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 aim of this action is to create the conditions for developing a platform for awareness raising, ideation and piloting interoperability assets needed for cross-border digital public services.
Detailed Call Description
This CSA is expected to raise awareness and thereby bring together digital government ecosystems, experts and relevant stakeholders to identify requirements, solutions, innovation measures and joint pilots needed for the implementation of new cross-border services. This will need to be aligned with the measures and tools foreseen in the Interoperable Europe Act, including measures such as the regulatory sandboxes and Govtech. It will also foster training and peer reviews, when needs arise. It will also serve as a testbed for newly identified, re-usable interoperability solutions in the future. It should create a virtual environment where European public administrations can collaborate, share data, access cutting-edge tools and resources and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and data across borders for greater cross-border availability of digital public services. Proposers should also develop a broad communication strategy towards stakeholders. It should ensure coordination between the future Interoperable Europe Board and Community as well as other relevant stakeholders.
The CSA should not cover any elements that would lead to an overlap with actions on the European Digital Identity and Trust Ecosystem. To this end, the action is expected to include:
- Convening public administrators and other relevant stakeholders in the EU to shape a collaboration platform for implementing the Interoperable Europe Act, including an appropriate governance structure;
- Mapping existing interoperability solutions that may help with the implementation of policy requirements and identifying any missing interoperability solutions to be developed;
- Identification of concrete actions and a roadmap needed for the achievement of Interoperable Europe objectives;
- Identification of synergies with relevant Union and national programmes policies and initiatives, including eIDAS, the Single Digital Gateway Regulation, data spaces and data-related legislation, the AI Act, ComPAct, Living-in.eu as well as relevant EDICS;
- Liaising with the Interoperable Europe Board and the Interoperable Europe Community to seek collaboration and ensure optimum level of interconnections and synergies.
All these activities will contribute to the capacity building of Member States’ public administrations to implement the obligations of the future Interoperable Europe Act on the ground.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Other Thematic Category
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- 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)
The targeted stakeholders are national, regional and local authorities, but the consortium may also involve other relevant private and public organisations or any other organisation (such as academia or civil society) participating in digital government transformation and interoperability activities.
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by: a consortium comprised by a minimum of 5 relevant national administrations or a legal entity designated to act on their behalf from 5 different EU 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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