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Table of contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................... 7
Destination - Better protect the EU and its citizens against Crime andTerrorism ........................................................................................................... 12
Call - Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 .......................................................................... 14
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 14
FCT01 - Modern information analysis for fighting crime and terrorism ............................. 15
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-01: Processing of large, complex and unstructured datasets
resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis and dataprotection .............................................................................................................................. 15
FCT02 - Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection .............................................. 18
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-02: A harmonized European forensics approach on drugs
analysis ................................................................................................................................. 18
FCT03 – Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various
forms of crime ...................................................................................................................... 21
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03: New methods and technologies in service ofcommunity policing and transferable best practices ............................................................ 21
FCT04 – Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces ........ 23
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-04: Open Topic .................................................................. 23
FCT05 – Organised crime prevented and combated ............................................................ 24
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-05: Crime as a service ....................................................... 25
FCT06 – Citizens are protected against cybercrime ............................................................ 26
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06: Enhancing tools and capabilities to fight advanced
forms of cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes............................................................. 26
Call - Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024 .......................................................................... 28
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 28
FCT01 - Modern information analysis for fighting crime and terrorism ............................. 30
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01: Mitigating new threats and adapting investigation
strategies in the era of Internet of Things ............................................................................. 30
FCT02 - Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection .............................................. 32
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-02: Open Topic .................................................................. 32
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-03: Lawful evidence collection in online child sexual abuse
investigations, including undercover .................................................................................... 34
FCT03 – Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various
forms of crime ...................................................................................................................... 36
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-04: Radicalisation and gender ........................................... 36
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05: Combating hate speech online and offline .................. 38
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-06: Open Topic .................................................................. 42

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FCT04 – Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces ........ 43
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-07: CBRN-E detection capacities in small architecture .... 43
FCT06 – Citizens are protected against cybercrime ............................................................ 46
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-08: Tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related tocriminal purposes ................................................................................................................. 46

Destination - Effective management of EU external borders ....................... 48
Call - Border Management 2023 ........................................................................................... 53
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 53
BM01 – Efficient border surveillance and maritime security .............................................. 54
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-01: Capabilities for border surveillance and situationalawareness ............................................................................................................................. 54
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-02: Identify, inspect, neutralise Unexploded Ordnance(UXO) at sea......................................................................................................................... 57
BM02 – Secured and facilitated crossing of external borders.............................................. 60
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-03: Beyond the state-of-the-art “biometrics on the move” forborder checks ........................................................................................................................ 60
BM03 – Better customs and supply chain security .............................................................. 63
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-04: Interoperability of systems and equipment at tacticallevel; between equipment and databases; and/or between databases of threats and materials.............................................................................................................................................. 64
Call - Border Management 2024 ........................................................................................... 66
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 66
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-01: Open Topic ................................................................... 68
BM01 – Efficient border surveillance and maritime security .............................................. 69
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-02: Interoperability for border and maritime surveillanceand situational awareness ..................................................................................................... 69
BM02 – Secured and facilitated crossing of external borders.............................................. 72
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-03: Advanced user-friendly, compatible, secure identity andtravel document management............................................................................................... 73
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-04: Integrated risk-based border control that mitigates public
security risk, reduces false positives and strengthens privacy ............................................. 76
BM03 – Better customs and supply chain security .............................................................. 78
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-05: Detection and tracking of illegal and trafficked goods 79

Destination - Resilient Infrastructure ............................................................. 82
Call - Resilient Infrastructure 2023 ...................................................................................... 83
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 83
INFRA01 – Improved preparedness and response for large-scale disruptions of European
infrastructures ....................................................................................................................... 84

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HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-01: Facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure theprovision of essential services .............................................................................................. 84
HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-02: Supporting operators against cyber and non-cyberthreats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures ................................................. 87
Call - Resilient Infrastructure 2024 ...................................................................................... 91
Conditions for the Call ......................................................................................................... 91
INFRA01 – Improved preparedness and response for large-scale disruptions of European
infrastructures ....................................................................................................................... 92
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-01: Open Topic ............................................................. 92
INFRA02 – Resilient and secure urban areas and smart cities ............................................ 94
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-02: Resilient and secure urban planning and new tools
for EU territorial entities ...................................................................................................... 94
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-03: Advanced real-time data analysis used forinfrastructure resilience ........................................................................................................ 97

Destination - Increased Cybersecurity .......................................................... 100
Call - Increased Cybersecurity 2023 ................................................................................... 102
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 102
CS01 - Systems Security and Security Lifetime Management, Secure Platforms, Digital
Infrastructures ..................................................................................................................... 103
HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-01: Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud,Dataspaces)......................................................................................................................... 103
CS02 –Privacy-preserving and identity technologies ........................................................ 104
HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02: Privacy-preserving and identity management
technologies ........................................................................................................................ 104
CS03 - Secured disruptive technologies ............................................................................. 106
HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-03: Security of robust AI systems ...................................... 106
Call - Increased Cybersecurity 2024 ................................................................................... 107
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 107
CS01 - Systems Security and Security Lifetime Management, Secure Platforms, Digital
Infrastructures ..................................................................................................................... 108
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01: Approaches and tools for security in software andhardware development and assessment .............................................................................. 108
CS02 - Cryptography ......................................................................................................... 110
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-02: Post-quantum cryptography transition ........................ 110

Destination - Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe..................................... 112
Call - Disaster-Resilient Society 2023 ................................................................................. 115
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 115
DRS01 - Societal Resilience: Increased risk Awareness and preparedness of citizens ..... 116

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HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-01: Improving social and societal preparedness for disaster
response and health emergencies ....................................................................................... 116
DRS02 - Improved Disaster Risk Management and Governance ...................................... 119
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-02: Design of crisis prevention and preparedness actions incase of digital breakdown (internet, electricity etc.) .......................................................... 119
DRS03 - Improved harmonisation and/or standardisation in the area of crisis management
and CBRN-E ...................................................................................................................... 120
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-03: Operability and standardisation in response tobiological toxin incidents ................................................................................................... 120
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-04: Internationally coordinated networking of training
centres for the validation and testing of CBRN-E tools and technologies in case ofincidents, with consideration of human factors .................................................................. 123
DRS04 - Strengthened capacities of first and second responders ...................................... 125
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-05: Robotics: Autonomous or semi-autonomous UGV
systems to supplement skills for use in hazardous environments ...................................... 125
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-06: Increased technology solutions, institutional
coordination and decision-support systems for first responders of last-kilometer emergency
service delivery .................................................................................................................. 127
Call - Disaster-Resilient Society 2024 ................................................................................. 129
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 129
DRS02 - Improved Disaster Risk Management and Governance ...................................... 130
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01: Prevention, detection, response and mitigation ofchemical, biological and radiological threats to agricultural production, feed and foodprocessing, distribution and consumption .......................................................................... 130
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02: Open Topic ............................................................... 133
DRS03 - Improved harmonisation and/or standardisation in the area of crisis management
and CBRN-E ...................................................................................................................... 134
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-03: Harmonised / Standard protocols for the
implementation of alert and impact forecasting systems as well as transnational emergency
management in the areas of high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters ....... 135
DRS04 - Strengthened capacities of first and second responders ...................................... 137
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-04: Hi-tech capacities for crisis response and recovery after
a natural-technological (NaTech) disaster .......................................................................... 137
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-05: Cost-effective sustainable technologies and crisis
management strategies for RN large-scale protection of population and infrastructures after
a nuclear blast or nuclear facility incident.......................................................................... 139

Destination - Strengthened Security Research and Innovation .................. 143
Call - Support to Security Research and Innovation 2023 ............................................... 146
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 146
SSRI 02 - Increased innovation uptake .............................................................................. 147

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HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-01: Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement ofinnovative security technologies ........................................................................................ 147
HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-02: Accelerating uptake through open proposals foradvanced SME innovation ................................................................................................. 150
Call - Support to Security Research and Innovation 2024 ............................................... 154
Conditions for the Call ....................................................................................................... 154
SSRI 02 – Increased innovation uptake ............................................................................. 155
HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01: Demand-led innovation through public procurement............................................................................................................................................ 155
HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-02: Accelerating uptake through open proposals foradvanced SME innovation ................................................................................................. 159

Other actions not subject to calls for proposals ........................................... 163
1. External expertise for reviews of projects ...................................................................... 163
2. Workshops, conferences, experts, communication activities, studies ............................ 163

Budget ............................................................................................................... 164

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Introduction
Supporting EU policy priorities
This Cluster 3 Work Programme will support the implementation of EU policy priorities on
security, including cybersecurity, and disaster risk reduction and resilience. In addition, it willbuild on lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen prevention, mitigation,
preparedness and capacity building for crises (including health crises) and to improve crosssectoral aspects of such crises. In this respect, this Work Programme will therefore also
ensure synergies and coordination of actions with other parts of Pillar 2.
The Work Programme will support the European Commission policy priority ‘Promoting theEuropean way of life’, as well as ‘European Green Deal’ and ‘Europe fit for the digital age’.
It will in particular support the implementation of the Security Union Strategy 1 , theCounter-Terrorism Agenda 2 , the EU Strategy to tackle Organised Crime, the EU
Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings, the EU strategy for a more
effective fight against child sexual abuse, the EU Action Plan on firearms trafficking, theEU Roadmap to fight Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime, the border management
and security dimensions of the Pact on Migration and Asylum 3 , EU Disaster Risk
Reduction policies, the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy 4 , the EU Maritime Security
Strategy and the EU Cybersecurity Strategy5.
Within the framework of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024, the Cluster 3
expected impacts will contribute in particular to the impact areas “A resilient EU prepared for
emerging threats” and “A secure, open and democratic EU society” of Key Strategic
Orientation D “Creating a more resilient, inclusive and democratic European society” and to
the impact area “Secure and cybersecure digital technology” of Key Strategic Orientation A“Promoting an open strategic autonomy by leading the development of key digital, enablingand emerging technologies, sectors and value chains”.
Meeting capability requirements
Projects will develop new knowledge, technologies and/or other solutions to the identified
requirements. Projects will involve practitioner end-users (usually relevant national
authorities) alongside researchers and industry. Such involvement has shown their added
value in ensuring that the results of R&I are targeted to practitioners’ needs 6 . Relevant
requirements are specified for the different topics.

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Such as capability gaps identified by IFAFRI – International Forum to Advance First Responder
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Projects need to show their contribution to a wider needs-driven capability development cyclethat triggers research, steers its implementation and capitalises on its outcomes. This meansthat projects need to show, on the one hand, an understanding of the capability requirementthat has led to the R&I need, and, on the other hand, a strategy for ensuring the uptake of theoutcomes including opportunities for using relevant EU funds for funding deployment.
Ensuring ethical outcomes that are supported by society
In the field of security research, it is particularly important that projects take into accounthuman factors and the societal context, and ensure the respect of fundamental rights,
including privacy and protection of personal data. Citizens and communities should beengaged, for example in assessing the societal impact of security technologies, to improve thequality of results and to build public trust. Social sciences and humanities (SSH) and social
innovation need to be better integrated into security research. Again, relevant requirements
are specified for the different topics. Social innovations should also be considered, notably
because new tools, ideas and methods lead to active citizen engagement and as drivers ofsocial change and social ownership.
The six Destinations
This Work Programme comprises the following six Destinations that (i) build on the structureof the Horizon 2020 work programmes for security research and (ii) respond to the following
expected impacts of Cluster 3 in the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024:
1. Destination – Better protect the EU and its citizens against crime and terrorism
Expected Impact: “Crime and terrorism are more effectively tackled, while respecting
fundamental rights, […] thanks to more powerful prevention, preparedness and response, abetter understanding of related human, societal and technological aspects, and thedevelopment of cutting-edge capabilities for police authorities […] including measuresagainst cybercrime.”
2. Destination – Effective management of EU external borders
Expected Impact: “Legitimate passengers and shipments travel more easily into the EU, while
illicit trades, trafficking, piracy, terrorist and other criminal acts are prevented, due toimproved air, land and sea border management and maritime security including betterknowledge on social factors.”
3. Destination – Resilient infrastructure
Expected Impact: “[…] resilience and autonomy of physical and digital infrastructures areenhanced and vital societal functions are ensured, thanks to more powerful prevention,
preparedness and response, a better understanding of related human, societal andtechnological aspects, and the development of cutting-edge capabilities for […] infrastructure
operators […]”
4. Destination – Increased Cybersecurity

