CEF grant funding for secure data exchange via eDelivery
The Connecting Europe Facility is making an estimated €900,000 of grant funding available for projects looking to use the eDelivery Building Block to establish, contribute to or improve data exchange systems in accordance with eIDAS requirements.
As more and more public administrations and businesses rely on the digital exchange of data and documents for their administrative activities, these exchanges need to be reliable, affordable and secure. The eIDAS Regulation allows for Electronic Registered Delivery Services (ERDS), a legal framework for this transition. Any data exchange system based on the open technical specifications of the eDelivery Building Block is protected against risks of data loss, damage, theft and unauthorised alteration, and gives users proof that information has been sent and received.
This call for proposals welcomes submissions from projects engaging in one or more of the following activities (see the Call Text on INEA’s website for full details and eligibility criteria):
- Deploying eDelivery Access Point(s) (AS4), allowing the secure exchange of data and documents between Access Point nodes in an eDelivery network
- Deploying a Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) so that different nodes in a network can dynamically discover each other’s capabilities (legal, organisational, technical)
- Upgrading existing open-source or off-the-shelf commercial solutions to make them EU-compliant and interoperable with eDelivery Access Points (includes testing)
eDelivery is already providing organisations with an efficient, secure and inexpensive solution for exchanging digital information. This funding will grow the established network of ERDS, expanding eDelivery’s scope to a variety of policy domains beyond CEF Digital Service Infrastructures and improving the performance of existing solutions.
CEF-funded eDelivery projects will enable an increasing number of public administrations, businesses and citizens to exchange data and documents seamlessly, fulfilling the vision of the Digital Single Market.
Interested in funding for your cross-border eDelivery project? Visit INEA to find out more. Funding deadline for submissions is 25 June 2020.