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
Working together through a network – will contribute to achieving the objectives of this regulation and to foster the Cybersecurity Competence Community in each Member State, contributing to acquire the necessary capacity. National Coordination Centres (NCC) will support cybersecurity capacity building at national and, where relevant, regional and local levels. They shall aim at fostering cross-border cooperation and at the preparation of joint actions as defined in the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and Network regulation.
Detailed Call Description
The National Coordination Centre should carry out the following tasks:
- acting as contact points at the national level for the Cybersecurity Competence Community to support the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre in achieving its objectives and missions, in particular in coordinating the Cybersecurity Competence Community through the coordination of its national members;
- providing expertise and actively contributing to the strategic tasks of the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, taking into account relevant national and regional challenges for cybersecurity in different sectors;
- promoting, encouraging and facilitating the participation of civil society, industry in particular start-ups and SMEs, academic and research communities and other actors at Member State level in cross-border projects and cybersecurity actions funded through all relevant Union programmes;
- providing technical assistance to stakeholders by supporting the stakeholders in their application phase for projects managed by the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, and in full compliance with the rules of sound financial management, especially on conflict of interests.
- seeking to establish synergies with relevant activities at national, regional and local levels, such as addressing cybersecurity in national policies on research, development and innovation in the area of, and in particular in those policies stated in the national cybersecurity strategies;
- Where relevant, implementing specific actions for which grants have been awarded by the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, including through provision of financial support to third parties in line with article 204 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 under the conditions specified in the grant agreements concerned; such support should in particular aim at strengthening the uptake and dissemination of state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions (notably by SMEs);
- promoting and disseminating the relevant outcomes of the work of the Network, the Cybersecurity Competence Community and Competence Centre at national, regional or local level;
- assessing requests for becoming part of the Cybersecurity Competence Community by entities established in the same Member State as the National Coordination Centre;
- advocating and promoting involvement by relevant entities in the activities arising from the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, the Network of National Coordination Centres, and the Cybersecurity Competence Community, and monitoring, as appropriate, the level of engagement with actions awarded for cybersecurity research, developments and deployments.
The Commission considers an EU contribution of up to about €1 million appropriate for the capacity building and the functioning of the National Coordination Centres over 2 years. The Commission further considers that as part of the same proposal, applicants may request another EUR 1 million to be provided in the form of financial support to third parties, with the aim of supporting the uptake and dissemination of state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions (notably by SMEs).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Project budget (maximum grant amount): between €1 million and €2 million per project
The grant will be a budget-based mixed actual cost grant (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs).
After grant signature, you will normally receive a prefinancing to start working onthe project (float of normally 80% of the maximum grant amount; exceptionally less or no prefinancing). The prefinancing will be paid 30 days from entry into force/10 days before starting date/financial guarantee (if required) – whichever is the latest.
Financial support to third parties.
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- 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)
- EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) for all topics
Participation of:
- civil society
- industry: start-ups and SMEs
- academic
- research communities
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Eleana Gabriel
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Telephone: +357 22 691918
Email: egabriel@dmrid.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 27/09/2022-for internal use only)
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