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Support to the implementation of Multi-Country Projects: EDIC Support Hub

European Commission · Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)

Posted 21 Apr 2026 · Closes tomorrow

In plain terms

The European Commission supports the establishment of Digital Innovation Hubs Communities (EDICs) through legal advice, coordination, and capacity-building activities aligned with the Digital Decade goals. A total budget of 1 million euros is available for consortia based in EU member states and associated countries, with applications due by 1 October 2026.

A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.

Summary

Expected Outcome:

1. Comprehensive support to EDICs, the Commission and Member States by:

the provision of legal and operational advice to established EDICs, including on the compliance with the DDPP Decision, other EU legislation and where applicable national legislation; and maintaining a repository of thereof;

support the Commission and Member States on the EDICs in preparation and in identifying and mobilising new EDIC initiatives, pursuing outreach activities and reporting progress in the State of the Digital Decade Report;

creating and maintaining of consolidated data and information repository on EDICs, including best practices and data promoting EDIC results (quantified where possible), and reporting; accessible to relevant stakeholders;

liaising and coordination between EDICs as well as between EDICs and other MCP implementation mechanisms and other relevant stakeholders,

based on the collected data, propose milestones or avenues for future strategic development of EDIC ecosystem aligned with EU digital policy objectives,

other support activities necessary to help achieve the objectives of the call.

2. The setting up of an EDIC’s community of practice, including…

Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.

Eligible regions

eu_only

Who can apply

ngo_cso
academia_research
private_company
government

Eligibility and conditions

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">Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (DEP) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

DEP MGA

Additional documents:

DEP Work Programmes

DEP Regulation 2021/964

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

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