. RFID, barcode, etc).

Expenses, net of VAT, documented with an invoice, are eligible only if actually incurred starting from the date of submission of the application and no later than the deadline for submission of the final reporting, set at 6 months from the publication of the grant provision.

1. Interventions Eligible:

Fundable interventions concern the implementation of innovative digital technologies, including:

Immersive and interactive navigation: use of augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D reconstructions.

Simulation and cyber-physical systems: integration of physical and digital systems to improve business processes.

Supply chain optimization: technological solutions to improve supply chain management.

Business process management: implementation of ERP, MES, PLM, SCM and CRM systems, including tracking tools such as RFID and barcodes.

2. Eligible expenses:

The expenses covered by the financing include:

Consultancy services: analysis of the digital maturity of the company and design of interventions for the implementation of digital technologies.

Training: courses for the owner and legal representatives of the company, focused on the digital technologies envisaged by the call.

Instrumental goods and services: purchase of software and licenses, cloud computing services, and other tools necessary for the implementation of technologies, up to a maximum of 50% of the total eligible expenses.

3. NON-Eligible Expenses:

The following expenses are not covered by the financing:

Purchase of goods for ordinary management: such as PCs, ordinary printers and smartphones.

Expenses incurred before the submission of the application or after the project closing date.

Services already financed by other public incentives or expenses for services with advance invoices prior to the opening of the call.

Expenses for communication, marketing, transport, food and accommodation of consultants.

General operating expenses of the company, such as tax and legal consultancy.

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