The DIGITAL Europe programme

This is a programme with multiple topics and budgets. It is an EU funding programme aimed at bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations.

The objectives, scope, results and deliverables and budget allocations for each topic are described in the work programmes below.

These are work programmes that are currently open:

• DIGITAL Europe Work Programme 2023-2024
• DIGITAL Europe - EDIH Work Programme 2021-2023, specifically dedicated to the European Digital Innovation Hubs
• DIGITAL Europe - Cybersecurity Work Programme 2023-2024
• DIGITAL Europe - High Performance Computing (managed by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking) : Decision No 03/2023 Amending the Work Programme and Budget for the year 2023

To elaborate on that (information from official website):

€2.2 BILLION for supercomputing to:

• Build up and strengthen the EU’s supercomputing and data processing capacities by buying world- class exascale supercomputers by 2022/2023 (capable of at least a billion billion or 1018 calculations per second) and post exascale facilities by 2026/2027.
• Increase accessibility and broaden the use of supercomputing in areas of public interest such as health, environment and security, and in industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises.

€2.1 BILLION for artificial intelligence to:

• Invest in and open up the use of artificial intelligence by businesses and public administrations.
• Set up a true European data space and facilitate safe access to and storage of large datasets and trustworthy and energy efficient cloud infrastructure.
• Strengthen and support existing artificial intelligence testing and experimentation facilities in areas such as health and mobility in Member States and encourage their cooperation.

€1.6 BILLION for cybersecurity to:

• Strengthening cybersecurity coordination between Member States tools and data infrastructures.
• Support the wide deployment of the cybersecurity capacities across the economy.

€580 MILLION for advanced digital skills to:

• Support the design and delivery of specialized programmes and traineeships for the future experts in key capacity areas like data and AI, cybersecurity, quantum and HPC.
• Support the upskilling of the existing workforce through short trainings reflecting the latest developments in key capacity areas.

€1.1 BILLION for ensuring the wide use of digital technologies across the economy and society to:

• Support high impact deployments in areas of public interest, such as health (complemented by EU4Health programme), Green Deal, smart communities and the cultural sector.
• Build up and strengthen the network of European Digital Innovation Hubs, aiming to have a Hub in every region, to help companies benefit from digital opportunities.
• Support the uptake of advanced digital and related technologies by the industry, notably small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Support European public administrations and industry to deploy and access state of-the-art digital technologies (such as blockchain) and build trust in the digital transformation.

Information on the work programmes, closing dates, relevant documents and amendments to the work programmes once adopted by the European Commission can be found on this webpage.