GovTech Incubator
Summary
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.
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.
Call
Detailed Call Description
The GovTech Incubator action plan should also have the following objectives:
- fostering the deployment of new human-centric digital public services;
- promoting innovative digital governments reusable solutions (preferably opensource) and interoperability by default;
- promoting collaboration through piloting activities in a variable scale geometry;
- encourage the participation of European SMEs and startups in the elaboration of the solutions.
The funded activities will make use of the Common Services Platform where applicable.
The long-term cooperation between the Commission and the selected consortium will be formalised within a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) to provide an environment to ensure continuous support to experimentation for the Public Sector, in particular leveraging emerging digital technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, etc.) and identify reusable components.
Within the FPA awarded under this topic, the selected consortium will be invited to submit a proposal for Specific Grant Agreement (SGA) addressing the objectives defined in the FPA and action plan (which will be based on objectives jointly agreed by the partnership, covering 4 years of work, with a possible extension to the full duration of the Digital Europe Programme).
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 EU Member States or listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme.
Consortium composition
For the topic the consortium must comprise of a minimum of 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries and minimum 3 entities operating at national level experimentation and supporting innovation activities on digital public services (GovTech Labs, Digital Labs,…) being either public or private entities.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€6,000,000Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
22/02/2022Call Closing Date
17/05/2022National Contact Point(s)
Eleana Gabriel
Directorate of Research and Innovation
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Telephone: +357 22 691918
Email: egabriel@dmrid.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 24/02/2022-for internal use only)
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