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Summary
PENCP customs partners wish to deploy a real-time, non-invasive screening method that operates without hindering traveller flows at the border, while accurately detecting and identifying such drugs as heroin, cocaine and MDMA smuggled on the body.
The Innovation Grant aims to expand or adapt the application of technologies to detect and identify designated drugs technologies which were primarily designed for non-Customs purposes (including security applications) for deployment in a customs environment.
Detailed Call Description
The Selected Supplier will use their existing technology/product as the basis, and extend its capabilities (additions to reference library, fine-tuning of sensors or algorithms, etc.) to match customs requirements. At the end of the project, PEN-CP customs partners will assess the performance level of the enhanced technology/product – and the results can potentially help shape the future direction of further developments (this would be outside PEN-CP context, as the current project finishes 31.1.2025).
The focus of this Innovation Grant is not on developing new sensors or instruments, but on broadening the application scope of existing technologies. These technologies may already be in use, or may be being designed or developed, for a range of security applications, including the detection of explosives.
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Thematic Categories
- Other Services
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Trade and Commerce
Eligibility for Participation
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The call is targeted for companies and research organisations (as ´legal persons´), which have a well-recognised ID such as a national registration number, a VAT number, etc.
Proposals from individual persons or consortia are not eligible and will not be considered in the evaluation.
Proposals from applicants with prior involvement in customs innovation projects are encouraged.
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Contact person for all queries:
Valentina Scioneri
PEN-CP Administrator, Cross-border Research Association (CBRA)
Email: valentina@cross-border.org
Τelephone & WhatsApp: +39 334 159 8179