The 2019-2 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom call for proposals is currently open. It offers co-financing to animate and bolster the deployment of European Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) in the sections of Cybersecurity, eHealth, eProcurement, European e-Justice, European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs and Public Open Data. Up to €25 million is made accessible to address the issues of public administrations, organizations, businesses and citizens in their cross-outskirt activities.
CEF Telecom financing has been established to supports tasks of regular interest that improve the day by day life of citizens, organizations and public administrations and add to the advancement of a Digital Single Market by sending European computerized foundations and digital infrastructures all across the EU.
This call is the second under the 2019 CEF Telecom Work Program. In 2019, CEF Telecom will give up to an aggregate of €44.2 million in financing through grants for European Digital Service Infrastructures.
2019-2 CEF Telecom call for proposals
Intrigued candidates from all EU Member States, Iceland, and Norway included, may submit their proposals until 14 November 2019 in the following sections:
- Cybersecurity - providing funding to increase cross-border cooperation and increase the cybersecurity capabilities of actors that are fundamental for a State's cybersecurity, such as National Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), Operators of Essential Services (OES), National Competent Authorities (NCAs), Single Points of Contact (SPOCs), and entities responsible for Cybersecurity certification at the national level - €10 million. More information here
- eHealth - improving cross-border healthcare access and services using ICT tools, specifically to make ePrescriptions and Patient Summaries widely available in the EU - €5 million;
- eProcurement – aiming to simplify public procurement procedures and processes, as well as to facilitate the participation of both suppliers and buyers in them - €1 million. More information here
- European e-Justice – ensuring that citizens and businesses can rapidly reap the practical benefits of e-Justice tools - €3 million;
- European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs - €1 million to ensure that individuals and the labor force in Europe are equipped with adequate digital skills;
- Public Open Data – to achieve better services for citizens and public administrations thanks to the re-use of public-sector information deploying innovative solutions - €5 million.
To get co-funding under the calls, activities must be prepared for deployment, must add value to EU Digital Single Market approaches and policies, and must have a long-range sustainability strategy. The financing will be assigned to those qualified recommendations that best meet the honor criteria as determined in the 2019 CEF Telecom Work Program and call messages in the zones important to this call.
Apply for the funding
Candidates ought to submit their proposals through the dedicated proposal submission system, available from the individual call website pages on the 2019 CEF Telecom Calls page. All call records and extra foundation data are likewise accessible on the individual call site pages. Please note that the deadline time for 2019-2 call is 14 November 2019 at 17:00.00 Brussels time.
When will the grants be awarded?
The process of the evaluation of the proposal is currently expected to start on December 2019. The results of the evaluation, as well as the decision regarding the allocation of the grants, will be announced in May 2020.
Who is the contact point for this call?
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) deals with the call for proposals and follows up the specialized and budgetary usage of the ventures with the grant recipients, giving specialized technical expertise and top-notch program execution.
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A helpdesk is also available to answer your questions on the call for proposals.
Some Information about the Digital Service Infrastructures
CEF Telecom funding supports projects that have a common interest in the deployment of Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) across the EU. These depend on develop specialized and hierarchical solutions for help exchanges and joint effort between citizens, organizations and public authorities. The vision is to make European networks of digitals service that will make the Digital Single Market work more practical.
CEF supports basic and re-usable digital services, known as building blocks, as well as more complex digital services. The building blocks can be combined with each other and integrated with the more complex services.
Building blocks supported so far include eIdentification, eSignature, eInvoicing, eDelivery, and Automated Translation. Consult the full catalog of reusable digital services.
The list of digital services supported by CEF is available in the Annex of the Telecom Regulation.