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Expected impact: “Increased cybersecurity and a more secure online environment by
developing and using effectively EU and Member States’ capabilities in digital technologies
supporting protection of data and networks aspiring to technological sovereignty in this field,
while respecting privacy and other fundamental rights; this should contribute to secureservices, processes and products, as well as to robust digital infrastructures capable to resist
and counter cyber-attacks and hybrid threats.”
5. Destination - A Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe
Expected Impact: “Losses from natural, accidental and human-made disasters are reduced
through enhanced disaster risk reduction based on preventive actions, better societal
preparedness, and resilience and improved disaster risk management in a systemic way.”
6. Destination –Strengthened Security Research and Innovation
In addition, a number of cross-cutting R&I actions will support all of the above expected
impacts:• generate knowledge and value in cross-cutting matters in order to avoid sector-specificbias and to break silos that impede the proliferation of common security solutions;• support innovation uptake and go-to-market strategies with the aim of paving the way
towards an increased industrialisation, commercialisation, adoption and deployment of
successful outcomes of security research, thus contributing to reinforce thecompetitiveness of EU security industry and safeguard the security of supply of EU
products in key security areas.
Under each Destination, before the texts of the topics themselves, there is an important
introductory part that explains the relevant policy objectives, that specifies any elements to betaken into account for all the topics of the Destination, including international cooperationand that identifies specific expected impacts. Proposals should set out a credible pathway tocontributing to those specific expected impacts.
International cooperation
In line with the EU’s Global Approach to Research and Innovation, and as for the Work
Programme 2021-2022, the Work Programme 2023-2024 will remain almost completely open
to the participation of non-associated Third countries to all topics. In support of the Global
Gateway Strategy, projects involving international partners should lead to increased scientificknowledge and transfer of technology among partner countries allowing to address global
challenges across the world and create sustainable growth and jobs. Cooperation should takeplace in a value-based way, creating linkages, not dependencies.
Security research under Cluster 3 requires a specific approach towards international
cooperation to achieve the right balance between the need to exchange with key international
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the protection of EU security interests and respecting the need for open strategic autonomy incritical sectors.
Within the Destination ‘A Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe’, there is an establishedculture of comprehensive collaboration with third countries under the different security
research programmes, taking due account of the trans-national dimension of different naturaland human-made hazards and their drivers (such as climate change). Therefore, in thisDestination, international cooperation will be strongly encouraged given the value ofcooperating internationally in particular in developing technologies for first responders.
Cooperation can include sharing knowledge, experiences, expertise and mutual learning on
disaster-risk management.
As for the Destinations relating to protecting against crime and terrorism, to bordermanagement, to infrastructure resilience and to cybersecurity, international cooperation is
explicitly encouraged only where appropriate and specifically supporting ongoingcollaborative activities. Due to the sensitive nature of most projects in those areas and theobvious interest of the EU to ensure confidentiality of projects results, as well as the need tomaintain open strategic autonomy in critical domains of security, such explicit cooperation
will need to be assessed at the level of topics and limited to selected international partners
only. In line with the overall strategic approach to Research and Innovation policy,
cooperation would need to be based on reciprocity and contribute to wider strategic goals of
the EU.
Applicants are reminded that legal entities established in China are not eligible to participate
in Innovation Actions in any capacity. Please refer to the Annex B of the General Annexes ofthis Work Programme for further details.
Synergies with other funding instruments
In this cluster, the main synergies to be sought are sequential with Horizon Europe funding
R&I activities being followed by final development and market uptake and deployment ofrelevant research results for which funding will in particular be sought from:• Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF), consisting of the Border Management andVisa Instrument (BMVI) and the Customs Control Equipment Instrument – for bordercapabilities.
• Internal Security Fund (ISF) – for law enforcement capabilities.
• Digital Europe Programme7 – for cybersecurity capabilities and law enforcement digital
capabilities. The programme will speed up the take-up of R&I projects in the area ofArtificial Intelligence, High Performance computer and cyber security. The programme
will also offer infrastructure to the research community.

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REGULATION (EU) 2021/694 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of
29 April 2021establishing the Digital Europe Programme and repealing Decision (EU) 2015/2240.

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Civil Security for Society• Cohesion policy, in particular through the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF 8 ) – notably managing disaster risks, adapting to climate change, protecting
public spaces and utilities (including for energy, transport) and cybersecurity, as well asinterregional cooperation on these issues.
Synergies with other funds should also be articulated in a way that accelerates market uptakeof successful outcomes of R&I actions. To that end, the complementarity of funding
instruments should be considered under a wider capability development cycle.
While actions under Horizon Europe should have an exclusive focus on civilian applications,synergies should be sought with the activities funded under the European Defence Fund or its
precursor programmes (Preparatory Action on Defence Research and European Defence
Industry Development Programme) while avoiding unnecessary duplication.
In addition, synergies can be sought with the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, including
via opportunities such as the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network, Prevention &Preparedness projects, developing additional reserve capacities under rescEU for major andsimultaneous disasters, and by co-financing the deployment of Member States’ national
response capacities.

8“Synergies between Horizon Europe and ERDF programmes (Draft Commission Notice)”https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/synergiesguidance-out-2022-07-06_en

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Destination - Better protect the EU and its citizens against Crime andTerrorism
Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing
to the following expected impact of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024: “Crimeand terrorism are more effectively tackled, while respecting fundamental rights, […] thanks
to more powerful prevention, preparedness and response, a better understanding of related
human, societal and technological aspects, and the development of cutting-edge capabilities
for police authorities […] including measures against cybercrime.”
More specifically, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of thefollowing impacts:• Modern information analysis for Police Authorities, allowing them to efficiently fightcriminals and terrorists who use novel technologies;• Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection, increasing the capabilities toapprehend criminals and terrorists and bring them to the court;• Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various formsof crime, including cybercrime, and terrorism, such as violent radicalisation, domestic
and sexual violence, or juvenile offenders;• Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces (while
preserving their quality and openness);• Improved intelligence picture and enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence ofvarious forms of organised crime;• More secure cyberspace for citizens, especially children, through a robust prevention,
detection, and protection from cybercriminal activities.
This Destination will also promote, whenever appropriate and applicable, the proposals with:• the involvement of the Police Authorities in their core,• a clear strategy on how they will adapt to the fast-evolving environment in the area offight against crime and terrorism (evolution of related technologies, evolution of
criminal modi operandi and business models related to these technologies, etc.),• a focus on tools that are modular and can be easily plugged into another platform, andnot on a platform (in order to avoid platform multiplication),• tools that are developed and validated against practitioners’ needs and requirements,• a robust plan on how they will build on the relevant predecessor projects,

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practitioners, as well as information sharing and awareness raising of the citizens,• a clear strategy on the uptake of the outcomes, defined in consultation with the involved
stakeholders,• a well-developed plan both on how research data for training and testing will beobtained, in order to reach the requested Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), and on
how the specific TRL will be measured.
Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successfulproposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international
conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovationfor Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.
The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01 36.00
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01
Overall indicative budget

23 Nov 2023
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Call - Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)9TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)10

2023

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-01 IA

7.00

Around 7.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-02 IA

9.00

Around 4.50

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03 RIA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-04 RIA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-05 RIA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06 RIA

8.00

Around 4.00

2

Overall indicative budget

36.00

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General

910

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Annex B.
Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

FCT01 - Modern information analysis for fighting crime and terrorism
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-01: Processing of large, complex and unstructured
datasets resulting from criminal investigations, while reconciling big data analysis anddata protection
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 7.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 7.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 11 from at least 3 different EU Member States or

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In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Improved capabilities of European Police Authorities and other relevant security
practitioners for a fast and flexible analysis of huge amounts of heterogeneous data
through the application of robust and advanced tools, allowing them to efficiently fightcriminals and terrorists who use novel technologies;• Enhanced and modern analysis of heterogeneous data as well as training curricula thattake into account legal and ethical rules of operation, cost-benefit considerations, as well
as fundamental rights such as privacy and protection of personal data, providing reportsthat can be used in court;• The work of European Police Authorities in the area of fighting crime and terrorism is
supported by big data analysis that is in accordance with data minimisation principles
and high privacy standards, with clearly identified challenges, adequate models andscientifically validated technical options for tackling the challenge proposed andsolutions developed that meet the challenge.
Scope: With the constant increase of technological developments, the processing of large
datasets is inevitable for police work in today’s digital world. As a wide range of products andservices become digitalised and interconnected, Police Authorities need adequate
technologies to properly detect and counter emerging threats. Big data analysis also provides
invaluable opportunities to carry out investigations, identify suspects, reveal or anticipate
crime patterns or links between previously unconnected events or actors. In particular, there isa continuous need for handling large, complex and unstructured datasets, in order to gather,normalise, process, connect, prioritise, visualise the data (including text, image, audio andvideo) in ways that facilitate the extraction of actionable intelligence, while ensuring
interoperability between existing systems and standards in different Member States. Solutions
to perform temporal and geospatial analyses are needed too. The successful proposal shouldhave a clear strategy related to quality data sets to be used for training and testing. The
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the fight against hate speech, human trafficking, terrorism or child sexual exploitation in an
online environment. The work should include surface, deep and dark web.
Examples of relevant techniques include: examination of digitally captured signatures,
identification of voice cloning and of deepfakes; detection and recognition of
persons/objects/logos; speaker diarisation and identification; speech recognition andtranscription into text; automatic classification of text based on risk factors; optical character
recognition; named entity recognition; concept extraction, extraction of entities and relations
between them in unstructured text; multimodal analytics, in order to discover insights andpatterns in large volumes of data through clustering, as well as the identification of user
communities and key actors in the social networks being formed online; automatic
correlations among all available sources, as well as cross-checking, cross-matching andmapping information between different cases, i.e. cross-reference with existing records indatabases of Police Authorities. Identification of perpetrators can also be enhanced bydetecting their online behaviour and habits, e.g. which days/hours they are used tologin/logout.
Taking advantage of these modern technologies will require Police Authorities to move awayfrom business models based on data input to data evaluation. It will require robust and reliable
information management structures that encompass all aspects from data collection tohandling, evaluation, exploitation and data security. In particular, key principles such as
lawfulness of processing and data minimisation should apply to ensure that Police Authorities
conduct data analysis in full compliance with fundamental rights and EU privacy and personal
data protection legal framework. For example, it may be necessary to filter and reduce large
datasets to what is relevant for operational support activities and in investigations, and/or
apply methods such as differential privacy. Hence, all these efforts should also reconcile big
data analysis and data protection, i.e.: explore challenges to conduct big data analysis inaccordance with data minimisation principles and data protection by default standards,
propose possible models and scientific options to tackle the challenge, and develop solutions(digital tools) that meet the challenge, focusing on triage and clustering functions.
Possibilities of assessing and preventing bias and discrimination as a result of big data
analysis should be analysed too. The successful proposal should thus help framing the issue ofbig data analysis for Police Authorities, providing guidelines as well as operational tools tocomply with EU data protection law.
The successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings ofrelated previous national or EU-funded projects as well as create synergies with similar ongoing security research projects from the Calls 2021-2022 on Fighting Crime and Terrorism
in the area of modern information analysis, in order to avoid duplication and to exploit
complementarities as well as opportunities for increased impact.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.

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Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
Possibilities of coordination with related activities funded through the Internal Security Fund(such as the European Anti-Cybercrime Technology Development Association) and theDigital Europe Programme should be analysed too.
FCT02 - Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-02: A harmonized European forensics approach on
drugs analysis
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.50
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 9.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Police Authorities12 and 2 forensic institutes from at least 3 different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicantsmust fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
To ensure a balanced portfolio, grants will be awarded to applications not
only in order of ranking but at least also to one project that is the highest
ranked within each of the two options (Option A and Option B), provided
that the applications attain all thresholds.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation

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detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• European Police Authorities, forensic institutes and other relevant security practitioners
are equipped by modern means of chemical analysis (composition) in drugs aimed at
facilitating the cross-matching of seized drugs to labs and the establishment of links
between cases, including by developing protocols to quickly exchange information on
new substances;• Improved and uniform EU-wide approach for the collection of evidence regarding illicit
drugs-related overdoses, that would allow for choosing adequate responses in countering
the drug-related problems;• Improved collection and availability of forensic evidence, that could be used in court by
the authorities, in direct violence, kidnapping or human trafficking cases, as well as
reinforced prevention of such cases thanks to sensors/kits that are reliable, lawful, fastand easy-to-use;• Enhanced perception of citizens in public and private spaces that Europe is an area of
freedom, justice and security.
Scope: Proposals are expected to address one of the following options:
Option A: A harmonised European approach is needed on the study of chemical analysis(composition) in drugs, to1) facilitate the cross-matching of seized drugs to labs and the establishment of links between
cases, including by developing protocols to quickly exchange information on new substances;
2) tackle forensic challenges related to illicit drugs-related overdoses.
The production of synthetic drugs in the EU is continuously expanding. The laboratories
producing synthetic drugs are becoming more professional and versatile, resulting in an
increased production and a greater flexibility in terms of which substances are produced, how
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On the one hand, criminal networks and criminals active in the production of synthetic drugs
display a particularly high degree of specialisation. Thus, a modern and harmonised European
approach to the analysis of the drugs composition would help to crossmatch seized drugs andillegal drugs markets to labs and make the links between cases, allowing a cross-borderexchange of such evidence.
On the other hand, choosing appropriate responses that are likely to be effective in dealing
with a particular drug-related problem requires a clear understanding of the problem,
supported by the strongest available evidence. However, an obstacle in this process is the very
limited or fully absent evidence, as it is the case in finding responses aimed at reducing
overdose-related deaths. Namely, autopsies with full toxicology are underdeveloped in many
Member States, making comparison at EU level difficult and aggregated numbers on overdose
deaths not fully representative. Member States called to make this issue more comparable EUwide. To this end, a modern chemical analysis of the drugs composition and a unified EUwide approach would provide a significant support, also in view of commitments of the EU
Drugs Strategy 2021-2025.
Option B: A reliable and easy-to-use detection of chemical submission drugs in beverages
and urine.
GHB (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate) is one of the drugs known as “club drugs” or “date rapedrugs”. Notably when mixed with alcohol, it has a depressant effect and causes drowsiness,
rendering the person defenceless and unable to remember what happened. Sexual assaults
facilitated by chemical submission drugs have a growing tendency in Europe. Thus, Police
Authorities and forensic practitioners need modern methods and technologies that enable
better prevention against and investigation of different forms of violence and assault
supported by these drugs. To this end, the successful proposal should aim at developing
wearable, reusable, portable sensors and/or kits that would provide a fast response, without
the need for additional instrumentation, and would be easy to use by Police Authorities in thefield (i.e., in places where citizens are more at risk of ingesting GHB drugs through drinks andbeverages). Furthermore, such solutions should provide results that are reliable, safe andsimple to interpret when looking for and collecting evidence of such drugs that can be used incourt. Gender-related impacts as well as legal and ethical challenges of such solutions should
be fully considered in the development process.
Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic should be envisaged in order toavoid duplication and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities for increased
impact. Similarly, coordination with projects funded under HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-01-03:
Better, more portable and quicker analysis and detection for customs and HORIZON-CL32023-BM-01-04: Interoperability of systems and equipment at tactical level; between
equipment and databases; and/or between databases of threats and materials would be
welcome.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
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FCT03 – Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related tovarious forms of crime
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03: New methods and technologies in service ofcommunity policing and transferable best practices
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 13 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:

