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 action aims at improving industrial and market readiness for the cybersecurity requirements for SMEs as specified in relevant EU cybersecurity legislation, for instance, as set in the Cyber Resilience Act ensuring more secure hardware and software products.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should contribute to achieving at least one of these objectives:
- Availability of innovative tools and services that support SMEs in complying with the EU cybersecurity legislation.
- Availability of innovative tools and services that support SMEs in reporting incidents and in assisting with recovery if possible, and in exchanging with competent authorities (i.e. cooperation with Cyber Hubs, CSIRTs (including in relation to the CSIRT Network) and/or ISACs, for e.g. highly critical and other critical sectors entities).
- Improved security and notification processes and means in the EU.
- Improved security of network and information systems in the EU.
- Industrial and market readiness for the proposed Cyber Resilience Act.
- Support for Cybersecurity certification in line with the Cybersecurity Act.
- Support for supply chain partners in standardised self-assessments and certifications. Helping downstream supply chain partners in a step-by-step approach to increase cyber resilience.
- Overcome the challenge of finding the technical skills required to deal with a complex technology landscape that relies heavily on extensive configurations and capabilities.
- Cyber toolkit as a service to support for SMEs1 managing cyber risks, defining, and implementing their cybersecurity strategy, including several functions dedicated to risk assessment, vulnerabilities and threats detection, etc.
- Support and incident response capabilities to SMEs.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Funding rate of 50% and 75% (for SMEs)
Thematic Categories
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technology
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- 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).
Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc (see section 13).
Please note however that all topics of this call are subject to restrictions due to security reasons, therefore entities must not be directly or indirectly controlled from a country that is not an eligible country. All entities will have to fill in and submit a declaration on ownership and control.
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
For help related to this call, please contact ECCC Applicants Direct Contact Centre at applicants@eccc.europa.eu