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.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of this topic is to finance the work of independent national and multinational EDMO hubs operating in geographical areas covered by existing EDMO hubs for which the funding is ending at the end of 2023 and in 20246. In this regard, one Member State should be covered by only one hub (including existing hubs and hubs yet to be established), unless this can be duly justified by the media and information ecosystem. At the same time, one hub can cover more than one Member State.
Detailed Call Description
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) has been created with the aim of supporting an independent multidisciplinary community to tackle the phenomenon of disinformation. EDMO is composed of national and multinational hubs which, through a coordination service, create a network aiming at fighting online disinformation in the EU.
A hub involves organisations active in one or several Member State(s), with experience carrying out the tasks described in the Objectives section, notably in view of providing specific knowledge of local information environments to strengthen the detection and analysis of disinformation campaigns, improving public awareness, and designing effective responses relevant for national audiences.
In order to fulfil the objectives of the call, the EDMO hubs will:
- Reinforce the EDMO network.
- Detect, fact-check and disclose harmful disinformation campaigns at national, multinational and EU level, including disinformation created by using new technologies, such as deep fakes or generative AI. In particular, a hub should contribute to joint across-hubs fact-checking projects identified by the EDMO network.
- Analyse harmful disinformation campaigns at regional, national, multinational and EU level and their impact on society and democracy.
- Conduct and support tailor-made media literacy campaigns for the covered territory or linguistic area in cooperation with the EDMO network, the European Commission and the Member States.
- Contribute to the monitoring of online platforms’ policies and the implementation of the Code of Practice on Disinformation.
- Pull together and foster the growth of a regional multidisciplinary community composed of academic researchers, independent fact-checkers, media practitioners, media literacy experts and other relevant stakeholders based in the covered region to create a local network capable of quickly detecting and analysing disinformation campaigns, as well as producing content to expose harmful disinformation campaigns, including through mainstream and local media.
- Communicate through various communication channels (e.g. traditional and online media outlets, podcasts, social media etc.) and carry out related communication campaigns about its activities.
(further details in the call document p. 8-11)
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
50% and 75% (for SMEs)
Maximum grant amount per project: between €1 000 000 and €1 300 000
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- 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)
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
Targeted stakeholders: are European fact-checkers, preferably recognised by reputable fact-checking networks such as EFCNS or IFCN. Academic researchers working on disinformation, media practitioners, media literacy experts and other stakeholders which conduct relevant activities for tackling the phenomenon of disinformation including open-source intelligence in the area of disinformation. A hub should involve a data scientist and a communication specialist with expertise in collaborating with professional media outlets and in communication activities carried out through social media.
(further details in the call document)
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