13

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Civil Security for Society• Strengthened resilience of local communities against crime and radicalisation, lowered
feeling of insecurity and improved law enforcing;• Negative factors in local communities are identified early, possible threats are detected,
and crime reporting is enhanced;• Better recognition for community diversity within neighbourhoods, and tailoredapproaches to milieus including communities traditionally not engaging with statutory
authorities resulting in comprehensive community empowerment;• The interactions, and potential feedback between CP and alternatives to incarceration are
explored;• Identification and EU wide dissemination of validated community policing bestpractices;• New methodologies, tools and adoption of technological support are developed; and• Training curricula for Police Authorities are developed on community policing in nonhomogenous local milieus with social complexities, including balancing of majority
needs while recognising expectations of minorities and/or sub-groups.
Scope: Community policing (CP) is an integral part of policing focusing on cooperation withlocal community for better understanding challenges and the given group needs and meetingthem. From both a theoretical and a practical point of view, three ways of delivering CP may
be outlined: reactive, proactive, and co-active - based on community consultations andcommon actions. While performing such actions, police provides information, initiates andparticipates in programs to prevent crime and ensures the protection of citizens in cooperation
with other institutions. CP aims to create opportunities for positive, mutually respectfulinteractions between civilians and the police, to increase citizens` trust and enhance the abilityof police to enforce the law. To maximise the impact of CP actions, proposals should analyse
its potential relations with introduction of innovative alternatives to imprisonment.
Nowadays, Police Authorities, while carrying out their duties to provide community security,
are faced with numerous economic and demographic challenges. As a consequence, more
efficient solutions, tools and methodologies are sought. First responders cope with growing
communities, tighter budgets, and diverse, quickly evolving milieus in their areas of
responsibility, regularly facing challenges that initial professional training could not preparethem for. Moreover, rapidly changing social, economic and political environment, both
domestically and internationally, complicates these problems and fuels new tensions.
New approaches should cover internal review of Police Authorities’ personnel training,
possible change of attitudes and communication language, or countering existing
misconceptions and biases. International exchange of validated best practices is encouraged.
Proposals should eventually integrate societal findings, relevant new or already existing
technologies and legal framework into a comprehensive CP model. The successful proposal
should build on the publicly available achievements and findings of related previous national
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or EU-funded projects. Activities proposed within this topic should address bothtechnological and societal dimensions of CP in a balanced way.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.
FCT04 – Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-04: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 14 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitionerss” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology

14

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-7 by the end of the project – see

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Readiness Level

General Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Enhanced ability of security practitioners to identify and prevent emergent challenges inthe terrorism-related topic under consideration;• Harmonised and modern tools as well as procedures of the terrorism-related problem
under consideration, in full compliance with applicable legislation on protection of
personal data and protection of fundamental rights;• Improved cooperation between European Police Authorities, as well as withinternational actors, in tackling the problem in question; and• Training curricula for Police Authorities are developed for an improved countering of
the terrorism-related problem under consideration.
Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or
unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for increasing security of
citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces, that are not covered by the other topics
of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021-2022, Fighting Crime andTerrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly
explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed
tools and solutions. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future
uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps after the research
project.
Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
FCT05 – Organised crime prevented and combated
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Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 15 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitionerss” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• European Police Authorities and policy makers are provided with a robust analysis of theevolution of the contemporary organised crime, its structure, role of hierarchy,
membership in the organisation and subcontracting of specialised criminal services.
• Policy makers benefit from an analysis of the legal framework utilised for counteringorganised crime, in terms of the validity of the legal definitions and penal provisions
adopted and their impact on the effectiveness of judicial verdicts;
15

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detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Civil Security for Society• Methodology for the identification of the means of advertising, communication,marketing and money flows used for offering criminal services on the undergroundmarket is developed, as well as the set of respective prevention, investigative and policy
countermeasures; and• Improved knowledge within European security institutions regarding developments inthe field of organised crime and prospects for the future.
Scope: The Crime-as-a-service (CaaS) model proliferates and becomes a prominent feature
not only for the cybercriminal underground, but also for traditional criminals hiring
specialised digital and financial services. Thus, availability of exploit kits and other services
not only serves cybercriminals with low technical skills, but also makes the operations ofmature and organised threat actors more efficient. Recently Malware-as-a-service (MaaS)
offerings on the Dark Web increased, of which ransomware affiliate programs seem to be themost prominent.
The shape of the organised crime evolves, apart from traditionally closed, clandestine
criminal structures, and investigators are increasingly confronted with modern, flexible,
specialised and "multi-ethnic" organisations with a global operational range. As these groups
seem not to work within permanent multi-layered structures but with various actors delivering
on demand services, some of the organised crime characteristics might be subject to a review.
Actors in the shadow economy while seeking to maximise their profit, take instant advantageof new ways of operations, exploring and benefiting from modern technologies andorganisational schemes to achieve their goals, thus resulting in dynamic transformation ofsubject networks. The observed trend may be a challenge for the codified laws and definitionsof organised crime as supposedly sealed off to outsiders and characterised by fixed andpermanent cooperation. In order to enhance the fight against organised crime at the European
level, there is a need for distinct research to gain comprehensive insight into the internal
workings of modern organised crime structures and their marketplaces.
Coordination among the successful proposal from this topic as well as with the successfulproposals under topics HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06: Enhancing tools and capabilities tofight advanced forms of cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes and HORIZON-CL3-2024FCT-01-06: Tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related to criminal purposes should beenvisaged to avoid duplication, and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities forincreased impact.
FCT06 – Citizens are protected against cybercrime
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06: Enhancing tools and capabilities to fight advanced
forms of cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes
Specific conditions

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Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 16 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitionerss” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Development of modular toolbox for Police Authorities, facilitating gathering andprocessing of data relevant for cybercrime and cyber - enabled crime investigations;• Detection of crypto-jacking, compromised registration forms, malware attacks and othercybercrimes perpetrated using cryptocurrencies;• Development of training curricula, for Police Authorities, prosecutors, as well as judicial
actors on major contemporary cybercriminal activities;• Recommendations on public cybercrime awareness actions contributing to early
detection and prevention;
16

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detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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networks; and• Development of multi-stakeholders strategies, including novel investigation schemes andinformation sharing mechanisms.
Scope: While cyber-attacks, notably ransomware and distributed denials or services, aregetting more sophisticated, law enforcement officers need to develop strategies to gain acomprehensive knowledge of the numerous elements contributing to the attack (Virtual
Private Networks - VPNs, Bulletproof Hosting – BPH, Remote Access Trojans – RATs,
botnets, Dark Web platforms, crypto-ransomware, Criminal Phone Banks, Pseudonyms,
Advanced Persistent Threat groups – APTs, Internet infrastructure abuse (e.g. DNS), etc.).
Having in mind that these are offered today in a form of Crime-as-a-service for anyone
willing to pay, there is growing number of cases where authorities have to launch and conductadvanced inquiries. Investigators need timely access to relevant data and expertise of adifferent nature and belonging to different categories of stakeholders (e.g. other Police
Authorities or Internet service providers). As geographical boundaries become irrelevant in
the commission of crime, criminal investigations have to become cooperative, joint actions. It
does not seem feasible for a comprehensive investigation of contemporary organised crime tobe conducted by a single investigator or even a single force. This technical and organisational
complexity together with the cross-border nature of cyberattacks requires cutting-edge
investigative approaches, gathering a large range of expertise as well as trusted information
sharing mechanisms across communities (including secured platforms). In addition, it isnecessary to enhance cybercrime intelligence picture notably by enhancing reporting
mechanism of cyber-dependent criminal activities. Development of multi-stakeholders
strategies, including novel investigation schemes and information sharing mechanisms, isnecessary in order to enhance prevention and deterrence of these forms of cyber and cyberdependent crime. Project should also investigate the legal background and identify any related
shortcomings so lawful access and processing of subject data has a valid legal foundation.
Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic as well as with the successfulproposal under HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-05: Crime as a service should be envisaged inorder to avoid duplication and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities forincreased impact.
Call - Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)17

17

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.

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TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)18

2024

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01 RIA

5.00

Around 5.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-02 RIA

9.00

Around 4.50

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-03 RIA

3.70

Around 3.70

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-04 RIA

3.00

Around 3.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05 IA

3.00

Around 3.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-06 RIA

6.00

Around 3.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-07 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-08 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

Overall indicative budget

41.70

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General18

All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Annex E.
Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

FCT01 - Modern information analysis for fighting crime and terrorism
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-01: Mitigating new threats and adapting investigation
strategies in the era of Internet of Things
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 19 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of

19

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detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Increased understanding of Police Authorities regarding the emerging (digital andespecially physical) threats of the fast-developing environment of Internet of Things;• Modern tools to tackle new and emerging forms of crime pertaining to the developmentof Internet of Things are provided to European Police Authorities and other relevant
security practitioners, which take into account legal and ethical rules of operation, EU
fundamental rights such as privacy and protection of personal data as well as cost-benefit
considerations;• Lawful access and exploitation of evidence in the environment of the Internet of Things
are fortified;• Best practices (legal, organisational, technical) to access and exploit Internet of Thingsin the course of investigation are strengthened, including by developing relevant tools
and training materials.
Scope: Internet of Things (IoT) connects practically everything and makes everything more
vulnerable as well. IoT devices increasingly benefit from the convergence and integration oftechnologies, such as machine learning, real-time analytics as well as 5G that will provide
faster and more reliable connections for all devices.
There are a number of implications particular to IoT devices, which have been consistently
highlighted by researchers and Police Authorities. For example, the vulnerability of IoT
devices may be exploited by criminals who seek to collect personal data, compromise user
credentials or spy on organisations or people. Furthermore, IoT devices may represent a threatthat goes beyond the digital world, i.e. they may become an increasingly physical threat, since
they find applications in, e.g., industry and infrastructure, as well as in building smart cities.
Malevolent actions against connected devices with direct physical impact (e.g. car-to-car
communication, hacking of vehicles, hospitals, nuclear plants) are also a growing concern.
Therefore, the successful proposal should help Police Authorities understand the implicationsof the fast-developing IoT environment in order to keep pace with the evolution of its

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applications, recognise and tackle the emerging (digital and especially physical) threats that
this may pose.
At the same time, IoT proliferation will provide opportunities for the Police Authorities andother relevant security practitioners to collect a new range of data in relation with criminal
activities. New investigating schemes are needed for Police Authorities to access and exploit
IoTs evidence, in compliance with EU values. To this end, the proposal should examine theextent to which, e.g., modern vehicle models, smart TVs, private surveillance systems, virtualassistants or voice control systems can be considered as sources of evidence for the collection
and analysis of data, as well as how such data can be used for deriving indicators of an
imminent threat.
The research should assess legal, organisational and technical implications of IoTdevelopment in the context of investigations, including e.g. privacy issues, and propose
strategies, including training materials, tools and path to standards that would foster “bydesign” a lawful access to relevant evidence.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.
The successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings ofrelated previous national or EU-funded projects as well as create synergies with similar ongoing security research projects from the Calls 2021-2022 on Fighting Crime and Terrorism
and on Increased Cybersecurity, in order to avoid duplication and to exploit
complementarities as well as opportunities for increased impact. Possibilities of coordination
with related activities in the Digital Europe Programme20 should be analysed too.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
FCT02 - Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-02: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

20

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.50
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

REGULATION (EU) 2021/694 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of
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Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 9.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Police Authorities21 and 2 forensic institutes from at least 3 different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicantsmust fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Improved European common forensics investigation capabilities, evidence collection
and cross-border exchanges in the domain under consideration;• Police Authorities and forensic institutes are provided with innovative, harmonised andmodern tools and procedures for forensic applications in the investigation of the crime
under consideration, in full compliance with applicable legislation on protection of
personal data;• Forensic practitioners and Police Authorities active in crime scene investigations areprovided with modern and innovative training curricula in the forensic domain underconsideration.
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In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or
unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive forensic solutions for fighting crime andterrorism, that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime
and Terrorism 2021-2022, Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime andTerrorism 2024.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly
explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed
tools and solutions. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future
uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps after the research
project.
Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects.
When applicable, the successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements
and findings of related previous national or EU-funded projects.
If relevant for the proposals, a coordination scheme should be implemented for the successfulproposals submitted under this topic, as well as with the successful proposals funded underother topics of this or previous Horizon Europe Fighting Crime and Terrorism Calls.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-03: Lawful evidence collection in online child sexual
abuse investigations, including undercoverSpecific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.70
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 3.70 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:

