The Acelera SMEs plan takes off with a resource platform to help SMEs and the self-employed

The Third Vice President of the Government and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, has announced economic support measures with the objective of helping the self-employed and SMEs to reduce the impact of Covid-19

The announced measures have been implemented through Red.es, on the Acelera Pyme portal, you can find the different financing instruments.This program is public and open to agents in the private sector and the administration, as well as the private sector who aim to propose tools and solutions to the self-employed and SMEs, “two of the groups that have been hit the hardest by this pandemic.” On the portal you will find the different funding instruments available to take off with autonomous projects and SMEs, and specifically, the scanning of the same. The plan proposes technological solutions aimed at moving forward with digital transformation processes, maintaining the activity, advice for SMEs and the self-employed, advice for dealing with teleworking, distance learning, and financial support. The website has provided a list of collaborators who are part of the initiative so that people interested in the plan can contact them directly.Funding for digitization projects:- Red.es aims to support companies that base their business on the digital content and data economy (social networks, video games, digital animation, among others) .The call offers an amount of 10 million euros to finance the projects.- Red.es has as objective to support innovation and development of SMEs will launch a call for the development of new enabling technologies and solutions in artificial intelligence.The call offers an amount of 35 million euros to finance the projects.- Red.es has as purpose: to consolidate the ecosystem of innovative startups For the growth of new initiatives Female entrepreneurs. The call offers an amount of 15 million euros to finance projects.