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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.
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Call
Summary
The objective of this action is to enable sustainable operation and uptake of the European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) that implements the EU Member States’ initiative 1+ Million Genomes (1+MG). As endorsed by Member States’ representatives in the 1+MG Group, establishing a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) to operate and maintain the European GDI is the preferred option for the sustainability of the initiative and data infrastructure.
This action will support the preparatory work for the creation and for the operation of an EDIC, facilitate strategic orientation of the 1+MG initiative and support expert work to enable the uptake of genomics for healthcare and public health purposes, as well as the data aspects of the 1+MG Framework.
Detailed Call Description
The action will support Member States’ work enabling the creation and operation of an EDIC on genomics in line with the Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030. The action will also support the alignment of the future EDIC with the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
Τhe action is expected to:
- support workshops, working groups, meetings with private and public stakeholders, necessary for creating the EDIC for the 1+MG initiative and supporting its implementation roadmap,
- make analysis and proposals on the necessary legal and ethical enablers and arrangements specific to this EDIC,
- identify and analyse gaps, challenges and unmet needs, and propose the respective actions for the EDIC feeding into the EDIC sustainability roadmap including legal, ethical, organisational and economic aspects, and covering implementation for research, healthcare and public health purposes,
- explore the implications of the EHDS Regulation and operationalise the EDIC’s participation in the HealthData@EU infrastructure,
- establish the evidence base for the health impact and economic implications of genomics (costs/benefits) to inform the relevant health economic models and health policy decisions,
- explore models for public-private partnerships for genomics in healthcare,
- maintain and promote the use of the Maturity Level Model (MLM) developed by the “Beyond 1 Million Genomes” (B1MG) project to ensure coordinated alignment across healthcare systems towards implementation and equity in access to genomics medicine,
- design actions to promote the literacy level and education of citizens, health professionals and policy makers on genomic medicine across Europe,
- establish frameworks that are necessary to ensure that the data made available to users via 1+MG meet the agreed data standards and data quality requirements, including specific roles for the EDIC.
This action should build on / align with the outcomes of the B1MG and GDI projects and goals of the Genome of Europe project, while clearly defining its distinct scope and deliverables. In particular, the data infrastructure developed and deployed by the GDI project and the respective data governance will form the cornerstone of the future EDIC.
The action should also take into account and leverage the synergies with the future European Health Data Space and the respective preparatory projects (e.g. TEHDAS, HealthData@EU pilot).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Maximum grant amount per project: €2.000.000
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
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)
Targeted stakeholders: Public and private entities such as (but not limited to): public administrations (national, regional, and local level), hospitals, research institutes, biobanks, research agencies, research infrastructures.
Consortium composition – Proposals must be submitted by:
minimum 3 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries OR minimum 1 European digital infrastructure consortium (EDIC) composed of at least 3 Member States.
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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