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The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Police Authorities22 and 2 forensic institutes from at least 3 different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicantsmust fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Development of safer justice outcomes through an increased understanding of the EUwide legal aspects of online investigations, including undercover, in the area of childsexual abuse;• Improved understanding of the EU-wide legislative frameworks that impact(undercover) investigations in this area;• Modern and robust methods at the European level are proposed at all steps of aninvestigative process in this area, overcoming various types of biases and obstacles to thecollection of evidence that is admissible in court and respects the dignity, privacy,
protection of personal data and anonymity of victims;• Forensic practitioners, Police Authorities and other relevant security practitioners active
in online (including undercover) child sexual abuse investigations benefit frominnovative guidelines, manuals, education and training curricula.
Scope: The use of online undercover investigation techniques is an important asset for Police
Authorities in infiltrating the networks of sexual abusers of children. These methods have
proven very effective in understanding offender behaviour and interaction of online service
providers, and have ultimately facilitated the shutting down of communication channels used
22

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Authorities’ activity in these spaces is the ability to effectively infiltrate particularly
dangerous online groups of offenders, while making sure that the evidence obtained will be
admissible in court. EU values and fundamental rights shall stay in the core of any future
measures. Research in this area should tackle legislative frameworks to collecting evidence inonline, including undercover, investigations of child sexual abuse, leading to guidelines andmanuals that would make the capability available across the EU to target these offenders more
effectively. The results of this research topic (training, manuals guidelines) should be shared
among all European Police Authorities, notably via CEPOL, provided that the Agency opts
out from applying for funding under this topic. The successful proposal should build on the
publicly available achievements and findings of related previous national or EU-funded
projects as well as create synergies with similar on-going security research projects from theCalls 2021-2022 on Fighting Crime and Terrorism in the area of digital forensics andcountering child sexual abuse, in order to avoid duplication and to exploit complementarities
as well as opportunities for increased impact.
Since the use of undercover agents online could be beneficial in other crime areas too,particularly in counter terrorism, analysis of possibilities for the developed approaches to beadapted to these other crime areas would be welcome. Special care needs to be given to ethics
and fundamental rights protection throughout the research and the solutions proposed. This
topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
FCT03 – Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related tovarious forms of crime
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-04: Radicalisation and genderSpecific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 3.00 million.

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Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 23 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved understanding of motivation of women and girls for supporting extremist
ideologies, such as grievance and stigmatisation;• Improved understanding of the role of masculinity in men and boys’ motivation for the
support of extreme ideologies;• Better understanding of the group dynamics at play during processes of radicalisation,
including factors for factionalism and potential splinters in terrorist organisations;• Development of strategies aimed at enhancing the use of motivation factor in detection,
prevention and de-radicalisation efforts;• European Police Authorities, Prison Authorities, social care workers, teachers and other
P/CVE practitioners benefit from modern and validated tools, skills and training
curricula to identify early symptoms of radicalisation;• Identification and assessment of best practices that are transferable across Member
States improving and developing modules and trainings, strengthening adaption of local
community policing in diverse communities; and23

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
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cultural means aimed at tackling the root causes of radicalisation and extremism.
Scope: Terrorism resulting from radicalisation and violent extremism is a serious threat toEuropean security. Part of the complexity of these phenomena lies in the fact that there isneither a single pathway to radicalisation nor a single terrorist profile. Support of extremists isan effect of individual clusters of psychological, personal, social, economic and politicalreasons. From a gender perspective, women's radicalisation and involvement in violent
extremist groups remain relatively under-researched, poorly understood and possibly
characterized by misconceptions about women’s exclusion from decision-making processes,
as well as their significant underrepresentation in bodies countering the phenomena. In
situations of conflict and violence, women are often seen as passive, victims, subordinate andmaternal, while these could be assumptions reinforcing gender stereotypes. In order toimprove understandings of radicalization and gender we need to study how and why gendernorms appear as an increasingly contested area of politics with strong mobilizing power.
What role gender norms and equality policies play in stabilizing and destabilizing social andpolitical order, and how ideas and norms about gender equality make people react, mobilize
and engage politically, at present, in the past and in the future. The entry point for prevention
and de-radicalisation efforts are local communities, which are both stakeholders and partnersof the law enforcement in this process. Activities aimed at youngsters and adults have to begender sensitive, and research has to deliver tailored advice and solutions adequately, andproportionately addressing all critical issues.
Community policing with its multidisciplinary approach seeks the cooperation of local
communities and the broad range of public authorities in its efforts of building safe
environments. However, those efforts should recognise not only cultural, social and economic
diversity of the milieus, but as mentioned above also be gender sensitive. The successfulproposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings of related previous
national or EU-funded projects as well as seek to exploit potential synergies with thesuccessful proposal(s) funded under HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03: New methods andtechnologies in service of community policing and transferable best practices, and
HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-05: Gender-roles in extremist movements and theirimpact on democracy.
Moreover, the EU Counter-Terrorism Agenda adopted in 2020 outlines that Radicalisation
Awareness Network (RAN) will identify best practices and approaches of community
policing and engagement to build trust with and among communities, thus research under this
topic should also build upon the work done by RAN. This topic requires the effective
contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as
the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects
enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation activities.
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05: Combating hate speech online and offline
Specific conditions

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Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 3.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Police Authorities 24 and at least 2 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For
these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about
security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested
information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Providing Police Authorities and other relevant security practitioners with better, modern
and validated tools, methods and training curricula to tackle those activities related tohate speech that are considered as crime or could lead to a crime, notably such activities
which are supported by advanced digital technologies, such as in emerging cyberenvironments;• Developing European common approaches, and making them available to policy-makers
and security practitioners, for analysing risks/threats, collecting data on hate speech,collecting court-proof evidence and crime attribution, and identifying and deploying
relevant security measures related to hate motivated crime and speech, which take into
account the European multicultural dimension, legal and ethical rules, cost-benefit
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considerations, as well as fundamental rights such as the right to freedom of expression,
privacy and protection of personal data;• Enhancing citizen’s security perception and the hate speech prevention by preparing
education and training materials on cultural and societal impacts of hate speech and hatecrime.
Scope: Hate speech has harmful impacts on the individual victims, or groups of victims, butalso on our society at large. Undermining the fundamental values of the EU, such as respectfor human dignity, freedom and equality. Under EU law, racist and xenophobic hate
motivated crime and speech are illegal. The Framework Decision on combating certain formsof expressions of racism and xenophobia25 requires the criminalisation of public incitement toviolence or hatred based on race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin. The
Commission’s policies address also specific forms of hate speech and hate crime againstgroups and communities26 (e.g., antisemitism27, anti-Muslim hatred or anti-gypsyism28, hatespeech and hate crime relating to gender and sexual orientation 29 . In 2021, the European
Commission adopted a Communication 30 which prompts a Council decision to extend thecurrent list of EU crimes in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union (TFEU) to all forms of hate crime and hate speech. Since 2016, the Commission’s
efforts in countering hate speech and hate crime also involve dedicated exchanges and tools insupport to national authorities in the context of the High Level Group on combating hatespeech and hate crime.
Addressing hate speech from all angles increases the chance of combating it in a sustainable
manner. Thus, in line with all the above initiatives and with the Victims Rights Directive31
and the EU Strategy on Victims' Rights32, the successful proposal is expected to reinforce hatecrime training and capacity building for Police Authorities and other relevant security
practitioners, in particular to enhance their tools and methods for lawful detection, reportingand data/evidence collection and analysis of the hate speech related activities that areconsidered as crime or could lead to a crime, notably the ones supported by advanced digitaltechnologies, such as in emerging cyber environments. By doing so, being an innovation
action, the successful proposal is expected to build on previously developed tools for related
applications (such as text and image matching). The successful proposal should also support
the implementation of the voluntary Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech onlinethat the European Commission initiated in 2016 with IT companies, the European strategy fora better internet for kids 33 , the Digital Services Act 34 and the outcomes of the "Study on
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26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

2008/913/JHA.
SWD(2019) 110 final.
COM/2021/615 final.
COM(2020) 620 final.
COM(2022) 105 final.
COM(2021) 777 final.
DIRECTIVE 2012/29/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCICOM(2020) 258 final
COM/2022/212 final.
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digital violent right-wing extremist content and manifestations of hate speech online” 35 .
Similarly, any other relevant development, study or initiative should be taken into account.
Evolutions in hate crime and hate speech, such as their sparks in times of social or economic
crises (e.g. pandemics and wars) should be considered too. In order to derive effective
responses and improve the understanding of the cultural and societal aspects of hate speechand hate crime, as well as of the key challenges for combating it, the successful proposal
should include local, national and international dimensions, civil society perspectives, andanalysis of good practices36. An added value of the proposal would be to also develop modern
and effective awareness raising campaigns for relevant Civil Society Organisations and Police
Authorities in order to pass key messages to potential victims, as well as wide communities,
while taking into account European multicultural dimension.
The successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings ofrelated previous national or EU-funded projects, including the ones funded under topics:
HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-03: Disinformation and fake news are combated and trust in
the digital world is raised), HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-03: Feminisms for a
new age of democracy, HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-04: Education for
democracy, HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-05: Evolution of political extremism
and its influence on contemporary social and political dialogue and HORIZON-CL2-2022TRANSFORMATIONS-01-08: Strengthening racial, ethnic and religious equality. It should
also seek to exploit potential synergies with the successful proposals funded under topics
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-06: Enhancing tools and capabilities to fight advanced formsof cyber threats and cyber-dependent crimes, HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT-01-03: New
methods and technologies in service of community policing and transferable best practices,
HORIZON-CL2-2023-DEMOCRACY-01-01: Detecting, analysing and countering foreign
information manipulation and interference and HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-05:
Through AI from Disinformation to Trust.
Methods for evaluating proposed solutions should also be developed. In addition, proposals
should delineate the plans to develop possible future uptake and upscaling at national and EU
level for possible next steps after the project completion.
Activities proposed within this topic should address, in a balanced way, both technologicaland societal dimensions of the issue under consideration.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.

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https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/462122.
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Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-06: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 37 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Building Police Authorities’ capabilities to identify, prevent and investigate major
contemporary and/or emerging criminal activities;

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contemporary and/or emerging criminal activities;• Development of training curricula, for Police Authorities, prosecutors, as well as judicial
actors on major contemporary and/or emerging criminal activities, raising theirawareness about impact of cultural and societal issues on the categories of crime and/or
violence under consideration.
Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address both existing and upcoming
challenges in fighting crimes strongly influenced by cultural and/or societal issues that are notcovered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism 20212022, Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2023 and Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2024.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed activities, proposals should convincingly
explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed
tools and solutions. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future
uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps after the research projectcompletion.
If applicable research proposals should consider building on previous research, including but
not limited to, research stemming from Horizon Framework Programmes.
If relevant for the proposals, coordination scheme should be implemented for the successfulproposals submitted under this topic, as well as with the successful proposals funded underother topics of this or previous Horizon Europe Fighting Crime and Terrorism calls.
Activities proposed within this topic should address, in a balanced way, both technologicaland societal dimensions of the issue under consideration.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.
FCT04 – Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-07: CBRN-E detection capacities in small architecture
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
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Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Police Authorities38 and 2 urban municipalities from at least 3 different
EU Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants,
applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners”
in the application form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Improved vulnerability assessments by law enforcement and local managers of public
spaces by detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) threats in the public spaces and flow of public transport, in order to provide broader
situational awareness to practitioners in the field;• Enhanced planning capabilities of security practitioners and policy-makers due to theaccess of new data and identification of potential vulnerabilities connected to thedesign/refurbishment and improvement of different public spaces;

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In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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approach to public spaces and mass transportation systems;• Improved training of Police Authorities in collaboration with different public and private
actors (e. g., crisis management and civil protection authorities, fire brigades, regulatory
agencies, emergency health services, security managers, private security organisations,civil society groups etc.) to enhance their preparedness to attacks on public spaces; and• Enhanced modelling capabilities for security practitioners and policy-makers due to theidentification of potential new vulnerabilities and data available, and improved support
to planning of respective resources and activities.
Scope: Public spaces such as squares, sport venues, shopping districts, places of worship, andmass transport systems have been the target of terrorist attacks causing significant loss of
lives and causing societal insecurity. Means to carry out such attacks range fromsophisticated, and well-planned scenarios including several coordinated attackers using
explosives and firearms, to low-cost, low-tech attacks making use of common products.
Today specific urban furniture like benches, bus shelters, flower boxes, etc. already havedouble functions controlling access to protected areas, which answers to some of the low-costattacks. The next logical step seems to expand their functions further and adopt new
functionalities to better respond to the terrorist threats, such as for CBRN-E ones. The
successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings ofrelated previous national or EU-funded projects, as well as seek to exploit potential synergies
with the successful proposal(s) funded under HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-05: Detection andtracking of illegal and trafficked goods.
In recent years, in some pilot actions some street furniture, including bins and bus shelters
have become smart as they have been equipped with environmental sensors, wirelessmodules, or microcontrollers becoming part of the IoT infrastructure, and one of thecomponents of the future smart cities. Proposals should focus on exploitation and integrationof existing sensors within the public space small architectures. Traditional sensors andsurveillance platforms like the Automatic Number-Plates Recognition (ANPR), cameras orimage analysis systems are not in the scope of this topic unless their integration with newsensors is considered, and the added value of networked systems demonstrated. Proposals
should present relevant challenges and opportunities for future applications of CBRN-E
detection capacities in small architecture, including prospects of scalability, real-timeprocessing, and cooperation of networked systems.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.

