Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The studies under this call should explore interconnection needs and prepare for future deployment of Gigabit links between the data processing capacities of public administrations, public or private SGIs or SGEIs entities, and – where relevant – their cloud providers. This should aim at improving the availability and resilience of cloud services for these users, including their protection against cyberthreats and cover future investment needs and required technology for the interconnection of cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures.
Detailed Call Description
The priority is the identification of shortages that prevent the EU from holding digital independence while implementing current state of the art of technology.
The applicants may apply for grants for studies for the analysis of:
- investment needs related to the development and deployment of cross-border and national infrastructures for cloud interconnections as well as cloud interconnections with HPC and edge infrastructures at both the physical and functional levels for public sector end-users and private actors operating data infrastructures for services of general public interest across the EU;
- economic sovereignty of deployed alternatives;
- technological needs and carbon footprint relevant for the interconnection of the aforementioned networks and resources;
- cybersecurity risks that future operators of essential services related to connectivity involved in the interconnection of cloud infrastructures would need to address;
- any preparatory work required prior to signing a contract with a supplier for the deployment of backbone networks for cloud federations (e.g., dataflow analysis, topographic definitions, analysis of rights of way).
Public administrations or public and private entities entrusted with the operation of Services of General Interest (SGIs) or of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEIs) should be the end users of the future infrastructures foreseen through the studies.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Project budgets (maximum grant amount) are expected to be around € 1,000,000.
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate of 50% that is fixed in the Grant Agreement.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- 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) established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Department of Electronic Communications – State Department for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
https://bit.ly/39IYcFZ
286 Strovolou Avenue, Strovolos
Correspondence Address: PO Box 24647, 1302 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22814854/22814846
Fax: +357 22321925
Electr. Address: info.dec@dec.dmrid.gov.cy
Contact person:
Mr. Nikos Ioannou
Electronic Communications Officer
Telephone: +357 22814875
Fax: +357 22321925
Electr. Address: nioannou@dec.dmrid.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 17/10/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Health and Digital Executive Agency: