Digital Product Passport: sustainable and circular systems

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Digital Europe Programme

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01-DIGIPASS

Call

Digital Product Passport: sustainable and circular systems

Summary

The objective of the DPP is to support sustainable production, to enable the transition to circular economy, to provide new business opportunities to economic actors, to support consumers in making sustainable choices and to allow authorities to verify compliance with legal obligations.
The objective of this Coordination and Support Action, is to prepare the ground for a gradual deployment as of 2023 of digital product passport in minimum 3 key value chains: electronics (at least consumer electronics), batteries. 

Detailed Call Description

Specific contribution is expected on identifying the key DPP data in consultation with private and public stakeholders, as well as establishing protocols for secure and tailored access for relevant stakeholders. The work will also contribute to the development of standardized and open digital solutions for identification, tracking, mapping and sharing of product information along its life-cycle ensuring interoperability across borders and a well-functioning EU Internal Market. Particular emphasis should be given to balanced and inclusive engagement of all relevant stakeholders throughout the value chain and to optimal use of digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and blockchain.

Deliverables should include a roadmap with milestones for a gradual deployment of DPP and delivery of DPP prototypes in electronics, batteries and another one or more key value chains of the CEAP, based on analysis of existing and upcoming legislation, existing standards, past and ongoing activities related to dataspaces and product passport in these sectors. The business model to ensure the continuity of the product passport development and use has to be addressed.
This CSA will support the establishment of an interoperable data space building on and linking to manufacturing dataspaces and other available and relevant data sources.

  • the data space reference architecture, building blocks and common toolboxes to be used;
  • the common standards, including semantic standards and interoperability protocols, both domain-specific and crosscutting;
  • the data governance models, business models and strategies for running data spaces.

Call Total Budget

€2,000,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

Coordination and Support Actions: 100%

Thematic Categories

  • Enlargement
  • Information Technology
  • Other Thematic Category
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Consumer Organisations
  • Educational Institutions
  • International Organisations
  • Large Enterprises
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Private Bodies
  • 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)
    • non-EU countries:
      • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europen Programme (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

For the consortium composition see the details of the specific topic, in the Call document.

Call Opening Date

17/11/2021

Call Closing Date

22/02/2022

National Contact Point(s)

It will be announced soon.

(Publish Date: 18/11/2021-for internal use only)