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FCT06 – Citizens are protected against cybercrime
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-08: Tracing of cryptocurrencies transactions related tocriminal purposes
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
Police Authorities 39 from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:

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In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Civil Security for Society• The attractiveness of use of cryptocurrencies by criminals and terrorists is limited, with
better tractability of cryptocurrency transactions;• Lawful tools and methods for Police Authorities to better trace virtual currencytransactions related to criminal activities;• Recommendations are provided for better regulation of the cryptocurrencies market aswell as for better regulation of the exchange of transnational information on funds
transfers, harmonizing and promoting standards to enhance the tracing of money flows
in the context of criminal investigations; and• Modern training curricula for Police Authorities, Prosecutors, as well as judicial actors
are developed on tracing, seizing and handling cryptocurrencies in the course ofinvestigation.
Scope: Cryptocurrencies are a widely used method by criminals, including terrorists, totransfer or conceal funds due to their anonymity, ease of use and lack of international borders
and restrictions (exactly same aspects that make use of traditional bank routes difficult forthem). With the raise of crime-as-a-service market, and growth in the number of connectedtransactions, use of cryptocurrency as one of the money laundering typology better tracing of
cryptocurrency transactions is crucial to keep the ground in the fight against crime andterrorism. On top of it all, clandestine cryptocurrency activities are increasingly facilitated by
new developments such as high privacy decentralised exchanges, which while used byperpetrators frustrate the efforts of Police Authorities to detect and recover criminal assets aswell as to prevent fraudulent transactions. The future of cryptocurrencies and the extent towhich criminals and terrorists will use them will depend on factors such as anonymity, future
regulation, law enforcement activities and security of the systems. Innovation should explore
these considerations and propose mitigation measures, from legal, organisational, andtechnical perspectives (including the development of tools and relevant trainings to enhanced
tractability of cryptocurrencies transactions. Proposals should also propose cooperation
model(s) and tools for the exchange of information between relevant authorities.
The successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements and findings ofrelated previous national or EU-funded projects. Coordination among the successful proposal
from this topic as well as with the successful proposals under topic HORIZON-CL3-2023FCT-01-06: Crime as a service should be envisaged to avoid duplication, and to exploit
complementarities as well as opportunities for increased impact.
Proposals funded under this topic are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab
during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.

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Destination - Effective management of EU external borders
This Destination addresses, among other, objectives identified by the Security Union
Strategy40 as well as the border management and security dimensions of the New Pact on
Migration and Asylum 41 and the Strategy on the Schengen Area 42 . As such, topics
included under the Destination aim at ensuring strong European land, air and sea externalborders. This includes: developing strong capabilities for checks at external borders hence
safeguarding the integrity and functioning of the Schengen area without controls at theinternal borders; compensating the absence of intra-EU border checks; being capable to carryout systematic border checks, including identity, health and security checks as necessary,
while facilitating the travel of bona fide travellers and respecting rights and possible
vulnerabilities of individuals; providing integrated and continuous border surveillance,
situational awareness and analysis support; combating identity and document frauds;
supporting future technology for the European Border and Coast Guard; supporting theinteroperability and performance of EU data exchange and analysis; supporting better risk
detection, incident response and crime prevention; improving European preparedness to, andmanagement of, future rapidly evolving changes; and updating our maritime security
management including migration, trafficking as well as search and rescue capabilities. The
capabilities built by research and innovation in this Destination would clearly be relevant tobe better prepared for potential future challenges to European internal security and crises as
the ones in Ukraine in 2022. Furthermore, this Destination will contribute to safeguarding theopen strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty of the EU in critical security areas bycontributing to a more competitive and resilient EU security technology and industrial base.
Taking into account the central role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency(Frontex) in defining capability requirements, and proposing the capability roadmap of theEuropean Border and Coast Guard to be approved by the Frontex Management Board, and in
addition to the contribution from the Member States, the Agency will be closely associatedwith, and will assist Member States and the European Commission in drawing up andimplementing relevant research and innovation activities. Research should follow theindications of the long-term components of the capability roadmap of the European Borderand Coast Guard once adopted (expected in 2023).
The European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in
the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) may also assist the European
Commission on relevant research and innovation activities and specific topics.
Research should also consider how future management of borders can develop protection ofhuman rights, and how it can facilitate protection of refugees.

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41
42

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COM(2020) 609 final.
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This research will also contribute to the implementation of the European Border Surveillance
System (EUROSUR) and the development of tools and methods for Integrated Border
Management.
Regarding maritime security, the topics under this Destination will also support theimplementation of the relevant actions under the capability development, research andinnovation area of the EU Maritime Security Action Plan43, and the Joint Communication on aStronger EU Engagement for a Peaceful, Sustainable and Prosperous Arctic 44 . Research
activities will therefore enable better security and management of EU maritime borders,maritime critical infrastructures, maritime activities and transport, contributing as well to abetter performance and cooperation on coast guard functions. Research and innovation in thearea of maritime security will also support the development of future capabilities for theprotection of sea harbours and related sea lines of communication including entry/exit routes.
The objective of maritime security research activities in this regard covers prevention,
preparedness and response to expected and unexpected events including anthropogenic andnatural disasters, accidents, climate change as well as threats such as terrorism and piracy,
cyber, hybrid and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear and explosive (CBRNE)
ones. The EU Maritime Security Research Agenda lays down in this regard specific areas toaddress, including cybersecurity, interoperability and information sharing, autonomous
systems, networking and communication systems and multi-purpose platforms. Specific EU
maritime security legislation45 also emphasises maritime passenger transport, and the threats
to passengers. Innovative and more efficient capabilities for the security of maritime
passenger transport could therefore also be a useful area of research.
Regarding security in the movements of goods across external borders, research will address
requirements identified by the European Commission and EU customs authorities and should
contribute to capabilities for detecting illegal activities both at external border crossing points
and through the supply chain. EU customs authorities face increasing volumes of commerce,
trade and traffic of goods, as well as having a range of tasks to fulfil besides security.
International smuggling has the potential to become more sophisticated and/or increase in the
coming years and decades, and could be facilitated by cybercrime. Criminal networks may
exploit potential weaknesses of global supply chains, transport and logistics to pursue illicit
trade and other crimes. At the same time, threats and hazards that may need to be detected in
the flow of goods are very diverse and often need different sensors and technologies to be
detected (from chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive material to drugs,
firearms, money, waste, trafficked wildlife, cultural goods, etc.). Hence, customs needinnovation to enable detection and to ensure security without at the same time disrupting or
unnecessarily hampering trade flows. Capabilities built through research will contribute to theimplementation of the EU Customs Union action plan to reinforce customs risk management
43

44
45

https://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/sites/maritimeaffairs/files/2018-06-26-eumss-revised-actionplan_en.pdf
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52021JC0027&from=EN
Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on
enhancing ship and port facility security, Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of theCouncil of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security.

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and effective controls. Capabilities include those on threat detection; automated controls anddetection that reduce the need to open or stop containers, packages, baggage or cargo;decision support; portability of control solutions; and technologies to track cross-border illicit
trade.
Furthermore, in order to accomplish the objectives of this Destination, additional eligibility
conditions have been defined with regard to the active involvement of relevant security
practitioners or end-users.
Successful proposals under this Destination are invited to cooperate with other EC-chaired or
funded initiatives in the relevant domains, such as the Networks of Practitioners projects
funded under H2020 Secure Societies work programmes, the Knowledge Networks for
Security Research & Innovation funded under the Horizon Europe Cluster 3 Work
Programme, the Community of European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) orwith other security research and innovation working groups set-up by EU Agencies.
Furthermore, successful proposals under this Destination should aim to be complementary
and avoid overlaps with relevant actions funded by other EU instruments, including projects
funded by the Digital Europe Programme as well as the European Defence Fund and its
precursors (the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and thePreparatory Action on Defence research (PADR)) based on the information publicly
available46 and while maintaining a focus on civilian applications only.
Proposals submitted under this Destination should demonstrate how they plan to build on
relevant predecessor projects; to consider the citizens’ and societal perspectives; to include
education, training and awareness raising for practitioners and citizens; to measure theachieved TRL; and to prepare the uptake of the research outcomes.
Proposals involving earth observation are encouraged to make use primarily of Copernicus
data, services and technologies.
This Destination will develop knowledge and technologies that may be taken up by other
instruments, such as the Integrated Border Management Fund, in its components of the Border
Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and Customs Control Equipment Instrument46

See for instance:- relevant work programmes of the EDF (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defenceindustry/european-defence-fund-edf_en)
and
of
the
DEP
(https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/work-programmes-digital)
And information on ongoing projects of:- the EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/edf)- the DEP (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/digital);
Visit the following links for more information on past projects of the:- EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projectsresults;programCode=EDF)
EDIDP(https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defenceindustrial-development-programme-edidp_en)- PADR (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/preparatory-action-defenceresearch-padr_en).

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Civil Security for Society(CCEI), that will enable exploitation of research results and final delivery of the required tools
to security practitioners.
Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing
to the following expected impact of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024:“Legitimate passengers and shipments travel more easily into the EU, while illicit trades,
trafficking, piracy, terrorist and other criminal acts are prevented, due to improved air, landand sea border management and maritime security including better knowledge on social
factors.”
More specifically, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of thefollowing impacts:• Improved security (as well as better cost- and energy- efficient management) of EU land
and air borders, as well as sea borders and maritime environment, infrastructures andactivities, as well as for the EU external civilian security, against accidents, natural
disasters and security challenges such as illegal trafficking, piracy and potential terrorist
attacks, cyber and hybrid threats;• Improved border crossing experience for travellers and border authorities staff (including
customs, coast and border guards), while maintaining security and monitoring of
movements across air, land and sea EU external borders, supporting the Schengen area,
reducing illegal movements of people and goods across those borders and protecting
fundamental rights of travellers, both EU citizens and Third Country Nationals;• Improved customs and supply chain security though better prevention, detection,
deterrence and fight of illegal activities involving flows of goods across EU externalborder crossing points and through the supply chain, as well as through betterinteroperability, minimising disruption to trade flows.
Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successfulproposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international
conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovationfor Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.
The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01 25.00
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01
Overall indicative budget

23 Nov 2023
29.00

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Call - Border Management 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)47
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)48

2023

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-01 IA

8.00

Around 4.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-02 RIA

5.00

Around 5.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-03 RIA

6.00

Around 3.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-04 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

Overall indicative budget

25.00

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

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The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
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Civil Security for SocietyAward criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

BM01 – Efficient border surveillance and maritime security
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-01: Capabilities for border surveillance and situationalawareness
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andThe rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions

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financial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 49.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increased border surveillance capabilities, better performing and more cost-efficient,with data and fundamental rights protection by design;• Better surveillance of border areas, supporting fight against illegal activities acrossexternal borders, as well as safety of people and operators in the border areas, including
favouring border crossings through border crossing points;• More efficient and more flexible solutions (including for relocation, reconfiguration andrapid deployment capabilities) than physical barriers to deter and monitor irregularborder crossings outside border crossing points.
Scope: External borders of the European Union and of the Schengen area, ranging from those
closer to the Mediterranean to the Nordic Countries external land borders, present different
border surveillance challenges. These differences may lead to difficulties in efficiently
monitoring them, deterring illegal activities across the external borders, as well as traffickingof human beings and exploitation of irregular migration that avoid border crossing points.
Furthermore, the border surveillance capabilities’ needs along borders may change in time,often just within a year or a season, and/or allow to respond and adapt within a relatively short
notice. Solutions should hence allow re-orienting capacity and resources accordingly (throughphysical portability and/or other approaches).
Cooperation for surveillance along borders requires compatibility and interoperability amonglegacy and planned systems. Proposed solutions should allow higher interoperability crossborder among EU and Associated Countries practitioners, cross-systems and across themultiple authorities.
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costs
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Compatibility and integration with the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) is
essential, and compatibility and/or exploitation of other information sharing environments,
including the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) would be an additional
asset.
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): networked deployable, and possibly mobile,semi-autonomous surveillance towers; IoT and advanced mesh connectivity; Virtual andAugmented Reality for enhanced C2 and situational awareness; integrated wide area RPAS
management; advanced sensors for geolocalisation; passive, low-energy systems; artificial
intelligence.
Equipment and technologies enabling border surveillance should contribute to cost and energy
efficiency, limit their environmental impact and be more and more sustainable once
operational in the future. This may be addressed, for example, by integrating opportunities ofcircular economy, self-sustained equipment, lower emissions and/or environmental footprints.
The proposed solutions should include, by design, the protection of fundamental rights suchas privacy, and/or the application of privacy-enhancing technologies. They should also ensure
secure data collection, access, encryption and decision support processes.
EU and Member States authorities should plan to take up the results of the research, should it
deliver on its goals and when compatible with applicable legislation, with the support of the
Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI).
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes projects. In
particular, proposals should build on achievements and findings or relevant recent EU-funded
civil security research projects, as well as projects from topic HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-0101: Enhanced security and management of borders, maritime environment, activities andtransport, by increased surveillance capability, including high altitude, long endurance aerial
support, and other relevant research.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
Proposals submitted under this topic are expected to address the priorities of the European
Border and Coast Guard and of its Agency (Frontex). This should start from the definition ofrequirements and the design phase of their work, including basing on the EBCG Capability
Roadmap when available; and on the engagement with the Agency during the implementationof the project. This perspective should be considered and planned when drafting proposals.
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example in relation to combat crime and terrorism (i.e. across external borders) and DisasterResilient Society (regarding natural hazards and disasters).
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-02: Identify, inspect, neutralise Unexploded Ordnance(UXO) at sea
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

50

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 50.

