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Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

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described in section 6 of the call document.

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described in section 7 of the call document.

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5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document.

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Expected Outcome:

1. Comprehensive support to EDICs, the Commission and Member States by:  

2. The setting up of an EDIC’s community of practice, including knowledge-sharing activities, collaborative projects, outreach and other events, and knowledge management to build expertise and shared understanding. 

3. The organisation of an Annual EDIC Gathering, addressed to the EDIC Community and other relevant stakeholders, following the policy steering provided by the European Commission.

4. Annual impact report, covering the project as a whole, as well as each of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortia, the proposed milestones or avenues for future strategic development of EDIC ecosystem aligned with EU digital policy objectives. The timing of the report should be such that this can feed into the State of the Digital Decade Report of the European Commission.

Objective:

The objective of the action is to establish an EDIC Support Hub in order to: 

Scope:

The EDIC Support Hub should provide support to the EDICs, the Member States and the European Commission in their work towards further consolidation, strengthening and ensuring long-term sustainability of the EDIC ecosystem, in particular by:

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