📋 Tender Overview
The evaluation of the first 2020 CEF Telecom call for proposals has concluded and 79 projects in the areas of Automated Translation Blockchain eDelivery eIdentification eSignature European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs Europeana and Safer Internet have been selected to receive co-funding by the European Union. The funding comes from the Connecting Europe Facility CEF programme in the telecommunications sector. The successful projects include participation of entities from 27 EU Member States Iceland Norway and the United Kingdom.CEF Telecom funding is dedicated to Digital Service Infrastructures DSIs delivering networked cross-border services for citizens businesses and public administrations. Supported projects will contribute to improving the competitiveness of the European economy promoting the interconnection and interoperability of national regional and local networks and access to these networks thus supporting the development of a Digital Single Market. CEF Telecom has an overall budget of over 1.04 billion 2014-2020.The outcome of the first 2020 CEF Telecom call for proposals can be found below Automated Translation 3.5 million will be granted to 5 proposals with organisations from 14 EU Member States and one EEA country to provide solutions to make European digital services multilingual Blockchain the 19 selected proposals from 19 Member States will be granted over 2.7 million to pilot the use of blockchain technology for the cross-border digital public services eDelivery 3 proposals with applicants from 8 Member States will be granted 800000 to enable public administrations and private entities to exchange electronic data and documents with other public administrations business and citizens in a secure reliable and trusted way eIdentification eSignature the 14 selected proposals with the beneficiaries from 14 EU Member States will receive over 1.7 million in funding to enable the cross-border authentication of eIDs and the uptake of electronic signatures European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs 6.5 million will be granted to 4 proposals from 11 Member States to design and implement specialised Master programmes in Artificial Intelligence Europeana 5 proposals from 18 Member States will receive almost 4.3 million to increase the amount of reusable high quality data accessible through Europeana and broaden the awareness and usage of the Europeana cultural heritage platform Safer Internet 29 proposals with applicants from 26 Member States Iceland Norway and the United Kingdom will be granted approximately 11.4 million to empower and protecting children and young people online.The list of projects selected for funding is available hereINEA manages the calls for proposals and follows up the technical and financial implementation of the projects with the beneficiaries providing technical expertise and high quality programme implementation. INEA will now begin the preparation of the individual grant agreements with the successful beneficiaries.Follow INEA on Twitter @ineaeu LinkedIn with the hashtag CEFTelecom to stay informed about the latest call developments.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 services.The list of digital services supported by CEF is available in the Annex of the Telecom Regulation.
