DIGITAL EUROPE – Advanced Digital Skills – 2026

Objectives

• To establish a European governance framework for advanced digital skills
• To support the Digital Decade 2030 targets
• To build a cohesive European ecosystem for advanced digital skills
• To engage and inspire young Europeans in cutting-edge digital technologies
• To tackle major European societal and technological challenges

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • non-EU countries:
    • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• A consortium composed of
  • at least 3 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES)
  • at least 3 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action:
  • for topic DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES: 48 months
  • for topic DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS: 36 months
• Contact: Click here

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 14.2 million euros
• Budget per topic:
  • DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES: 7.2 million euros
  • DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS: 7 million euros
• Amount of the grant per topic :
  • DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-LEAGUE-OF-ACADEMIES: 7.2 million euros per project
  • DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-09-COMPETITIONS: max 7 million euros per project

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate:  up to 100% of the total of the eligible costs