Digital Europe Programme

28 September 2020

The Digital Europe Programme will ensure that Europe drives the digital transformation of the economy and society and brings its benefits to all citizens and businesses.

It will focus on:• Building essential capacities

and advanced skills in key digital technology areas, contributing to Europe’s strategic autonomy;

• Accelerating their deployment and best use in areas of public interest and the private sector

Content. Build capacities towards exascale supercomputing, through the acquisition and deployment of new supercomputing capabilities.

Type of action. Procurement or Joint procurement

Content. Data resources in key industrial and societal sectors through the deployment of a set of sectoral common European data spaces

Type of action. Simple grants

Content. Capacity building and the enhancement of cross-border cooperation on cybersecurity at technical, operational and strategic levels (support to NIS Directive implementation).

Type of action. Simple grants

Content. Specialised education programmes or modules in key capacity areas aimed to increase the offer of EU education programmes and the number of students specialised in those areas

Type of action. Simple grants

Content. Initial network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH)

Type of action. Simple grants

1. Simplify implementation modalities

2. Ensure cohesion and viability of the

programme

3. Aim for user-friendliness

… while meeting policy objectives

Submission and evaluation processes

Database of ParticipantsUse of available information

for legal and financial entity validation(avoids duplications)

Funders portalFind calls and partners,

access to proposals and projects

Common grant preparation and managementIT-supported workflows, structured data entry…

• Euro HPC (JU)

• European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology & Research Competence Centre

High Performance Computing

Artificial Intelligence • EC (DG CNECT)

Cybersecurity & Trust

Advanced Digital Skills

Deployment, best use & interoperability

• New-EASME + EuroHPC JU + CCCN

• New-EASME• EC notably for areas of public interest and DIH

Specific Objective

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Funding rates

Model Grant Agreement

Strategic Autonomy and

Security restrictions

X%

of EC funding

100%100%

budget of the

EC/procuring

entity

Grants for capacity building

and deploymentGrants for support

and coordination

Single entity

ProcurementJoint procurement

Simple grants

and grants

involving

financial support

to third parties

(X% )

EC Funding rates (reimbursement rates)

Grants for

procurement

(X% )

Instruments of Digital Europe

Funding rates and contributions

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Grants for

procurementX%

Simple

grant

50%

Grant for

financial

support to

third parties

X%

SME

support

Action

50% and

75% for

SMEs

Coordina

tion and

support

action

100%

Single entity

procurement

100% budget of

the

EC/procuring

entity

Joint

procurement

X% of EC funding

to be defined

Type of Actions

MGA Digital Europe: Almost finalised

Two parts:

o General, similar in all the programmes (corporate MGA)

o Annex V, where most of the DIGITAL specificities are included, e.g. IPR

Article 18.4 DIGITAL regulation

Applicable to all SOs

Participation can be restricted to entities established in the EU

Specific Articles in the MGA on IPR

Article 12.5 DIGITAL regulation

Applicable to SO 1, 2 and 3 only when justified for security reasons

Participation can be restricted to entities established in the EU and controlled by MS and/or MS legal entities

Under SO 1 and 2 entities controlled by third countries and/or third countries legal entities can participate under certain conditions established in the Work Programme

Specific Articles in the MGA on IPR

Thank you!