Indicative budget of the instrument:

BGN 90.0 М (EUR 46 M)

Implementation mechanism

The financial instrument is intended to be implemented in the form of First loss portfolio guarantee, which secures partial credit risk coverage on the financing provided by the financial intermediaries to eligible final recipients.  

Goals of the instrument:

To provide investment/working capital financing and/or financial leasing at preferential terms for the purpose of:

• Stimulating enterprises to undertake investments for the implementation or creation and development of projects for digital technologies and solutions in the field of Industry 4.0, for optimization and automation of existing processes.
• Improving the process efficiency in enterprises through the use of the latest and often interconnected digital technologies, which are targeted at the last four levels of digitalization, in which the technologies required for Industry 4.0 are being developed for rapid digital transformations in design, production, operation, service of production systems and products, etc.
• Increasing the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises through the implementation of new and technological developments, such as: the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the production process, artificial intelligence, digital systems for monitoring and control of physical processes and systems, industrial robotics, network communications, collection and processing of large data sets, cloud computing, etc.

Source of the public funds:

Program "Competitiveness and Innovation in Enterprises" (CIE) 2021-2027, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the state budget.

Current stage of the instrument:

Structuring and preparation of tender pack