Last June, the Spanish government opened the procedure to request the Consulting Kit and receive between 12,000 and 24,000 euros – depending on the number of employees – in digital consulting for small and medium-sized businesses and Around 8,500 out of 15,000 SMEs meeting the requirements have already requested it to request it – such as having invoiced at least 100,000 euros in the previous year or having an average income above this threshold over the last three years, among others – which represents 56% of the total and would mean a disbursement of 117 million if finally concedes.
The Kit Consulting program aims to objective of promoting digitalization between companies which have between 10 and 250 employees. In addition, it is promoted by Red.es, the entity responsible for encouraging digital development in Spain, and is endowed with 300 million euros, financed by Next Generation funds.
The assistance of the Consulting Kit will attempt to assist small and medium-sized businesses with digital advice, which must be used to contract one or more consulting services that make up the Program and which will allow SMEs to obtain final approval, have a planning that allows them to move forward in digitalization of your business and continue your growth in terms of digital transformation.
According to workers
The amount of aid will depend on the workers available to small and medium-sized businesses.which are distributed between those with between 10 and less than 50 employees, for whom they will allocate up to 12,000 euros; those with between 50 and less than 100 workers, who can benefit from an allowance of up to 18,000 euros; and finally, there are those with between 100 and 250 workers, for whom up to 24,000 euros will be allocated for digital consulting. It should be noted that when granting aid, workers who have worked for the company during the 12 months preceding the request will be taken into account.
Once it is verified that the candidate SMEs meet the requirements and finally the bonus is granted, Aid will be sent directly to small and medium-sized businesses in order of arrival. After this procedure, you will need to consult a catalog made up of a total of 10 services, and select one or more advisors with whom to carry out the services most suited to the technological needs of your company.
Among the help offeredthe Artificial Intelligence (AI) consulting service includes, data analysis (basic and advanced), digital sales, business or production processes, business strategy and performance, cybersecurity (basic , advanced and preparation for certification) and also includes a “360” digital transformation consulting service.
At any time, Companies will be guided by a digital advisor, among the 2,000 who can be chosen, to help them with the digital service they decide to choose.
By autonomous communities
By Autonomous Communities, Catalonia recorded a total of 1,650 applications out of the totalsuch as the Valencian Community, where more than a thousand SMEs have requested the aid promoted by Red.es. In Castile-La Mancha and Asturias, more than 200 small and medium-sized businesses have already formalized the request for Consulting Kit, while in Extremadura and Navarra more than a hundred have completed the request for digital consulting.
It should be noted that The deadline to apply for the program ends December 31, 2024. and, the deadline for formalizing agreements is, at most, three months, with a deadline set for May 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
Once the agreement is signed and validated between the SME which will benefit from the service and the chosen digital advisor, the latter has 3 months to provide the servicewhich will begin to count from the date of validation of the agreement.