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increased capabilities to detect, classify, inspect, assess and neutralise UXO at sea;
• Improved safety and security for maritime economic operators and for EU citizens.
Scope: A large amount of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), estimated by experts in the tens of
thousands of tons, lay in European seas and often close to European shores. Most of thismaterial dates back to World War I and World War II. Estimates for the timing of material
corrosion suggest that much of this material is likely to be an increasing safety risk in the next
10 years. And this would happen while coasts, shores and seas have more and more value for
economic and civilian activities, ranging from seafood production to communications,transport, trade and sustainable energy production. UXO hence represents a substantial safety
risk for economic operators at sea, and citizens, as well as for the environment.
UXO also represents a security risk, as some of this dangerous material is relatively easily
retrievable and could be misused in illicit, including criminal and terrorist, acts. These
security threats could be linked directly to maritime security and infrastructures (to deny or
ransom a port, for example), or be moved towards other illicit acts.
Roles and responsibilities to map, identify, assess, inspect, retrieve and/or neutralise UXOvary among Member States, allocated to private operators, local and regional governments,
national governments, and/or the military that carry out civilian tasks.
Current capabilities on mapping, identifying, assessing, inspecting, retrieving and/or
neutralising UXO still largely use human operators, and increased use of automated and/or
unmanned systems would be desirable for efficiency and safety reasons.
The proposed project should improve civilian capabilities on:a) enabling existing knowledge (mapping and integrating data from historical maps and more
recent data, including reports from sea operators); comparative analysis of legislation, roles
and responsibilities in Member States;b) detecting UXO on and below the marine sediment/seabed, in order to detect also buried
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Especially for proposing new solutions for the capabilities areas a) to c) described above,
proposals should take into account and build on existing information produced and compiled
by previous EU projects that carry out regular work on environmental risks of hazardous
submerged objects such as UXO51.
Research projects should consider results and recommendations from the European
Commission’s 2022 “Study on underwater unexploded munitions: final report”52.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research or findings of previous operational work, including but not limited to research byother Framework Programmes projects and/or other EU projects, including those funded by
the EU Maritime and Fisheries Fund, by the European Defence Fund and its precursors (theEuropean Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action
on Defence research (PADR)), or by JPI Ocean. Relevant work by civilian national orregional projects 53 , or by regional organisations (such as, for example, NATO/CMRE
Research Centre).
For objectives in the capabilities areas d) and e) described above, proposals should focus on
the solutions that address the civil needs and challenges of UXOs (not necessarily derivingfrom mine countermeasures), with regard to civil resources and engaging civil stakeholders.
Indeed, the involvement of civilian stakeholders, beyond civilian authorities, such as
operators on sea, is strongly encouraged. The project should focus on civilian capability gaps
and needs, rather than capabilities that are better addressed by defence instruments and tasks.
Proposed solutions should be compatible or interoperable with legacy and current systems,
and propose or allow an interoperability between systems in use by different Member States.
Proposed solutions that would improve energy efficiency and environmental impact aspects ofcurrent UXO risk mitigation operations (e.g. low environmental footprint, low emissions,circular economy aspects and/or self-sustained equipment) would be desirable.
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): sonars and other sensors; UxVs/AUVs; onboard analytical capabilities for material samples; hydroacoustic profiling; artificial
intelligence for detection and classification; wing tows from ships; system of systems
architecture.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
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52
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See for example Sea-Dumped Chemical Munitions – Baltic Marine Environment Protection
Commission, Helsinki Commission (HELCOM).
https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2926/5356
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Synergies within civil security can be an asset, for example with Fighting Crime andTerrorism (regarding combating organised crime and terrorism) and Disaster-Resilient
Society (regarding environmental contamination).
BM02 – Secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-03: Beyond the state-of-the-art “biometrics on the move”
for border checks
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
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Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 54.
Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Updated, European-based, knowledge and development on robust biometrics
technologies that could be used for recognition (identification and verification) of people
crossing external EU borders, demonstrating a clear advancement beyond the current
state-of-the-art;• Maximisation of travellers’ experience and of security reassurances, minimisinghandling of personal data and maximising accuracy, reliability and throughput of therecognition process;• Contribution to improving the operational response capacity of the EBCG at bordercrossing points and to capabilities that strengthen the Schengen area, by providing
security at its external borders that also reassure on maintaining the free movement
within its borders.
Scope: Biometrics are one of the most usable and most reliable ways to validate the identityof an individual. Biometrics that are traditionally used in the context of border controls
include fingerprints and 2D facial images; other biometrics are also used for identity
management outside the European Union, or at national level, such as iris; and further others
are used in other applications in the private sector and in consumer market.
As for many other technologies, applications of biometrics to improve capabilities in civil
security, such as in the border management or law enforcement sectors, may have higher
requirements than applications in the consumer market. This applies to the requirements on
reliability, usability, scalability, throughput and strict minimization of risks to personal dataprotection and fundamental rights (including the elimination or minimisation of any risk ofbias or discrimination).
Research should assess and develop the fit-for-purpose border management of biometricidentification modalities beyond fingerprints and facial images, and/or innovative modalitiesof acquisition of those and other biometrics. Proposed projects should particularly investigate
biometrics modalities that currently do not offer satisfactory performance (in terms of
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accuracy, reliability, usability, minimisation of data protection risk and risk of bias etc.) but
potentially offer significant advantages over existing solutions in the short or medium term forapplications in a border checks context.
Any innovation in biometrics shall imply clear improvements on acquisition, processing andvalidation, compared to the state-of-the-art, “on-the-move” (i.e. while the travellers are
moving and without cooperation from them), contactless and with stand-off biometriccapturing from long-distances (ideally, but not mandatorily, more than 10 meters), and/or ofwhen multiple travellers cross borders, on foot or inside the same vehicle. The solutions
should also take into account the different nature and scenarios of BCP operations (e.g. openair conditions, night, time, time constraints, space constraints, etc.).
The solutions should comply with the requirements of current and foreseen EU large-scale IT
systems on borders and visa (e.g. the Entry/Exit System), as well as with interoperability
frameworks between EU large-scale IT systems on borders, visas, asylum and migration, as
well as on police and judicial cooperation.
The proposed solutions should comply with EU data protection law, and, amongst others,
embed data protection by design and by default and ensure transparency vis-à-vis theconcerned individuals and avoid abuses of their personal data. The solutions should also meetrobust fundamental rights impact assessment frameworks. Developed solutions could indeed
help reduce the amount of biometric data needed to achieve improved reliability ofidentification, including by acquiring and using less personal data compared to the state-ofthe-art.
The project should also study the stability over time of collected biometrics, and if and how it
would be possible to “re-use” collected biometrics in a secure and privacy-friendly manner,
for the same purposes and according to allowed uses, collected biometrics, and avoid
collecting the same biometrics multiple times.
The proposed solution(s) should address modular integration with health checks – such as in
the case of pandemics – as well as checks on people’s temperature. At system-level, emphasisshould be given to automated border check for the purpose of guiding travellers on-the-move
while performing the seamless biometric acquisition. Systems should also be compatible with
policies and measures typically introduced during pandemics (e.g. the use of facemasks andsocial distancing).
The proposed solutions should include automated decision support systems for the biometricrecognition process suggesting to the end-users (border checks operators) which procedure,technology or database can be used without infringing rights of travellers.
The developed solutions need to comply with the Ethics Guidelines on Trustworthy AI(2019)55, the EU values and fundamental rights, including on data protection and avoid bias
and discrimination.

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EU border authorities in the consortia should plan to take up the results of the research,
assuming the project delivers on its goals and is compatible with applicable legislation, using
the financial support of the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI).
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): 3D facial images, contactless friction-ridgebiometrics (i.e. fingerprint, palmprint and finger-knuckle-print), iris recognition from long
distances, palm vein, periocular biometrics, novel algorithms embedding artificial intelligenceas well as advanced hardware components like sensors, traveller tracking systems for highquality on-the-move biometric acquisition, safe single wavelength or multispectral lightsources (for the illumination of subjects) and document verification subsystems.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other relevant recent EU Framework
Programmes projects on security research, and projects funded under HORIZON-CL3-2021BM-01-03: Improved border checks for travel facilitation across external borders andimproved experiences for both passengers and border authorities’ staff and HORIZON-CL32022-BM-01-02: Enhanced security of, and combating the frauds on, identity management
and identity and travel documents.
Proposals should delineate concrete, clear and convincing plans for further development tosubsequent TRLs as well as uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or
deployment in operational context of border checks) at national and EU level, should theresearch deliver on its goals.
Proposals submitted under this topic are expected to address the priorities of the European
Border and Coast Guard and of its Agency (Frontex) and of the European Union Agency for
the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security andJustice (eu-LISA). This should start from the definition of requirements and the design phaseof their work, including basing on the EBCG Capability Roadmap when available; and on theengagement with the Agencies during the implementation of the project. This perspective
should be considered and planned when drafting proposals. Proposals should foresee that
Frontex and of eu-LISA will observe projects’ pilots and demonstrations, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the border and coast guard community.
The funded projects will likely have the opportunity of exploiting the core capabilities of the“Frontex Technology and Innovation Centre” (FIT, formerly BoMIC), Frontex’s futurecollaborative physical space for testing, demonstration, simulation and assessment of bordercheck prototype systems, processes and procedures with a focus on human-machineinteraction and emulation of real operational environments.
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HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01-04: Interoperability of systems and equipment at tacticallevel; between equipment and databases; and/or between databases of threats andmaterials
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Customs Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in
the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EU

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Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 56.

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classified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increased interoperability of existing (and foreseeable upcoming) customs control
equipment at tactical level, multi-supplier, multi-authority and cross-border;• More efficient and quicker availability, for EU customs practitioners, of reference data(such as spectra) on threats and dangerous and/or illicit materials;• Building capabilities for a more harmonised European application of customs controls
based on risk management and trade facilitation.
Scope: European customs, as all operators and citizens, also work in our digitalised andinterconnected world of equipment, systems, and data. On the one hand, this opens
opportunities to harness their capacity to facilitate trade while protecting the security andsafety of citizens and benefiting the EU’s economy. On the other hand, the proliferation ofequipment, system and data, often from different suppliers and in different versions, may alsopresent challenges in terms of interoperability and an efficient management of flows of goods
across the external borders of the Custom Union. Furthermore, the strategy of the “European
custom union acting as one” implies that other authorities beyond customs use that sameequipment. It also means that equipment, including mobile one, is shared among Member
States to increase cooperation and collaboration on checking flows of goods across European
borders. Finally, it equally means that standards and technical specifications for customs
control equipment are harmonised.
Another challenge for European customs control capabilities is the rapid availability of, andrapidly shared, data references for (new) threats and illicit materials.
All this calls for research and innovation for solutions that prepare and increase theinteroperability of customs control equipment and data at “tactical” level, in terms of multiauthority, cross-border, multi-supplier interoperability as well as linkages among Member
States and Commission systems, and the more rapid availability and sharing of libraries ofreference data for target substances or materials. There is room for innovation to improveaccess to updated spectra (or other formats or references) of target substances and materials
when they appear; easily make them available to customs’ devices; and improve data forlibraries.
The solution(s) proposed under this topic should define the requirements and way forward toenable and enhance the interoperability of customs control equipment and of data used indifferent Member States and/or by different authorities at national level, as well as
Commission systems.
The proposed solution(s) should address how to make libraries of data references on target
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share them faster and securely; to enable quicker tackling of illegal substances and materials,
either innovating current approaches or designing altogether new approaches for reference
libraries.
EU customs authorities should take up the results of the research in the framework of the
Customs Union “acting as one”, with the support of the Customs Control Equipment
Instrument (CCEI). The CCEI will enable not only the possibility to establish harmonisation
through common standards and technical specifications but will offer access to actively fundequipment across the Member States to fulfil these common standards.
The proposed solution should include privacy enhancing techniques to allow the sharing oftools without the sharing of data beyond what is strictly necessary. Leaking or compromising
personal data should be avoided in the transfer of tools or models.
Improving energy efficiency and environmental impact aspects of new security technologies
for this capability (e.g. low environmental footprint, low emissions, circular economy aspects
and/or self-sustained equipment) would be desirable.
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): blockchain/DLT, artificial intelligence;
spectroscopy, data fusion.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other recent EU Framework Programmes
projects on security research.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
Call - Border Management 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)57
Topics

57

Type
of

Budgets(EUR

Expected EU
contribution per

Indicative
number

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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Actionmillion)project (EUR
million)58

2024

of
projects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-01 RIA

6.00

Around 3.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-02 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-03 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-04 IA

5.00

Around 5.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-05 RIA

6.00

Around 3.00

2Overall indicative budget

29.00

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):58

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-01: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guards Authorities and/or Customs Authorities, from atleast 2 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For theseparticipants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
Proposals that address research themes or challenges already covered byother topics in Horizon Europe Calls Border Management 2021-2022,
Border Management 2023 and Border Management 2024, cannot be
submitted under this topic.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 4-6 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
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Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 59.
Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to outcomes in line with theone or all of the pursued impacts described in the Introduction to the Destination “Effective
Management of EU external borders”.
Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or
unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions within this Destination that are
not covered by the other topics in Horizon Europe Calls Border Management 2021-2022,
Border Management 2023 and Border Management 2024.
Adapted to the nature, scope, type and target TRL of proposed projects, proposals should
convincingly explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validationof developed tools and solutions. Proposals should be convincing in explaining the methods
they intend to use for demonstrating, testing or validating the proposed tools and solutions.
Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future follow-up research anddevelopment and/or uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps
after the research project. In this view, proposals should as well indicate the perspectives forpossible future demonstration, testing and validation at further TRLs.
Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous
research, including but is not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects.
BM01 – Efficient border surveillance and maritime security
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-02: Interoperability for border and maritime surveillanceand situational awarenessSpecific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

