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Apply Now for CEF eInvoicing Grant Funding!
Thomas Fillis | 20 September 2016
Today (20 September 2016), the European Commission is making an indicative EUR 7 million available for CEF eInvoicing, administrated by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2016 (n.b. the INEA help-desk closes one week prior to the deadline for submission).
The purpose of CEF eInvoicing is to promote the uptake and accelerate the use of eInvoicing in full compliance with the European standard (see Directive 2014/55/EU), amongst both public and private entities established in the EU, as well as in participating EEA countries. You can see all the services and support available via CEF eInvoicing here.
As with previous years, the grant funding provided by the European Commission is available to help applicants put the appropriate technical solutions and organisational set-up in place to ensure that – in particular, regional and local authorities – can receive and process electronic Invoices (eInvoices) from economic operators. To foster interoperability between Member States, preference will be given to solutions that are already on the market and which allow cross-border exchanges of eInvoices. Funding will support existing eInvoicing solutions to prepare for the implementation of the future European standard on eInvoicing. These activities should also contribute to achieving the objective of the eInvoicing Directive (namely, the cross-border exchange of eInvoices).
The funding can cover up to 75% of the eligible costs of the action.
Below you will find a timeline of the application process and highlights from the call text, outlining expected results, requirements and criteria for the submission of proposals. Please note that in order to submit a successful proposal, thoroughly reading all the preparatory documentation is recommended!
* Find related documents here.
** To help you find consortium partners, we have created a LinkedIn group, here.
What sort of results are expected?
- Increase the uptake and use of eInvoicing by public authorities, especially regional and local authorities, in meeting the requirements of the eInvoicing Directive;
- Support service providers in making their existing solutions compliant with the requirements of the eInvoicing Directive.
Who is the funding available for?
- One or more Member States (European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate);
- With the agreement of the Member States or EEA countries concerned, international organisations, Joint Undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States;
- Third countries and entities established in third countries may only participate as part of a consortium with applicants from EU/EEA countries;
- Any applicant that cannot provide the agreement of the EU Member State or EEA country concerned will not be eligible.
What sort of actions is the funding available for?
- Only actions which can be identified as "projects of common interest" as defined in the Telecom Guidelines may receive EU financial assistance;
- Proposed actions also must comply with eligibility criterion regarding consortium composition, which must have a minimum of four applicants from one or more Member States;
- In accordance with Article 23 of the CEF Regulation, only actions in conformity with EU law and which are in line with the relevant EU policies in the area of telecommunications infrastructure will be financed.
Don't miss...
1) The CEF Telecom 2016-3 virtual info day will take place on 22 September! The event will be web streamed live and the recording will be available for two years: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cef-telecom-virtual-info-day-call-2
2) If the deployment of CEF eDelivery is included in the proposal, support will be given to activities aiming to:
- Deploy access points and/or operating access points for one year;
- Deploy service metadata publishers and/or operate service metadata publishers for one year;
- Upgrade data exchange solutions (Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Open-Source Software (OSS) and other) to support, and therefore fully comply with, the CEF eDelivery standards. A typical upgrade involves adding or configuring functionality to the data exchange solution to support the CEF eDelivery standards (e.g. encryption algorithm, four-corner model support, support of dynamic discovery, etc.).
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Best of luck with your application & let's Connect Europe together!
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