Strengthening EU cybersecurity capacities & capabilities in line with legislative requirements
European Commission · Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Posted 1 Sept 2026 · About 4 months left
Summary
Expected Outcome:
One or more of the following should be covered:
Implementation of guidelines, standardised processes, or manuals – in the EU or multiple EU MS – concerning the most challenging issues, supporting specific stakeholders and sectors addressed by cybersecurity legislation.
Develop and implement tools, raise awareness and encourage and facilitate industry uptake, with a focus on SMEs, of conformity assessments of essential cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements (hardware and software) under the CRA.
Support for mechanisms reducing the administrative burden for entities, like single entry point for incident notification.
Establish secure communication channels allowing for cooperation and information sharing initiatives.
Support the organisation of regular meetings/workshops to identify good practices within specific sectors or emerging areas and facilitate collaborative efforts between different sectors.
Support the development of training courses, on the basis of the ECSF and exercises that promote capacity building and internal awareness.
Contribution to CR standardisation: Training materials and training actions on cybersecurity certification…
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Eligibility and conditions
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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
Ownership control declaration
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
DEP MGA
Additional documents:
Digital Europe Cybersecurity Work Programme 2025-2027
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
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Themes
- CRA Compliance
- Certification-as-a-Service
- Compliance Automation
- Compliance Monitoring
- Conformity Assessment
- Cybersecurity Certification
- DORA Compliance
- NIS2 Compliance
- Regulatory Readiness
- Secure-by-Design
- Vulnerability Disclosure
- Cloud Services
- Continuing professional training
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Domains
- Data Security and Privacy
- Data protection
- Interoperability
- Managerial, procedural and technical aspects of network security
- Open Source Software