DIGITAL EUROPE – EDIHs AI Continent – 2025

Objective

To strengthen the performance and capacity of the EDIH network to meet local, regional, national, and European digitalization needs, with a strong emphasis on the deployment and uptake of European AI technologies.

Among financed actions

• Test Before Investing
• Training and Skills Development
• Support for Identifying and Facilitating Access to Potential Funding Sources to aid digital transformation
• Fostering an Innovation Ecosystem and Networking Opportunities

Eligibility

• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (Click here)
• A consortium composed of only one applicant must be constituted

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 36 months
• Contact: : CNECTDIH@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 170 million euro
• Budget per topic:
  • DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-EU-EEA-08-CONSOLIDATION-STEP: 170 million euro
• Amount of the grant: between 1.000.000 and 3.000.000 euro
• Funding rate: up to 50% of the total eligible costs