Digital Europe – Cloud, Data and Artificial Intelligence – 2023

Objectives

• Support and increase the offer of 3D and XR content in the common European data space for cultural heritage
• Develop a trusted and secure common European data space for tourism
• Support the creation and deployment of a technical infrastructure combined with governance mechanisms that will facilitate easy access to and sharing a key data resources in tourism

Priorities

• Priority 1: Set or extend the necessary frameworks and tools for the availability of advanced 3D and XR data in the data space for cultural heritage
• Priority 2: Collaborate with existing and relevant EU, national and regional initiatives and/or platforms for 3D digitisation of museum artefacts, monuments and sites, and XR application in cultural heritage, where appropriate
• Priority 3: Enriching the offer of 3D and XR data in the data space
• Priority 4: Develop and deploy the data space and its infrastructure on the basis of two preparatory actions
• Priority 5: Focus on the real-world deployment of data space building blocks through use cases based on the various types of data in the tourism sector

Among financed actions

• Frameworks, tools, technologies, storage, open-source software and processing capacities for making advanced 3D and XD data available in the data space
• New 3D and XR scenario available for re-use, including for
  conducting scientific research, preservation and restoration purposes, re-use
  by the cultural and creative sector and other domains such as education
• High-quality 3D and XR content and documentation available in the data space
• Training and capacity building for cultural heritage institutions in making use of 3D and XR technologies
• Infrastructure for the Tourism Data Space
• Connections between relevant local and national data ecosystems and initiatives at the EU level
• Guidance/training documents to involve stakeholders in sharing data
• Exploitation of available data for better interconnection, exchange of information and reuse

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
• Initial duration of the action:
  • DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-AI-05-CULTHERITAGE: 18 months
  • DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-AI-05-DATATOURISM: 36 months

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• A consortium composed of at least 3 independent applicants (beneficiaires, not affiliated entites) from 3 different eligible countries

• Total budget of the call: 12 million euro
• Amount of the grant:
  • DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-AI-05-CULTHERITAGE: 4 million euro
  • DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-AI-05-DATATOURISM: 8 million euro
• Co-financing rate: 50% of the total eligible costs