DIGITAL EUROPE – Deploying the Network of National Coordination Centres – 2024

Objectives

• To foster the Cybersecurity Competence Community in each Member State, contributing to acquire the necessary capacity, working through a network with the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre
• To support the operation of the NCCs and to enable them to support the cybersecurity community, including SMEs, for the uptake and dissemination of state-of-the-art cybersecurity solutions and strengthen cybersecurity capacities

Priorities

• To act as contact points at the national level for the Cybersecurity Competence Community to support the EECCC in achieving its objectives and missions
• To provide expertise and actively contributing to the strategic tasks of the ECCC, taking into account relevant national and regional challenges for cybersecurity in different sectors
• To promote and disseminate the relevant outcomes of the work of the Network and the ECCC at national, regional or local level

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 48 months
• Contact : CNECT-ECCCDEP@ec.europa.eu

• Total budget of the call: 65 million euro
• Amount of the grant: between 2 and 5 million euro
• Funding rate: up to 50% of the total eligible costs