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Call: Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe

Programme	Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens"	The primary aims of the Secure Societies Challenge are: to enhance the resilience of our society against natural and man-made disasters, ranging from the development of new crisis management tools to communication interoperability, and to develop novel solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure; to fight crime and terrorism ranging from new forensic tools to protection against explosives; to improve border security, ranging from improved maritime border protection to supply chain security and to support the Union's external security policies including through conflict prevention and peace building; and to provide enhanced cyber-security, ranging from secure information sharing to new assurance models. Securing the society against disasters is one of the central elements of the functioning of any society. There is barely any societal sector which is not to some extent concerned by disasters and related resilience and security issues. Fighting crime and terrorism requires new technologies and capabilities for fighting and preventing crime (including cyber-crime), illegal trafficking and terrorism (including cyber-terrorism), including understanding and tackling terrorist ideas and beliefs to also avoid aviation-related threats. The protection of the European borders requires the development of systems, equipment, tools, processes, and methods for rapid identification. This includes supply chain security in the context of the EU’s customs policy. On Digital Security, this Challenge focuses on increasing the security of current applications, services and infrastructures by integrating state-of-the-art security solutions or processes, supporting the creation of lead markets & market incentives in Europe, following an end-user driven approach, including for instance law enforcement agencies, first responders, operators of critical infrastructures, ICT service providers, ICT manufacturers, market operators and citizens. This Challenge should bring together all security stakeholders: industry - including SMEs, research organisations, universities, as well as public authorities, non-governmental organisations and public and private organisations in the security domain. The active involvement of end-users is of high importance. The Secure Societies Challenge will contribute to the implementation of the policy goals of the Europe 2020 strategy, the Security Industrial Policy, the Internal Security Strategy and the Cyber Security Strategy.
Link	Link to Programme
Call	Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe
Description of call "Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe"	Disruption of our countries’ critical infrastructure is a serious risk. Proposals should address: forecast, assessment of physical and cyber risks, prevention, detection, response, mitigation of consequences, fast recovery after incidents, over the life span of the infrastructure to achieve security and resilience of all functions performed by the installations, and of neighbouring populations and the environment. Proposals should they should focus on water system, energy, transport and communication infrastructures, ground segments of space systems, health services, e-commerce and the postal infrastructure, sensitive industrial sites and plants, and financial services.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Research, Infrastructure, Innovation, Disaster Prevention, Media, Security, Technologies, Telecommunication, Environment & biodiversity
Funding area	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association
Applicant details	All legal entities located in the EU or in Third Countries can participate in Horizon 2020.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	At least 2 operators of the chosen type of critical infrastructure operating in 2 Member States or Associated Countries must be beneficiaries (possibly, but not necessarily: coordinator) of the grant agreement and should be directly involved in the carrying out of the tasks foreseen in the grant.
Recurring Call	Yes
Further info	Open access must be granted to all scientific publications.
Type of Funding	Grant
Financial details	budget amount: around 7-8 Mio. € per proposal Co- funding: max. 100%
Submission	Participant Portal
Contact Details	Link to the National Contact Point Finder.