Connecting Europe Facility: Launch First Calls for proposals

The first calls of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), worth 258 million, were launched on the 12 January 2022. The digital part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) will support and catalyse both public and private investments in digital connectivity infrastructures between 2021 and 2027.

The European agency HADEA (in charge of the management of CEF) had an info day on all CEF DIGITAL calls on 19 January 2022. The recording is available clicking on “Access the Info Day”: https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/events/1st-connecting-europe-facility-digital-calls-info-day_en

These are the 11 calls launched with a deadline on 22 March 2022:

• Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways – Works
• Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways – Studies
• Preparation of works for Operational digital platforms
• Integration of 5G with edge computing and federated cloud facilities
• 5G coverage along transport corridors – Studies
• 5G Strategic Deployment Agenda coordination
• 5G coverage along transport corridors – Works
• 5G Smart Communities – Works
• Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations – Works
• Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations with other cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures – Studies
• Equipping backbone networks with high-performance and secure DNS resolution infrastructures – Works

NB: ‘Data Gateways’ are a technology neutral description including submarine cables, but other technologies including satellite can also apply for this funding.

For additional information, please contact Marta Fernandez-Fornieles, EU Programme Adviser at OCTA:  marta@overseas-association.eu