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Digital Europe – Testing and experimentation Facility for smart cities and communities – 2022

Digital Europe - Testing and experimentation Facility for smart cities and communities - 2022 Funds for: providing a testing and experimentation facility for AI and robotics in cities and communities and make their resources accessible to EU cities, communities and innovative industry stakeholders (including SMEs) that would enable them to validate novel AI-driven services in close-to-real-life environments before their further massive deployment.

2022-05-17

20 million euro

Appeal framework

Institution European Commission

Sectors Education & Training Finance

Beneficiaries All beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees)

Regions Developing countries, European Economic Area, European Union

Details

Associated countries and countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature are equally eligible to the grant

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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

To provide a testing and experimentation facility for AI and robotics in cities and communities and make their resources accessible to EU cities, communities and innovative industry stakeholders (including SMEs) that would enable them to validate novel AI-driven services in close-to-real-life environments before their further massive deployment
To maximise the uptake of AI-powered solutions in smart cities and communities and to maximise the impact on the smart cities and communities’ services and competitiveness and maximize the impact on AI innovators

Priorities

Priority 1: provide the expertise and infrastructure necessary for the design and implementation of AI testing methodologies in real-world environments within technological readiness levels from six to eight
Priority 2: support technology providers in validating in real-world environments their state-of-the art AI solutions already tested in the lab, in order to assess the suitability of the solutions to meet the needs of the sector
Priority 3: focus mainly on the technical aspects and the performance expected by the users
Priority 4: facilitate compliance with the upcoming regulatory framework for AI, and they may support standardisation activities

Among financed actions

Testing processes, methodologies and metrics, established through the involvement of the necessary expertise to ensure representativeness of the requirements and to maximize acceptance, reputation and trust of validation process, expected to become a reference in Europe
Professional services support on technical aspects of AI testing
Access to the necessary digital infrastructure, as appropriate
If necessary, support services in other relevant areas such as business, legal and ethical compliance and verification/certification, including for compliance with requirement from the future regulatory framework for AI

Additional information

This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
Initial duration of the action: between 48 and 60 months

Eligibility

Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
Be established in one of the eligible countries

Financement

Total budget of the call: 156 million euro
Total budget of the topic: 20 million euro
Amount of the grant: 20 million euro
Co-financing rate: up to 50%

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