59

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
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Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 60.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increased border surveillance capability, better performing and more cost-efficient, withdata and fundamental rights protection by design;

60

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Civil Security for Society• Improved surveillance and situational awareness of sea borders, but also of maritime
infrastructures as harbours and commercial and civilian maritime security, including in
key areas such as the Arctic;• Improved multi-level, multi-authority and cross-border (among Member States andAssociated Countries practitioners) collaboration thanks to better interoperability ofsensing, analysis and C2 systems.
Scope: Authorities performing surveillance of maritime borders and maritime wide areas use
a range of technologies, and receive a range of information, to monitor wide areas, detectthreats or crises, and respond to them. However, these inputs are not always merged into
common command-and-control (C2) systems that can inform rapid decision-making.
The proposed solution(s) should allow improved interoperability (at both back-end and frontend levels), independently of the supplier of the equipment, and ideally interchangeability thatenables exchange of information among authorities that use different systems. Compatibility
and integration with other information sharing environments, including the Common
Information Sharing Environment (CISE) is essential in order to support the cross-sectoraland cross-border exchange of information.
The proposed solution(s) can include the design of open architecture C2 systems, including
open standards for APIs and bias-free data models.
The proposed solution(s) should enable simultaneous connection of different sensors (or ofdifferent data, or of different assets, depending by the module) by different suppliers, theflexible tasking and monitoring of surveillance assets like RPAS, and the visualization andmanipulation of the data in a single user interface in a seamless way. This will support
practitioners to exploit their technology stack in an agnostic way.
The proposed solution(s) should allow for seamless connectivity between C2 systems fromdifferent authorities, and at different coordination levels; include cybersecurity measures andinformation access segregation capabilities; include concepts of operation, standard operatingprocedures and common lexicon for joint operations using interoperable systems through theproposed solution(s).
While the project will mainly focus on enabling capabilities through interoperability andinterchangeability, proposals that in the process aim at advancing certain technologicalcomponents, and integrating them into the solution, are welcome.
Assuming the project delivers on its goals, EU and Member States authorities should plan totake up the results of the research when compatible with applicable legislation using thefinancial support of the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI).
Improving energy efficiency and environmental impact aspects of new security technologies
for this capability (e.g. low environmental footprint, low emissions, circular economy aspects
and/or self-sustained equipment) would be desirable.

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Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): open architecture; user interface andexperience; artificial intelligence; UxV; wide-area and long-endurance RPAS and integrated,wide-area RPAS cooperative tasking and management; remote sensors (such as LIDAR or
FMCW) on UxVs; vessels-as-sensors; advanced mesh connectivity; automated analysis ofabnormal or non-cooperative vessels’ behaviour; Virtual and Augmented Reality;
standardized mission data models for RPAS tasking and monitoring, ; and/or over-the-horizon
detection technologies.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other relevant EU Framework Programmes
projects on security research. Proposals should also clearly demonstrate how they aim tocomplement and avoid overlaps with actions undertaken in the European Defence Fund andits precursors (the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and thePreparatory Action on Defence research (PADR)), based on the information publicly
available61 and while maintaining a focus on civilian applications only.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
Proposals submitted under this topic are expected to address the priorities of the European
Border and Coast Guard and of its Agency (Frontex). This should start from the definition ofrequirements and the design phase of their work, including basing on the EBCG Capability
Roadmap when available; and on the engagement with the Agency during the implementationof the project. This perspective should be considered and planned when drafting proposals.
Proposals should foresee that Frontex will observe projects’ pilots and demonstrations, withthe aim of facilitating future uptake of innovations for the border and coast guard community.
Synergies within civil security can be an asset, for example with Disaster-Resilient Society
and Fighting Crime and Terrorism.
BM02 – Secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):61

See for instance:- relevant work programmes of the EDF (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defenceindustry/european-defence-fund-edf_en)
and
of
the
DEP
(https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/work-programmes-digital)
And information on ongoing projects of:- the EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/edf)- the DEP (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/digital);
Visit the following links for more information on past projects of the:- EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projectsresults;programCode=EDF)
EDIDP(https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defenceindustrial-development-programme-edidp_en)- PADR (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/preparatory-action-defenceresearch-padr_en).

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-03: Advanced user-friendly, compatible, secure identity
and travel document management
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified

62

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 62.

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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Topicsbackground and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved capabilities to validate breeder and identity documents as well as ICAO Type
1 and Type 2 digitalised travel documents;• Improved compatibility among tools for verification of travel documents and identity,
while guaranteeing not sharing (beyond what’s strictly necessary) or compromising
personal data;• Enhanced integration with EU current or planned architecture(s) for digital identity
frameworks;• Contribute to capabilities that strengthen the Schengen area, by providing security at its
external borders that also reassure on maintaining the free movement within its borders.
Scope: Authentication of documents is relevant for border management, immigration or visa
applications. Furthermore, it could also be relevant to combat other illicit activities, such as
financial fraud. Facilitation of travel across external EU borders went and is further going
through remarkable developments thanks to subsequent technological generations, andupdated procedures and regulatory frameworks. From automated border control gates to “nogate” solutions, and to “seamless travel”; from secure documents, to digitalised travel
documents, and to “dematerialised travel documents” and “digital wallets”. All to ease bordercrossing for travellers, while maintaining border security against illicit or irregular crossingsand protecting fundamental rights. This topic aims at exploring and developing enhanced
capabilities for securely managing digitalised travel documents used for travel across externalborders.
The proposed solution should be compatible with planned or possible future EU highly
digitalised travel documents formats and travel facilitation systems, and with applicable
ICAO current and upcoming schemes. The proposed solutions should be compatible orinteroperable with relevant existing digitalised travel documents systems. The proposedsolutions should also respect fundamental rights such as privacy and protection of personaldata, apply privacy by design of the application and use privacy-enhancing technologies.
The operational applicability focus should be on highly digitalised travel documents and“digital identity management” used for travel across external borders. However, the researchshould include enhancing the security of breeder documents, which risk being “weak links”
when they are used to obtain genuine, secure travel documents.
The proposed solution should include techniques (including those to increase the robustness
against attempts to falsify biometric data) to allow sharing of results from the tools, and share

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as few data used by the tool as possible to return those results (in order to increase dataprotection and minimize data leak risks). Leakage or compromising of personal data should
be avoided in the transfer of tools or of their results.
The proposed solution should ensure secure data collection, access, encryption and decision
support for those in relevant roles in the border management processes. Full encryption attransit and rest should be ensured, while enabling fuzzy searches on all metrics of the
documents’ data.
The proposed solution should include an automated decision support system that helps thework of operators and suggests to end-users (such as border authorities’ staff) which process
and which database/tool can be legally used with, or by, a certain technology or database.
The developed solutions need to comply with the Ethics Guidelines on Trustworthy AI(2019)63.
Should the project deliver on its goal and be compatible with applicable legislation, EU andMember States authorities should plan to take up the results of the research with the supportof the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI).
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes projects. In
particular, proposals should build on achievements and findings of relevant recent EU-funded
civil security research projects, including those funded under HORIZON-CL3-2022-BM-0102: Enhanced security of, and combating the frauds on, identity management and identity andtravel documents.
Proposals should delineate concrete and clear plans for further development to subsequent
TRLs as well as uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment
in operational contexts) at national and EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
Proposals submitted under this topic are expected to address the priorities of the European
Border and Coast Guard and of its Agency (Frontex) and of the European Union Agency for
the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security andJustice (eu-LISA). This should start from the definition of requirements and the design phaseof their work, including basing on the EBCG Capability Roadmap when available; and on theengagement with the Agencies during the implementation of the project. This perspective
should be considered and planned when drafting proposals. Proposals should foresee that
Frontex and of eu-LISA will observe projects’ pilots and demonstrations, with the aim offacilitating future uptake of innovations for the border and coast guard community.
Synergies across authorities and across communities (such as border management, customs,
law enforcement communities) within the civil security sector will be an asset, for example
with Fighting Crime and Terrorism (regarding combating crime involving identity fraud).

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-04: Integrated risk-based border control that mitigatespublic security risk, reduces false positives and strengthens privacy
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Border or Coast Guard Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member
States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must
fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in theapplication form with all the requested information, following thetemplate provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified

64

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 64.

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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Topicsbackground and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improve assisted border crossing control systems, coordinated between border, customs
and security controls;• Allocate more efficiently border check resources, maintaining security while minimisingtime and hassle for crossings and false positives;• Allocate flexibly border check resources, when and where needed, depending onchanging needs (for example seasonally, and/or in the case of roll-on-roll-off ferries);• Contribute to capabilities that strengthen the Schengen area, by providing security at its
external borders that also reassure on maintaining the free movement within its borders.
Scope: Growth of international travel and mobility (which will likely return to, and increase toa level above, the pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels), the scarcity of resources, and the need toease border crossings while maintaining security of the Schengen area, make reliable risk
assessments and border checks prioritisation important. Border practitioners in some Member
States are assessing feasibility, reliability and acceptability of optimised border controls usingrisk-based management.
The solution(s) proposed under this topic should allow easier and more flexible allocation andchange of resources in border checks, for example to meet seasonal peaks. A possible use caseis that of roll-on-roll-off ferries. That situation may generate long queues for border andsecurity checks, while often being seasonal. A proposed solution should help perform borderchecks, as well improve the speed for detecting threats in vehicles, such as weapons andexplosives, without people coming out of vehicles and without slowing down(dis)embarkment off or onto roll-on-roll-off ferries.
In any case, the proposed solution(s) should consider both the travellers and the goods
accompanying them.
Higher leveraging of risk management in border crossing practices has the potential to also
decrease and minimise the use of personal data and the risk for violating fundamental rights.
The project should integrate strong ethical, legal and acceptability assessment to ensure that,on the other hand, the risks of bias (such as on ethnicity or gender) and discrimination of risk
mitigation is minimised.
Collaboration with international stakeholders in the field of transport and transport safety inthe air, maritime and rail contexts is encouraged.

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Should the project deliver on its goal and be compatible with applicable legislation, EU andMember States authorities should plan to take up the results of the research with the supportof the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI).
The proposed system should ensure secure data collection, access, encryption, and decision
support processes. Full encryption at transit and rest should be ensured, while enabling fuzzy
searches on all metrics of the documents’ data.
The system should include automated decision support systems that suggest the end-users
which process and database/tool can be legally used using a certain technology.
Solutions should be compatible or interoperable with legacy and current systems, and propose
or allow an interoperability between systems in use by different Member States.
Improving energy efficiency and environmental impact aspects of new security technologies
for this capability (e.g. low environmental footprint, low emissions, circular economy aspects
and/or self-sustained equipment) would be desirable.
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): risk assessment methods, data fusion, sensors,
artificial intelligence.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other recent EU Framework Programmes
projects on security research.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals.
Proposals under this topic are expected to address the priorities of the European Border andCoast Guard and of its Agency (Frontex), including basing on the EBCG Capability Roadmap
when available, and engage with the Agency during the implementation of the project. This
perspective should be considered and planned when drafting proposals. Proposals should
expect a key role of Frontex in validating the project outcomes, with the aim of facilitating
future uptake of innovations for the border and coast guard community.
The involvement of Police Authorities 65 is encouraged, as well as synergies with relevant
topics of the Fight against Crime and Terrorism Destination.
BM03 – Better customs and supply chain security
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):65

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
police academies, forensic institutes, training facilities as well as border and customs authorities.

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM-01-05: Detection and tracking of illegal and trafficked goods
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
Customs Authorities from at least 2 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in
the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and66

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 66.

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Contributing to development of fully automated customs control checkpoints;• Enhancing detection capabilities for customs security, while facilitating trade.
Scope: European customs need improved capabilities that allow bettering and automaticallydetecting from traces; interpreting images from scanned cargo; interpreting data; tracking
goods; and/or identifying anomalies that support the detection of threats, smuggling or illicit
trade eliminating or minimizing disruption to the trade flow. The proposed system should
hence advance and/or combine as much as possible the components of detection, tracking andrisk-based anticipation.
On detection, the proposed solution(s) could include trustworthy algorithms for recognition
that minimise false positives and biases. Proposed research could include, for example, image(shape) recognition and interpretation, and/or a trace detection approach
On tracking, the research can propose and explore, for example, technologies for improved
traceability of goods and items that could be illicitly trafficked using non-invasive markings.
On risk-based anticipation, the proposed solution(s) can leverage automated image
recognition and interpretation capability coupled with data analytics, such as using advancecargo information in order to anticipate and detect security risks prior to goods’ arrival at the
EU external borders.
The research project can test one or more specific use cases, such as (non-exhaustive
examples): art; cultural goods; waste and other environmentally risky material, including
radioactive ones; valuables; and/or dangerous items either assembled or disassembled.
Improving energy efficiency and environmental impact aspects of new security technologies
for this capability (e.g. low environmental footprint, low emissions, circular economy aspects
and/or self-sustained equipment) would be desirable.
Examples of technologies and approaches that can be explored by the research projects
include (non-prescriptive and non-exhaustive): scanning (vision), detectors/”sniffers” (traces),
nanotechnology, blockchain/DLT, artificial intelligence.
Research projects should consider, build on (if appropriate) and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other recent EU Framework Programmes
projects on security research.
Proposals should delineate the plans for further development to subsequent TRLs as well as
uptake (industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisition and/or deployment) at national and
EU level, should the research deliver on its goals. The results of the research should be taken
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up by EU customs authorities in the framework of the Customs Union “acting as one”, withthe support of the Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI).
The involvement of Police Authorities 67 is encouraged, as well as synergies with relevant
topics of the Fighting against Crime and Terrorism Destination.

