Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Digital Europe Programme is the first EU programme that aims to accelerate the recovery and drive the digital transformation of Europe.
Worth €7.6 billion (in current prices), the Programme is a part of the next long-term EU budget, (the Multiannual Financial Framework), and it covers 2021 to 2027. It will provide funding for projects in five crucial areas: supercomputing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced digital skills, and ensuring the wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society.
The Programme is fine-tuned to fill the gap between the research of digital technologies and their deployment, and to bring the results of research to the market – for the benefit of Europe’s citizens and businesses, and in particular SMEs. Investments under the Digital Europe programme supports the Union’s twin objectives of a green transition and digital transformation and strengthens the Union’s resilience and strategic autonomy.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of this action is to enhance girls’ and women’s involvement in Information and communications technology (ICT), hence advancing on the DDPP target of employing 20 million ICT specialists in the Union by 2030 as well as on the ‘Women in Digital Declaration’ goal of equality in tech.
Detailed Call Description
The call aims at:
- Identifying the main obstacles girls and women encounter when choosing educational and professional pathways in ICT;
- Showcasing practical, effective, and feasible actions to boost their representation in the digital sector; and
- Creating a network of expertise and a community of stakeholders, so the Commission stays informed about effective best practice to encourage and support female participation in ICT across Europe.
The selected project will:
- Monitor the progress by Member States in implementing the ‘Women in Digital Declaration’ and achieving relevant Digital Decade targets. Emphasis will lie on identifying and analysing best practices and promising initiatives that positively contribute to achieving the various declaration goals.
- Establish a network of expertise and a community of stakeholders.
- Analyse the gender gap within ICT, educationally and professionally.
- Provide a set of recommendations for actions and activities to effectively combat the EU’s gender imbalance in ICT. The recommendations will be well documented, i.e., clear in terms of description; relevant and feasible in terms of content; ethical, collaborative, adaptable, measurable and sustainable in terms of implementation and impact.
The project will:
- Create an overview of national actions, i.e., a systematic and structured review of national and regional/local strategies, measures, national roadmaps as well as initiatives to implement the various objectives of the ‘Women in Digital Declaration’ in the Member States and achieve relevant Digital Decade targets. The overview will also have to include a yearly, up-to-date ‘Women in Digital Index and Scoreboard’.
- Establish a forum, ie., a platform, where the network of expertise and community of stakeholders presented above can interact and bring gender convergence to the fore.
- Generate a report, which will identify the most significant and common obstacles faced by girls and women when choosing/following a career in ICT. It will also highlight practical, effective, and feasible actions to increase the number of girls and women in the ICT sector. Furthermore, the report will present the EU in a global comparison, documenting best practices and success factors of EU and non-EU countries with high(er) numbers of girls and women in ICT education and professions.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries).
The following applicants are encouraged to apply: civil society and research organisations as well as businesses.
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Eleana Gabriel
Telephone: +357 22 691918
Email: egabriel@dmrid.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
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