THE ON-OFF CRITERIA is being examined by the committee which started the evaluation of the two NSRF programmes for SMEs, according to information from AFS. This is about which applications will proceed to the second phase based on whether they have filled in the application form correctly.

In previous actions 25% had been "cut off" due to incomplete completion of data.

According to the same information, based on the good scenario, the evaluations for the actions "Support for the Establishment and Operation of New Small and Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises" and "Support for the Establishment and Operation of New Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" of the "Competitiveness" NSRF 2021 - 2027 programme will be completed in October. The number of applications reached 9,823 and the Ministry of National Economy and Finance's big bet is to quickly evaluate the proposals. The response from businesses is encouraging, but the number of applications cannot be ruled out to bring delays.