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Planned: grants for new micro, small and medium businesses in Central Greece

ESPA 2021-2027 · Regional Programme ‘Sterea Ellada 2021-2027’ (Priority 01, RSO1.3, ERDF)

ΕΥΔ Προγράμματος «Στερεά Ελλάδα» – Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας (Managing Authority of the Sterea Ellada Programme – Region of Central Greece)

In plain words

Central Greece is preparing a €10 million call for business plans of new micro, small and medium businesses in smart-specialisation (RIS3) sectors. Expected in the second half of 2026; amounts, rates and rules are not yet announced.

Who can apply

New micro, small and medium businesses in national smart-specialisation (RIS3) sectors in Central Greece. How ‘new’ a business must be will be set in the call.

What it pays for

Business plans of new businesses; eligible costs and the grant rate will be set in the call.

What must be true for you

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  • A new micro, small or medium business (whether firms still being set up qualify will be clarified).
  • Activity in a RIS3 sector (e.g. agri-food, tourism-culture, materials-construction, energy, digital technologies).
  • Investment in Central Greece.
  • Other rules (amounts, own contribution, activity codes) have not been announced.

How to apply

  1. Watch the ‘Pre-publication’ and ‘Calls’ sections at stereaellada.gr.
  2. Prepare a business plan and an indicative budget.
  3. Do not start spending before the call is out — costs usually count only after you apply.
  4. When it opens, apply on the platform named in the call (for ‘Epicheiro Sterea’ it was OPSKE, app.opske.gr).

Where to apply: Δεν έχει ανακοινωθεί (η αντίστοιχη δράση «Επιχειρώ Στερεά» υποβάλλεται στο ΟΠΣΚΕ, app.opske.gr)

Deadline

Scheduled for the second half of 2026 (call programming decision of 07/09/2026). No pre-publication or call as of 17/10/2026.

Sources we read

Research notes: Basis: approval of the call programming for H2 2026, prot. 1900/07-09-2026 (ΑΔΑ 9ΗΧΑ7ΛΗ-ΤΨ8): ‘Ενίσχυση επιχειρηματικών σχεδίων μικρών, πολύ μικρών και μεσαίων, νέων επιχειρήσεων’, Priority 01 / RSO1.3, beneficiaries new enterprises in ΕΣΕΕ (RIS3) sectors, €10,000,000, period ‘Β΄ εξάμηνο 2026’. The programming files on stereaellada.gr are ZIP archives that could not be opened, so the decision was read via Diavgeia. Sectors mapped from the national RIS3 list; ‘startup’ size added because the call targets new firms (definition of ‘new’ unknown).

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