ECCC Info Day, 22 February in Bucharest, Romania

Welcome to the ECCC Info Day in Bucharest!

Join us for an exclusive in-person event at Hotel Sheraton in Bucharest on 22 February, 2024, where the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) will discuss and inform on new funding opportunities under the Digital Europe Programme. This event serves as a platform to disseminate crucial information on the latest calls for proposals and provide networking opportunities for the European cybersecurity community.

Registrations are now closed. 

Programme 

9:00 Welcome and Registration

9:30 Introductory messages

• Ramona Chiriac, Head of the Representation to Romania, European Commission 

• Liviu Nicolescu, Secretary of State, NCC-Romania

9:50 Opening remarks & presentation of ECCC - Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director, ECCC

10:20 DEP Open Call presentation– Q&A – Francesco Barbato, Head of Sector, European Commission

11:00 Coffee break

11:20 How to write a project proposal “tips & tricks” – Q&A – Felicia Cutas, Programme Officer, ECCC

11:40 Experience of running DEP project - SP4EU - Erlend Andreas Gjære, Secure Practice

11:55 Pitching of ideas of proposals to the open Call

12:45 Introduction to the workshop: Priorities for future DEP Cyber Work Programme

13:00 Lunch (Sheraton Restaurant)

• Priorities for future DEP Cyber Work Programme: open for contribution Room Platinum)

• 0ne2one meeting opportunities (Room Florida)

14:15 Workshop: Priorities for future DEP Cyber Work Programme

15:15 Coffee break

15:45 Presentation of NCCs

16:45 Presentation of the upcoming Industrial Matchmaking event – Roberto Cascella, ECCO

17:00 Networking cocktail

Pitching opportunities, how to proceed?

Interested participants will also have the possibility to pitch their project ideas for funding opportunities, following the instructions below: 

• Participants must conform with the Digital Europe Programme’s admissibility conditions described in section 5, and the eligible countries in section 6 of the call document.
• Participants are invited to indicate their interest and send their pitch slides by 18 February 2024 COB to infodayslist [dot] cyber-ecco [dot] eu (infodays[at]list[dot]cyber-ecco[dot]eu), keeping in mind that pitches received after the deadline might not be considered for the event.
• The slides should summarise an idea proposal related to one of the six calls mentioned above. Please choose only one of the six topics and indicate it the file name, followed by the name of the participant. In the case that you have ideas for several of the six topics, you must submit a pitch for each topic.
• It is recommended that the pitch slides describe the status of your consortium and what capabilities or types of partners you are looking for.
• The presentation should be at most 4 slides, and include the name of the presenter as well as the organisation they represent.

Information on the Open Calls

On 18 December, the European Commission published a series of new calls for proposals of the Digital Europe Programme. A dedicated budget of EUR 84 million is made available for deployment activities supporting novel application of AI and other enabling technologies for Security Operation Centres, the implementation of cybersecurity EU legislation such as the Cyber Resilience Act, and the European transition to post-quantum cryptography.

The projects funded by this call will be managed by the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC). The calls are open to businesses, SMEs public administrations, and other entities from EU Member States, EFTA/EEA countries, and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. 

The areas of actions are as follows:

• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-ENABLINGTECH - Novel applications of AI and Other Enabling Technologies for Security Operation Centres (EUR 30 million)
• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-STRENGTHENCRA - Strengthening cybersecurity capacities of European SMEs in line with CRA requirements and obligations (EUR 22 million)
• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-COMPLIANCECRA - Tools for compliance with CRA requirements and obligations (EUR 8 million)
• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-PQCINDUSTRY - Deployment of Post Quantum Cryptography in systems in industrial sectors (EUR 22.25 million)
• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-PQCSTANDARD - Standardisation and awareness of the European transition to post-quantum cryptography (EUR 1 million)
• DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-PQCTRANS - Roadmap for the transition of European public administrations to a post-quantum cryptography era (EUR 750k)

Proposals can be submitted from 16 January 2024 until 26 March 2024 at 17:00 Brussels time.

The call for proposals 'DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06’ under the Digital Europe Programme is now published on the Funding and Tenders portal.