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.
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Call
Summary
This action will develop and deploy the Competence Centre for 3D, as a rich and focused reference place for 3D, XR, AI, virtual worlds and other advanced technologies for the digital transformation of CHIs. It will aim at supporting Cultural Heritage Institutions to benefit from the opportunities brought by such technologies, and sharing best practices on technical, legal and online publishing requirements, in particular standardisation of data in cooperation with the sector.
Detailed Call Description
The objective is to provide strong foundations in the form of knowledge, standards, best practices, skills, methodologies and open tools to accelerate the digital transformation of CHIs, as well as the fair reuse of their content in other domains, such as tourism or education. The Competence Centre for 3D will offer virtual services.
In this endeavour, the Competence Centre for 3D will seek synergies with existing strategies and projects, including:
- The common European data space for cultural heritage
- The Competence centre for the conservation of cultural heritage
And when relevant with any other relevant initiative about 3D, virtual worlds and advanced technologies aiming to the digital transformation of CHIs.
As a secondary objective, this Competence Centre will also reach out to Ukrainian CHIs to help them sustaining ongoing digital preservation and prepare to recover and rebuild after the war. It will also provide the necessary support, training and expertise sharing to allow one or more Ukrainian aggregators to ultimately join the common European data space for cultural heritage.
The action is expected to:
- Contribute to the creation, development, promotion of benefits and adoption of standards in the field, including semantic interoperability, in coordination with the common European data space for cultural heritage.
- Bring together multidisciplinary expertise, support workshops, working groups, events and meetings with relevant private and public stakeholders in the EU (plus Ukraine); act as a champion for the reuse and digital preservation of European cultural heritage at risk.
- Promote the digital transformation of CHIs and the use of advanced technologies in accordance with the topic’s objectives.
- Establish links with national authorities in EU member states (plus Ukraine), CHIs and experts to help the creation of national 3D competence centres and enable and promote the availability of the whole knowledge base.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
50%
Maximum grant amount per project: €3.000.000
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- 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)
Targeted stakeholders: Public and private cultural heritage institutions such as museums, galleries, archives or libraries. Also, other public and private organisations from technology providers, academic partners, and sectors with potential reuse of 3D and virtual worlds content, such as education or tourism.
Consortium composition – Proposals must be submitted by:
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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