CEF Telecom: Over €16 million EU investment to develop further trans-European digital services in 2019
On 30 October 2019, the Innovation & Networks Executive Agency (INEA), published the results of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)-TC-2019-1 call for proposals, which include several CEF Building Blocks.
- eTranslation: €4.3 million will be granted to 6 proposals with applicants from 21 EU Member States plus Iceland, to provide solutions to make European digital services multilingual;
- eID & eSignature: the 6 selected proposals, that will receive €2.9 million in funding and including applicants from 13 EU Member States, will address the cross-border authentication of eIDs and the uptake and use of electronic signatures;
- eDelivery: 5 proposals to be granted €1.1 million, including applicants from 8 EU Member States plus Norway, have been selected to enable public administrations and businesses to exchange electronic data and documents with other public administrations, businesses and citizens, in a secure, reliable and trusted way;
- eInvoicing: 8 proposals awarded €5.9 million funding, cover 16 EU Member States and will support the implementation of the European Standard on eInvoicing (EN), allowing electronic invoices to flow seamlessly across the EU;
CEF Telecom funding supports projects of common interest that contribute to increasing the interoperability, connectivity and deployment of trans-European digital infrastructures across the EU, improving the daily life of citizens, businesses and public administrations, and thereby contributing to the development of a Digital Single Market.