The CEF Telecom 2019–2 call will support the following areas:
- Cybersecurity - €10 million to 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) or Single Points of Contact (SPOCs);
- eHealth - €5 million to improve cross-border healthcare access and services using ICT tools, specifically to make ePrescriptions and Patient Summaries widely available in the EU;
- eProcurement – €1 million to simplify public procurement procedures and processes, as well as to facilitate the participation of both suppliers and buyers in them;
- European e-Justice – €3 million to ensure that citizens and businesses can rapidly reap the practical benefits of e-Justice tools;
- European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs - €1 million to support the equipment of individuals and the labour force in Europe with adequate digital skills;
- Public Open Data – €5 million to achieve better services for citizens and public administrations thanks to the re-use of public-sector information deploying innovative solutions.
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), the contact point for this call, will now launch the evaluation and selection process.
Read about some examples of successful CEF Telecom supported actions under earlier calls.
About Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs)
CEF Telecom funding supports projects of common interest for the deployment of Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) across the EU. These are based on mature technical and organisational solutions to support exchanges and collaboration between citizens, businesses and public authorities. The vision is to create European networks of digital services that will make the Digital Single Market work in practice.
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 sectoral services. CEF Telecom has an overall budget of €1.04 billion (2014-2020).
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News article | 18 November 2019
The fourth Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom call on cybersecurity has just closed. 39 project proposals have been submitted by transport and energy companies, ICT firms, finance, health and water distribution interests, ministries and national organisations from 18 EU Member States and Norway, with 5 at least 4 being on a cross border basis. The applicants are proposing an overall investment of more than 25.4 million euros to improve their operational capabilities in cybersecurity, of which 18.7 million euros have been requested to be co-financed by the European Union.