Newsletter - State aid and investment: Electronic services

New call for the support of projects of electronic services of municipalities – "E-cities"

Date of declaration and expiration of the call

18. apríl 2013 - 18. júl 2013

Specification of the call

• Operational Programme: Informatisation of the society
• Priority Axis: 1: Public administration electronisation and development of electronic services
  Operational aim: 1.2: Public administration electronisation and development of electronic services on the local and regional level
• Code of the call: OPIS-2013/1.2/05

Form of aid

Non-returnable grant

Source of financing

EU funds (85 %) and state budget (15 %)

Eligibility of the project site (region)

All Slovakia excluding the Bratislava region.  

Eligibility of the applicant

- municipalities, with the exception of the Bratislava region municipalities, with the population exceeding 20,000 in 2011.

Eligible activities within the projects

Eligible are activities related to the development of information systems within the public administration aimed at the use of electronic services listed in the call. Those activities can cover electronic services in e.g. tax administration, organisation of elections, environmental protection, general public administration etc.  

The activities can cover:  

• purchase and installation of HW and SW,
• operation and administration of information systems and IT related to the introduction of electronic services,
• development, integration and adjustments of IT systems;
• complex project documentation related to construction works.

The maximum sum of the grant per one application is EUR 4.500.000.

The minimum sum of the grant per one application is EUR 10.000.

Each eligible applicant can submit only one application.

The financial aid is provided in the form of non-refundable grants as pre-financing, refundation or their combination. The maximum intensity is 95% of the total eligible costs of the project.

Indicative allocation:

EUR 50 million