Digital Skills and Jobs Platform: The National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs

Yes, Irish entities can apply and receive funding from this call.

No, there is no minimum revenue criterion for companies applying for funding. Companies must fulfil the eligibility rules (e.g. eligible country) and have enough financial and operational capacity to participate in the planned activities. Please see sections '6. Eligibility' and '7. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion' of the call documentPDF for more details.

No. Newly created SMEs can also apply as long as they otherwise fulfill the eligibility rules (e.g. eligible country) and have enough financial and operational capacity to participate in the planned activities.

Participation in this call is by entity that has to be registered in the Funding and Tenders Portal and have a PIC number (Participant Identification Code). 'Natural persons' (with exception of self employed persons) are not eligible to apply. Please see the call documentPDF page 22.

Yes, Albania is an associated country to the Digital Europe programmePDF and companies from Albania can participate in and receive funding from this call.

There is no recommendation about the number of entities per consortium, as long as the minimum requirement as indicated on page 23 of the call documentPDF is met. The number of consortium members will depend on the project design, which is at the discretion of the applicants.

UK entities may participate, but are not eligible to receive funding from DEP. They cannot be Beneficiary nor Affiliated entity, but only an Associate Partner.

Please carefully read the Call documentPDF and the topic-related Q&As first. If your question is still not answered, please send it to us via the "write to us" form, indicating the call/topic ID in question.

No, there is no limit on the number of employees per participating organisation. However, the list of 'Project teams and staff', i.e. staff included in the project budget, must be included in the Proposal Part B within the proposal page limit.

Applicants should provide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the planned outcomes and deliverables of the project. Each KPI, particularly compulsory project and programme KPIs, must be clearly linked to specific milestone(s), deliverable(s), task(s) and/or work package(s). KPIs should be relevant, have realistic targets, and reflect the project's main outcomes and deliverables.

The translation of content should be provided in the official national language(s) of the country. Official national languages are established by national law. For example, in the case of Belgium, there are three official national languages (Dutch, French, and German). Therefore, translation should be provided for all three languages. Other languages used or spoken in a country that are not recognised as official national languages by law should not be considered for translation, therefore, National Coalitions shall not provide translation for those languages.

Yes, Serbia is an associated country to DEP, applicants from Serbia can apply and receive funding from this call. Please see the list of eligible countries list-3rd-country-participation_digital_en.pdfPDF.

Yes, North Macedonia is an associated country to DEP, applicants from North Macedonia can apply and receive funding from this call. However, note that the minimum requirements of consortium composition include at least 4 applicants that have already received funding under CEF-TC-2019-2, CEF-TC-2020-2 or DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-06-SKILLS calls. See call documentPDF page 23.

The National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs were funded initially under the CEF Telecom programme 2019-2020. The Digital Europe Programme has not discontinued the financial support. In this regard, DEP is currently funding the C4DD Project that hosts some of the established National Coalitions (see ec.europa.eu). The full list of National Coalitions can be accessed digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu.