Third call for applications under the Kit Digital aid program

The announcement of the third call for applications for Kit Digital aid has now been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). This call is aimed at self-employed workers with fewer than three employees and opens on October 20. The maximum aid available to these self-employed workers will be €2,000.

The rules of the call include a limitation that was already known. Self-employed persons classified as corporate self-employed workers (autónomos societarios) or collaborating self-employed workers (autónomos colaboradores) will not be eligible for this aid.
Applicants must also meet the other requirements for applying for the Kit Digital, such as not being classified as an undertaking in difficulty and being up to date with their tax and Social Security obligations.
What is the Kit Digital?
The Kit Digital is a financial aid program, funded by the European Union through the Next Generation funds, with the aim of achieving the digitalization of self-employed workers and SMEs.
Who can benefit?
The Kit Digital is aimed at SMEs and self-employed workers with between 1 and 49 employees that meet the requirements established by the Government.
These businesses may receive a voucher of up to a maximum of €12,000 in aid, depending on the segment to which they belong. They must use the voucher to digitalize their businesses by choosing the Kit Digital digitalization solutions that best suit their business needs.
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• Segment I: 10 to 49 employees → €12,000
Start date: March 15, 2022 – 11:00 a.m. / End date: March 15, 2023 – 11:00 a.m.
• Segment II: 3 to 9 employees → €6,000
Start date: September 2, 2022 – 11:00 a.m. / End date: September 2, 2023 – 11:00 a.m.
• Segment III: 0 to 2 employees and self-employed workers → €2,000
Start date: October 20, 2022 – 11:00 a.m.
How to apply for Kit Digital aid
1. Register in the private area of acelerapyme.es and complete the digital self-diagnosis test, which takes no more than 10 minutes.
2. Review the available information on the Kit Digital program's digitalization solutions, choosing one or more of those listed in the catalog available at acelerapyme.es.
3. Apply for the aid through the Red.es electronic office (https://sede.red.gob.es).
Once it has been verified that the business meets the requirements, the digital voucher is granted. On acelerapyme.es, the beneficiary may consult the catalog of basic digitalization solutions offered by the Kit Digital program and the catalog of digitalization agents. The beneficiary must select one or more digitalization agents with whom to develop the digitalization solutions that best suit the needs of its business and sign the “digitalization solution provision agreements.”
The aid is awarded on a non-competitive basis and will be granted directly, on a first-come, first-served basis, once compliance with the requirements set out in the call has been verified.
What digital solutions are available?
The application period will open on October 20 at 11:00 a.m. and will remain open for one year or until the €500 million budget allocated to this segment is exhausted.
Once the aid has been granted, the service provider and the self-employed worker have a maximum of 6 months to implement it. If the aid is not used within that period, the entitlement will be lost.
The maximum amount granted per beneficiary will be €2,000—a rather limited amount for implementing certain improvements in the business—which may be used in the following categories:
• Website and basic Internet presence, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision.
• E-commerce, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision.
• Social media management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision.
• Customer management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision, including only one user.
• Business Intelligence and Analytics, up to €1,500 with 12 months of service provision, including only one user.
• Process management, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision, including only one user.
• Electronic invoicing, up to €1,000 with 12 months of service and one user.
• Virtual office services and tools, with 12 months of service provision and up to €250 per user, with a maximum of two users.
• Secure communications, with 12 months of service provision and up to €125 per user, with a maximum of two users.
• Cybersecurity, with 12 months of service provision and up to €125 per device, with a maximum of two devices.
• Advanced Internet presence, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision.
• Marketplace, up to €2,000 with 12 months of service provision.