Around Easter will come the first new program invitations of the young NSRF 2021 – 2027, with the first program for Competitiveness (EPANEK) and in Ministry of Development and Investment the competent services are preparing feverishly.
As officials of the Ministry of Development and Investment report to APE – MPE, the services are already working for the approvals of the new NSRF, so that no time is lost and there is no “funding gap” between the two program periods.
The law on the new NSRF is also expected to be passed by the beginning of March, and comments on all the programs are expected from Brussels.
It is noted that although our country received first among the EU member states. the “green light” from Brussels at the end of last July for the “central NSRF” and was again the first country to submit all the programs, last October, however, the final approval by the EU is expected by March, as the European Commission is in an internal control phase and several processes have been frozen.
In the meantime, the public consultation on the draft law entitled: “Management, control and implementation of development interventions for the Programming Period 2021-2027” is completed and by the end of February it will go to Parliament for a vote. The draft law is a necessary condition in order for the new programs to be activated.
The first actions for small and medium entrepreneurship
The preparations for the first actions that will be announced and which will support small and medium entrepreneurship, concern the most important and biggest pillars, ie the investments for the “green” and “digital” transition of the enterprises and fall under the “umbrella” of the program ” Competitiveness “, amounting to 3.9 billion euros, out of the total 26.18 billion euros of the new NSRF.
In addition, as officials of the ministry remind to APE – MPE, the basic philosophy is not to have many different invitations but large invitations, of a horizontal nature. In practice, this means simultaneous access to finance for companies from a number of sectors of the economy.
Indicatively, it is pointed out that in an action of upgrading fixed assets in digital or green level, retailers, tourism and other sectors will be able to join and the goal is to keep the invitations open, with a continuous increase of the budget, so that there is a continuous flow of results, inclusions and payments.
Depending on the investment, a reasonable amount of time will be given to the company to make the investment and in case the investment does not take place, it will be repaid automatically, so that the next business effort is included.
It is also considered that the invitations come out at regular intervals, so that the interested party knows in advance that e.g. The invitation that interests him will be released in September.
It is noted that the responsibility for the management of the programs remains with the Ministry of Development and Investment, except for the RDP and the Digital Policy program. So the design also concerns this area.
A process of merging staff structures is under way, two new services are being introduced to run state aid projects and a separate structure is being set up specifically for the regions, because there needs to be better coordination and the assistance that will be given to them will be multilevel.
In addition, a new unit is created for the separation of the actions of the Recovery Fund, the Special State Aid Service is strengthened in the part of the management of financial instruments and a memorandum of cooperation is prepared with the social partners, for the resources to be managed by the new NSRF and what exactly actions will implement.
At the same time, a system is being developed to avoid double funding, to have a clear strategy, what will be financed by the NSRF and what will be financed by the Recovery Fund, but there will also be synergies between the different Funds and a project maturation mechanism was established which HRDH has a basic vehicle.
That is, the HRDH will direct the projects that will be prioritized by the Government Committee of Public Procurement Strategies that need special care. These are projects of the Recovery Fund that exceed 50 million euros and projects of the NSRF that exceed 30 million euros.
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