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Cybersecurity Skills Academy

Deadline

21 maart 2024

Budget

10000000

Code

DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-CYBERACADEMY

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Expected Outcome and Deliverables:

Objective:

Cybersecurity has become a growing concern for European citizens, businesses and public authorities. In addition to skilled citizens, the EU needs a bigger pool of cybersecurity specialists to protect businesses and public services in Europe and design the cybersecurity solutions of the future. Currently, around 200,000 cybersecurity experts are missing in Europe. Recent legislative initiatives such as NIS2 and the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act will put even more pressure on companies and public authorities to have access to cybersecurity specialists. To address these challenges, the European Commission has already deployed many actions, in close collaboration with relevant actors. However, actions and resources are often perceived as scattered and inaccessible. The Cybersecurity Skills Academy would constitute a European umbrella integrating various activities with the objective of increasing their visibility, accessibility and impact. Those activities would align along common goals, key performance indicators and a joined-up communication strategy to seek greater impact.

Scope:

The Cybersecurity Skills Academy; training programmes for SMEs, start-ups and the public sector. Funding will be available for the implementation of new training opportunities or the scale-up of successful ones with a special focus on the needs of SMEs and public administration in the area of cybersecurity. Trainings should take into account businesses’ needs and in particular facilitate access to cybersecurity talents for SMEs and start-ups across all sectors. To ensure the high levels of cybersecurity necessary for digital public administration, the Academy should cater for the upskilling, reskilling and interdisciplinary understanding of cybersecurity for civil servants. Consortia of organisations active in the domain of cybersecurity and universities or training providers should devise and deliver the activities of the Academy. Activities should include, among others, the identification of relevant training courses, including bootcamps on specific cybersecurity topics, jointly vetted with industrial partners that would enhance employability of trainees or increase cybersecurity capabilities of public servants, communication actions for promoting the courses, etc. The involvement of the national cybersecurity competence centres could be foreseen to address specific needs at national level, where significant variations exist as to the level of cybersecurity readiness.

Programma,

Digital Europe is het nieuwe EU-programma dat gericht is op de opbouw van de strategische digitale capaciteiten van de EU en de bevordering van een grootschalige inzet van digitale technologieën. Het programma heeft als doel om de digitale transformatie van de economie, het bedrijfsleven en de samenleving in de EU te ondersteunen en te versnellen.

Het programma investeert in vijf onderdelen: 

Het doel van Digital Europe is ervoor te zorgen dat onderzoeksresultaten op het gebied van digitale technologieën daadwerkelijk worden omgezet in verkoopbare producten. Er wordt speciale aandacht besteed aan het MKB, maar ook overheden worden aangesproken op specifieke onderwerpen. Het programma richt Europese Digital Innovation Hubs op, die overheden en bedrijven kunnen helpen beter om te gaan met digitale uitdagingen en in contact te komen met bedrijven die digitale oplossingen bieden. In Nederland is de DSIH (Dutch Societal Innovation Hub) specifiek gericht op overheden.

Voor individuele projecten die onder de eerste en derde doelstelling vallen, is geen directe financiering beschikbaar. De EU-gerelateerde entiteiten die gespecialiseerd zijn in high-performance computing en cyberbeveiliging zullen acties rond deze thema’s uitvoeren.

Deelnemers:

In sommige gevallen is Europese samenwerking nodig om in aanmerking te komen voor subsidie.

Het programma is voor mkb’ers, bedrijven, kennisinstellingen en overheidsorganisaties die:

Cofinanciering:

50% – Simple Grants

75% – SMEs support action

100% – Coordination and support actions

Info & Aanvraag

Aanvraagprocedure gaat via de EU-portal Funding & Tender Opportunities.

Website: Digitaal Europa