DIGITAL EUROPE – European Digital Innovation Hubs – Associated countries (EDIHs with reinforced AI focus) – 2025

Objectives

• To complete the EDIH network from Bosnia-Hertzegovina and Moldova, enhancing their performance and capacity to meet digitalisation needs, with a reinforced focus on AI technologies
• To select new EDIHs from Seals of Excellence in the four associated countries, continuing to provide the full set of EDIH services with a reinforced focus on the transformative potential of AI technologies

Priorities

• Priority 1: To support the digital transformation of SMEs and public sector organizations, with a specific emphasis on the development, training, deployment, and uptake of European AI
• Priority 2: To strengthen the value chains of critical digital technologies is also a vital priority

Among financed actions

• Test before invest: Providing access to technical expertise and experimentation facilities, particularly for AI-related services
• Training and skill development: Offering training sessions for upskilling and reskilling the workforce in SMEs and public services
• Support to find investments: Identifying and facilitating access to potential financing sources for digital transformation
• Foster an innovation ecosystem and networking opportunities. EDIHs will also act as access points to the European network and provide a first-line AI help desk

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• 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 preselected candidates from Bosnia-Hertzegovina and Moldova are eligible (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-COMPLETION-STEP)
  • Only hubs having received the Seal of Excellence under call DIGITAL-2023-EDIH-04-ASSOCIATED for Albania, North Macedonia, Türkiye, and Ukraine are eligible (see details on the call document) must be constituted (DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-CONSOLIDATION-STEP)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 36 months
• Contact: Click here

Useful

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

• Total budget of the call: 11.000.000 euros
  • DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-COMPLETION-STEP: 2.000.000 euros
  • DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-CONSOLIDATION-STEP: 9.000.000 euros
• DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-COMPLETION-STEP:
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina: EUR 1 000 000 per project
  • Moldova: EUR 1 000 000 per project
• DIGITAL-2025-EDIH-AC-08-CONSOLIDATION-STEP:
  • Albania: EUR 818 000 per project
  • North Macedonia: EUR 818 000 per project
  • Türkiye: between EUR 750 000 and EUR 3 682 000 per project
  • Ukraine: between EUR 650 000 and EUR 3 682 000 per project
• Funding rate: up to 50% of the total eligible costs