SME.DIGITAL

The KMU.DIGITAL digitalization campaign is a cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW) and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ), funded by the European Union. It supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Austria in designing and implementing digitalization projects and bringing them to market. The aim is to increase their competitiveness and provide important impetus for growth and employment in Austria as a business location.

 

In the consulting module, KMU.DIGITAL promotes individual consulting for Austrian SMEs by certified consultants on the four topics of business models and processes (including resource optimization), e-commerce and online marketing, IT and cybersecurity and digital administration. Funded status and potential analyses and strategy consultations are available for this purpose. The total funding for a combination of several consulting tools amounts to a maximum of EUR 3,000 per company.

 

The focus is on areas in which digitalization can make a particular contribution to sustainable business. In particular, these are energy efficiency, procurement & supply chain and circular economy & resource conservation. For example, smart systems such as sensors, monitoring and data analysis can contribute to increased energy efficiency or digital logistics systems can lead to an improvement in the supply chain and thus increased resilience. Digital twins in production or the use of building information modeling (BIM) can lead to massive resource savings in the construction industry.

 

Applications can be submitted again from May 2024. The programme will be extended until 2026 with the new KMU.DIGITAL & GREEN funding line to promote the ecological transformation of SMEs through digitalization.

 

More information can be found here.