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DIGITAL EUROPE – Accelerating the Best Use of Technologies – 2025

Digital Europe Programme - Digital Europe programme aims at bridging the gap between digital technology research and market deployment.

2025-09-02
47 million euro
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Call synthesis

Call reference DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08
Programme Digital Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication Education & Training Justice, Security, Defence Other Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Media & cultural organisation Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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Call reference

DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To support the growth of a European network of fact-checkers by enhancing linguistic coverage and strengthening the operational capacity of fact-checking in Europe
  • To continue supporting the national Safer Internet Centers (SICs)

Among financed actions

  • Establishment of a protection system for fact-checkers
  • Creation of a fact-check repository
  • Development of an emergency fact-checking response capacity
  • Support for third parties to strengthen the capacity of European fact-checkers
  • Maintaining an awareness center
  • Maintaining a helpline
  • Maintaining a hotline for children’s online safety

Eligibility

  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
    • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (Click here)
  • A consortium composed of
      • at least 3 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS)
      • at least 1 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs)

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action:
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS: between 30 to 36
      months
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs: 36 months
  • Contact: Click here 

Useful

Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 47 million euro
  • Budget per topic:
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS – European Network of Fact-Checkers : 5 million euro 
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs – Network of Safer Internet Centres (SICs) : 42 million euro
  • Amount of the grant:
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS: betwen 350.000 and 5.000.000 euro
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs: between 300.000 and 700.000 euro
  • Funding rate:
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-FACTCHECKERS: 100% for the consortium and co-funding of 50% for the supported third
      party
    • DIGITAL-2025-BESTUSE-08-NETWORKSICs: up to 50% of the total eligible costs