DIGITAL EUROPE – Accelerating Best Use of Technologies – 2026

Objectives

• To build capacity of public authorities and healthcare providers to deploy services and systems that support the rights of natural persons
• To build capacity of health data holders to improve quality of data, create dataset descriptions and labels for electronic health data they hold
• To train service providers, particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), to support public authorities, healthcare providers and data holders in the implementation of the requirements set by the EHDS
• To contribute to the protection and empowerment of children online

Among financed actions

• Guidance development for public authorities and healthcare providers
• Development of toolboxes for data holders
• Creation of dataset descriptions and data quality labelling
• Training framework development and training sessions
• Creation of a centre for raising awareness among children
• Creation of a helpline
• Creation of a hotline

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal
• A consortium composed of
  • minimum 5 independent applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 5 different eligible countries must be constituted (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-EHDS)
  • there is no specific conditions regarding the composition of the consortium for the topic DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-NETWORKSICs

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action:
  • DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-EHDS: 48 months
  • DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-NETWORKSICs: up to 18 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

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Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 24.400.000 euros
• Amount of the grant: between 450.000 and 14.400.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate: between 50% and 100% of the total eligible costs