Digital Europe Programme

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The Digital Europe Programme (DEP) is a fund of the European Union which supports the completion of the Digital Single Market by connecting Europe through 'digital bridges' (Digital Service Infrastructures) for the benefit of citizens, businesses and public administrations. It promotes the vision of public services being not only digital by default but also cross-border by default.

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The programme was established in 2021 by splitting off parts of the CEF Digital digital infrastructure arm of the Connecting Europe Facility programme. [1] [2]

Overview

The programme concerns two types of Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs):

Building blocks

The building blocks are basic digital services supported by the programme. Building blocks are based on European legislation and standards to help Europeans implement some of the most commonly needed digital capabilities, such as exchanging messages, archiving documents and electronically identifying users. By using building blocks, digital services can be developed faster, easier and more cost-effectively using existing technologies, rather than each organisation developing them on their own. The grants also fund its users wanting to adopt building blocks. Eight building blocks have been developed, including eArchiving, Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI), Context Broker, eDelivery, eID, eInvoicing, eSignature and eTranslation. Each come with their own technical specifications, sample software (if applicable) and support services, such as help desk, to support their adoption. [3]

Available building blocks

There are eight building blocks available:

Parties involved

Building blocks were initially offered as part of CEF Digital, the programme's digital arm under telecommunications. [15] The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT) is responsible for the definition of the building blocks. Their management and user on-boarding was overseen by the Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT). The eTranslation building block is carried out and hosted by the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). The funding supports the adoption of building blocks. They are arranged through Calls for Proposals and are administered by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and then by the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "CEF Digital Home". CEF Digital. Retrieved Apr 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ Digital Europe Programme
  3. ↑ "CEF Digital Home". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "eArchiving". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Big Data Test Infrastructure". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Context Broker". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "eDelivery". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "eID". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "eInvoicing". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "eSignature". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "eTranslate". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Machine translation for public administrations — eTranslation". European Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "EBSI". European Commission. Retrieved 24 Oct 2019.
  14. ↑ "Once Only Principle". European Commission. Retrieved 24 Oct 2019.
  15. ↑ "Connecting Europe Facility in Telecom". European Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Innovation and Networks Executive Agency". Innovation and Networks Executive Agency - European Commission. Retrieved Apr 19, 2021.
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