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.
This action will support the coordination between different National Contact Points (NCPs) for the Digital Europe Programme, the preparation and execution of actions that maximise awareness and the impact of the programme and the long-term dissemination and exploitation of results. The selected project will provide support for all specific objectives of Digital Europe Programme and contribute to the development of a specific NCPs network for Digital Europe Programme.
Proposals will contribute to the development of a specific NCPs network for Digital Europe Programme.
Proposals should facilitate trans-national co-operation amongst NCPs, encouraging cross-border activities, sharing good practices and raising the general standard of support to programme applicants. The consortium will facilitate participation of new players in the programme.
The selected proposals will provide adapted support for Digital Europe Programme communication (including info days), dissemination and exploitation activities, including, for instance, the preparation of material and organisation of events. Special attention should be given to enhancing the competence of NCPs, including helping less experienced NCPs rapidly acquire the know how built up in other countries. Where relevant, synergies should be sought with existing networks to organise matchmaking activities.
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Maximum grant amount per project: € 2 000 000
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies) established in EU Member States or listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
Targeted stakeholders
The consortium should demonstrate a good understanding of the NCPs tasks as well as the capacity to implement them in large geographical areas. The ideal applicants are the officially nominated NCPs for the Digital Europe Programme. The potential beneficiaries should ideally cover all EU Member states and associated countries to the Digital Europe Programme. From a thematic point of view, the beneficiaries should have the necessary technical competence to cover all the programme’s specific objectives.
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Eleana Gabriel
Telephone: +357 22 691918
Email: egabriel@dmrid.gov.cy