Deadline: 15-Feb-23
The European Commission (EC) is inviting proposals for Securing 5G Strategic Digital Infrastructures And Technologies.
Scope
- Support to 5G cybersecurity, notably to contribute to the goals and measures of the Recommendation and “toolbox” on 5G cybersecurity, as well as follow-up initiatives in that context.
- Piloting and supporting capacity building of security and interoperability aspects of open, disaggregate and interoperable technology solutions, such as Open RAN solutions. These solutions can explore new cooperation models and integrate innovative approaches provided by European SMEs possibly in cooperation with other players, while aiming at supporting the 5G cybersecurity toolbox goals, including supplier diversity and EU technology capacities.
Objective
The objective will be to support relevant entities in Member States, such as regulators of electronic communications or security agencies, in the implementation of their national cybersecurity strategies and legislation, in line with European 5G cybersecurity policy. This aims to support knowledge and capacity building for relevant national authorities regarding e.g. exchange of best practices; staff trainings; deployment of innovative evaluation methods; support standardisation actions; procurement of specialised services (e.g. audit and technical assessments).
Funding Information
Amount: EUR 10.000.000
Outcomes
- Trusted and secure 5G services.
- Support the cooperation between national authorities and private providers of technology services or equipment, in particular innovative European SMEs in cooperation with network and technology providers (e.g. vendors, mobile network operators and other players) on piloting, testing and integration of security and interoperability aspects of 5G interoperable, open and disaggregate solutions.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- 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)) for all topics
- EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) for all topics
- Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
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