Digital Europe Webinar: Cybersecurity Funding and Matchmaking

  • Event Date: von 16.12.2025, 13:00 Uhr
    bis 16.12.2025, 14:30 Uhr
  • Event Location: Online

This upcoming cross-border webinar “European Cybersecurity Funding and Matchmaking: Digital Europe’’ supports potential applicants on their search for funding opportunities and partner search within the European Cybersecurity Community.

Registration (via NCC-NL)

The webinar is hosted by the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centres (NCCs), The Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Austria and Greece, promoting a common approach to enhancing cybersecurity. 

Please note that the event will take place entirely in English. 

Content of the Webinar

Within the Webinar participants will receive general information on current Digital Europe Call openings, especially the three topics shown within the agenda below. 

Accordingly, there will be a breakout room for each of the three topics. Within the breakout rooms, participants will have the opportunity to exchange on the respective topics shown above. Interested participants can also choose to pitch their project idea or introduce their organization for joining existing or future consortia. 

Closing the webinar there will be a possibility to ask final questions and take away some advice on the next steps to take for a successful application. 

 

 

Agenda

13:00 – 13:15 

Welcome 

13:15 – 13:40 

Information session – Digital Europe Programme 
exploring funding opportunities 
 

13:40 – 14:15 

Breakout rooms* - Matchmaking and Pitching opportunity on selected topic

Room 1: Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI

Room 2: Uptake of innovative cybersecurity solutions for SMEs

Room 3: Coordinated preparedness testing 
 

14:15 – 14:30 

Wrap up – Next steps within the application process
 

 

*Note: The open call topic about Regional Cable Hubs [internal LINK to InfoPage] is not included as it is only open for public authorities, agencies or other entities in charge in Member States of Cable/Maritime Security. 

 

Find out more

Call document for Call for proposals: DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-09

All details on the applications can be seen on the: EU Funding & Tender Portal

Registration

You can register via the registration form provided and maintained by the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity Netherlands (NCC-NL).

During the registration process, participants need to specify the breakout room they wish to join and indicate if they have a pitch. Pitches need to be send in until the 10 December 2025. A pitch template including guidelines will be provided to assist in the registration process.

For whom?

The targeted potential applicants for breakout room 1 “Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI” is for anyone who works as Cyber Hubs operators, technology providers, research and academia, cybersecurity entities, NIS 2 Directive entities and other relevant stakeholders supporting the deployment of cyber-secure AI solutions, end-users.

For breakout room 2 “Uptake of innovative cybersecurity solutions for SMEs” it is more targeted towards SMEs but other applicants, such as private and public entities implementing NIS 2 Directive, Cyber Resilience Act, research and academia and end-users can be also considered. 

For the breakout room 3 “Coordinated preparedness testing” we look forward to welcome public bodies acting as cybersecurity competent authorities or CSIRTs. As well as, public bodies subject to the NIS 2 Directive, CRA, CSA, CSoA, DORA etc.

Any Questions?

In case you have any questions regarding the event, please feel free reach out via email: 

On pitching and general information to: 
nkcs@bsi.bund.de

Regarding registrations and general information to: 
ncc-nl@rvo.nl 

Note: Due to security restrictions under Article 12(5) of the Digital Europe Regulation apply (see Sections 6 and 10 and Annex 2), companies outside the European Union cannot be applicants and are therefore advised not to attend.

We look forward to welcome you to the webinar!

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