Deadline: September 12, 2025
The Digitalise your Micro Business scheme is designed to support micro-enterprises in Malta by providing non-repayable grants to part-finance investments aimed at digitalising their operations and enhancing their efficiency, productivity, and customer experience.
The focus areas of this opportunity include digital technologies and related processes within micro-enterprises, particularly investments in hardware, software, and other digital solutions that introduce new functions or improvements with respect to the existing digitalisation level in the enterprise. The scheme emphasizes investment in Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products, hardware such as laptops, docking stations, monitors, tablets, cloud computing, and installation costs including any relevant training. Applicants must comply with Community policy, demonstrate sound financial management, and respect the ‘Do No Significant Harm’ principle focusing on climate change mitigation and circular economy objectives. Eligible expenditures are limited to tangible and intangible assets used exclusively by the enterprise and must remain operational for at least three years after project completion. Additionally, investments must be procured from unrelated external sources, and applicants are required to submit comprehensive documentation including quotations, de minimis declarations, compliance certificates, and financial statements.
Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis subject to funding availability. The grant amount per undertaking is capped at €10,000, with co-financing rates of up to 50% for investments in Malta and 60% for investments in Gozo.
Implementation requires that digital investments be made within three months from the date of the Grant Agreement, with appropriate filing, inventory management, payment traceability, and project management in place. The Measures and Support Division conducts regular monitoring, including physical or online checks, to verify the progress and implementation of funded projects. Beneficiaries are required to maintain proper documentation and cooperate with any audit or control measures.
Non-eligible expenditures include costs related to repair and maintenance, VAT and taxes, ineligible types of training costs, used or refurbished equipment, mobile phones, network cabling, and activities that have previously been funded under similar digitalisation schemes. Public entities and organisations engaged in illicit activities or gambling are excluded from participation.
Durability requirements mandate that assets remain in good working order and associated with the enterprise throughout the durability period, with obligations for replacement if damaged and for maintaining adequate project publicity. Beneficiaries must ensure compliance with fiscal and social security obligations and that investments foster a positive environment for micro businesses to flourish through effective digital transformation.
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