67

In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated bynational law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention,
detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding
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Destination - Resilient Infrastructure
Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing
to the following expected impact of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2021-2024:“[…]
resilience and autonomy of physical and digital infrastructures are enhanced and vitalsocietal functions are ensured, thanks to more powerful prevention, preparedness andresponse, a better understanding of related human, societal and technological aspects, andthe development of cutting-edge capabilities for […] infrastructure operators […]”
More specifically, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of thefollowing impacts:• Ensured resilience of large-scale interconnected systems infrastructures and the entities
that operate them in in case of complex attacks, pandemics, natural and human-madedisasters, or the impacts of climate change;• Upgraded systems for resilience of the operators and the protection of criticalinfrastructure to enable rapid, effective, safe and secure response and without substantial
human intervention to complex threats and challenges, and better assess risks ensuringresilience and open strategic autonomy of European infrastructures;• Resilient and secure smart cities are protected using the knowledge derived from theprotection of critical infrastructures and systems that are characterised by growing
complexity.
The capabilities built by research and innovation in this Destination would clearly be relevant
to be better prepared for potential future challenges to European internal security and crises as
the ones in Ukraine in 2022.
Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successfulproposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international
conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovationfor Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.
The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01 14.50
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01
Overall indicative budget

23 Nov 2023
16.00

14.50

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Call - Resilient Infrastructure 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)68
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2023

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)69

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-01 IA

5.00

Around 5.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-02 IA

9.50

Around 4.75

2Overall indicative budget

14.50

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

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The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

INFRA01 – Improved preparedness and response for large-scale disruptions ofEuropean infrastructures
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-01: Facilitating strategic cooperation to ensure theprovision of essential services
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
government authorities responsible for resilience on national level and /or for overseeing operators, from at least 3 different EU Member States.
For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information
about security practitioners” in the application form with all therequested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, and safeguard the Union’s
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to preserve the confidentiality of risk assessments and of thevulnerabilities of critical entities of Member States, participation islimited to legal entities established in Member States only. Proposals
including entities established in countries other than EU Member States
will be ineligible.
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 70.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Tools for EU Member State authorities and operators for the assessment and anticipationof relevant risks to the provisions of essential services are identified;• The cooperation between authorities of EU Member States is facilitated by providing
solutions for data exchange and joint cross-border risk assessments;• Simulation tools are developed for large-scale exercises to test the resilience of operatorsand of specific sectors, and related training courses are designed;• Measures by Member State authorities to facilitate risk assessments by operators are
identified, including the assessment of dependencies on different sectors and crossborder interdependencies;• Provide common European guidance and support for the drafting of their resilience plansin order to meet all the provisions of the proposed CER-Directive: risk analysis, domino

70

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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effects, cross-sector and cross-border analysis, standardised plans, educational andtraining tools;• An all-hazards framework is created to support Member States in ensuring improved
concepts and instruments for the anticipation of risks to entities that provide essential
services, resulting in an improved preparedness and response against disruptions of key
sectors in the EU and enhanced resilience of the EU internal market.
Scope: The EU Security Union Strategy for 2020-202571, Counter-Terrorism Agenda72. for
the EU and the Cyber Security Strategy stress the importance of ensuring resilience in the faceof various risks. The livelihoods of European citizens and the good functioning of the internalmarket depend on the reliable provision of services fundamental for societal or economic
activities in many different sectors. Those services often are reliant upon one another, thus
disruptions in one sector can generate severe and long-lasting effects on the provision ofservices in others.
Member States hold the primary responsibility in ensuring that operators who use criticalinfrastructures to deliver such services (hereafter: ‘operators’) comply with applicable rules
and have the necessary support to ensure their own resilience and as part of a complex system
of interdependencies. On EU-level, there has been a revision of certain legislation aiming at
the minimum harmonisation of such rules, such as the directive on the resilience of criticalentities (CER73) and the directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity acrossthe Union (NIS-274). In combination with sectoral EU-legislation and policies on resilience(e.g. for a Network Code on sector-specific rules for cybersecurity aspects of cross-borderelectricity flows75), this provides a comprehensive framework that needs to be put in practice.
“Facilitating strategic cooperation” refers to the necessity for public authorities of theMember States to be able to exchange information, in a secure way, on the risk assessments of
their critical entities as well as their resilience. “Critical entities” is the specific term used in
the CER directive to designate those entities that will be identified by the Member States
under the directive. Pursuant to the directive, in particular of its articles 1 and 5, the identityof the critical entities will be classified. In the performance of the project, project participants
will interact directly with Member States authorities responsible for risk assessment andanalysis of the vulnerabilities of their critical entities. Pursuant to the proposed directive, theconfidentiality of the critical entities (and of their vulnerabilities) shall be ensured andprotected.

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Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on
measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No
910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (NIS 2 Directive)
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Proposals under this topic should support the competent authorities of Member States to
identify and develop the most suitable tools, solutions and strategies to ensure the resilience of
key sectors and thus facilitate the implementation of [related/ future] EU legislation.
Applicants should focus on delivering solutions that can be used by the competent authorities
of EU Member States, to support their task in overseeing the resilience of key sectors in linewith relevant EU rules. Such solutions should enhance their ability for cooperation andcommunication, conducting large-scale risk assessments (including the cross-borderdimension), developing best practices for exercises and dedicated complex training modules.
The proposals should address the development of improved concepts and instruments for the
anticipation and management of strategic risks, strengthening governance framework andenhancing coordination between different authorities.
It is recommended that proposals develop concrete tools to support all-hazard analysis byintegrating domain specific risk assessment and allowing to manage interdependencies
phenomena among different sectors and Member States. Possible examples are virtual reality
tools, dashboards, complex training and serious gaming modules or other instruments to be
used and that currently may not exist on such scale.
Proposals should aim to cover the largest possible number of sectors described in therespective Annexes of the directive on the resilience of critical entities (CER) and the
directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS-2). The
inclusion of associations representing private or public operators in specific sectors, or acrosssectors on EU- or national level, is encouraged.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.
Projects are expected to outline how results are fed into the work of relevant Commission
expert groups – [for example the Critical Entities Resilience Group (CERG) and the NIS-2
Cooperation Group] – and to explore synergies with the actions undertaken by relevant EU
agencies.
HORIZON-CL3-2023-INFRA-01-02: Supporting operators against cyber and non-cyberthreats to reinforce the resilience of critical infrastructures
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.75
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 9.50 million.

Type of Action

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Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
infrastructure operators, which could include civil protection authorities,
at national level from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in
the submission IT tool.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 76.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Support is provided to the resilience of operators against cyber and non-cyber threats inspecific sectors;

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scenarios is created, in the context of an operator in a specific sector in sectors that have
not yet been covered by previous research projects;• Strengthened cooperation against natural or human-made threats and subsequentdisruptions of infrastructures in Europe, allowing for operational testing in real scenariosor realistic simulations of scenarios with specific regard to disruptions in a specificsector of critical entities;• Improved situational awareness, preparedness and governance by the implementation ofeffective solutions that enhance detection and anticipated projection of a determinedthreating situation, as well as implementation of prevention, preparedness/mitigation,
response, and recovery types of intervention;• Significant reduction of risks and exposures to anomalies or deliberate events on cyberphysical systems, or on complex and critical infrastructures/systems;• Enhanced preparedness and response by definition of operational procedures ofoperators as well as public authorities considering citizen’s behaviour/reaction andsocietal impact in case of disruption in a specific sector.
Scope: The operational environment in which operators operate has changed significantly inrecent years. Security research and innovation related to infrastructure resilience has been
following a sectorial approach in order to increase the resilience. This approach to criticalinfrastructure resilience is needed that as it reflects the current and anticipated future risklandscape, the increasingly tight interdependencies between different sectors, and also theincreasingly interdependent relationships between physical and digital infrastructures.
A disruption affecting the service provision by one operator in one sector has the potential togenerate cascading effects on service provision in other sectors, and also potentially in otherMember States or across the entire EU.
With more and more infrastructure systems being interconnected, a stronger focus on thesystemic dimension and complexity of attacks and disruptions by cyber or physical means
needs to be applied. As such, not only interdependencies within one type of infrastructure (orclosely related types) can be taken into account. The risk landscape is more complex in the
recent years, involving natural hazards (in many cases exacerbated by climate change), statesponsored hybrid actions, terrorism, insider threats, pandemics, and accidents (such asindustrial accidents).
Physical disruptions of the activities of operators active in these sectors have possibly serious
negative implications for citizens, business, governments, in the environment and endanger
the smooth functioning of the internal market. Therefore, operators should be equipped withthe best possible means to be able to prevent, resist, absorb and recover from disruptive
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Another important issue is to have in place efficient cybersecurity measures to block theaccess to critical infrastructures. A possible project focusing on the protection of criticalinfrastructures against such threat should consider gaps and vulnerabilities that need to be
identified and overcome (e.g. protection of drinking water supply systems from high chemicallevels, nuclear facilities, etc.).
Therefore, the successful proposal, following a sector-based approach and identifying a
specific priority sector, should work on how to increase the combined cyber and non-cyber
resilience operators. It should do so by orienting itself on sectors that have not been covered
in previous research, out of the list of sectors described in the respective Annexes of the of thedirective on the resilience of critical entities (CER77) and the directive on measures for highcommon level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS-278) and thus contribute to enhancing
the overall resilience on EU-level, in line with the EU Security Union Strategy79.
The proposal should orient itself on the policy shift from protection towards resilience andthus focus on operators acting in the internal market, rather than only on physical or digitalassets. This includes concepts of wider business continuity, as well as logistics and supplychains. Proposals should also focus on the development of a more effective resilience plan
conception method, which shall support operators to draft their resilience plans according to
the provisions of the CER and NIS-2 Directives. The resilience plan conception methodshould include risk analysis, domino effects analysis, cross-sector and cross-border analysis,standardised plans etc. In addition, this method could include measures on adequate
protection, measures on prevention, response, mitigation, and recovery from the consequencesof incidents, protection of classified (e.g. the proposal for a Network Code on sector-specificrules for cybersecurity aspects of cross-border electricity flows) or sensitive information andmeasures that ensure adequate employee security management.
The main practitioners in this topic should come from private or public operators, meaningorganisations and enterprises that use critical infrastructure to deliver services, vital for thefunctioning of society and the internal market. Consortia that will include MS public entities
would be considered as an asset. Competent authorities of MS in charge of resilience and/ oroverseeing operators in one or more sectors are also encouraged to join the consortia of
applicants.
If the infrastructure includes processing of personal data, the proposal should consider
including a risk assessment or privacy impact of individuals and society.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce

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Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on
measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No
910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (NIS 2 Directive).
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meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.
Applicants are encouraged to explore and demonstrate synergies with the work conducted in
the European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP), as
applicable.
Call - Resilient Infrastructure 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)80
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2024

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)81

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-01 IA

5.00

Around 5.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-02 IA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-03 RIA

5.00

Around 5.00

1Overall indicative budget

16.00

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General

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The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
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Annex B.
Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

INFRA01 – Improved preparedness and response for large-scale disruptions ofEuropean infrastructures
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-01: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
critical infrastructure operators and 2 civil protection authorities from atleast 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For theseparticipants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
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and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 82.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Critical infrastructure operators are more resilient to threats and natural and human-madehazards;• Improved monitoring, risk assessment, forecast, mitigation and modelling techniques
aimed at increasing the resilience of critical infrastructures, validating multi-hazard
scenarios, creating interactive hazard maps supported by Earth Observation and otherdata sources.
Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or
unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for increasing the resilience of
critical infrastructure, that are not covered by the other topics of Horizon Europe Calls
Resilient Infrastructure 2021-2022, Resilient Infrastructure 2023 and Resilient Infrastructure2024.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed activities, proposals should convincingly
explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed
tools and solutions. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future
uptake and upscaling at local, national and EU level for possible next steps after the project.
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In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.
Proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous research,
including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects. Whenapplicable, the successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements andfindings of related previous national or EU-funded projects.
INFRA02 – Resilient and secure urban areas and smart cities
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-02: Resilient and secure urban planning and new tools
for EU territorial entities
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
local or regional government authorities from 2 at least different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants,
applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

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Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 83.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to all of the following
outcomes:• Evaluation of the resilience of an urban and peri-urban environment, identification of
weaknesses and recommendations for changes to organizational processes;• Creation of new tools and cost-efficient security upgrades of urban infrastructures withpossibilities of pooling and sharing of complex security systems, taking into accountlimited budgets of local authorities;• Improved efficiency of the security forces and emergency services (police, firefighters,
paramedics ...) for the benefit of the European citizens and residents;• Promotion of best practices, creation of EU sovereign trusted decision support
tool/solution and spreading of effective tools and capabilities across entities in different
EU territories despite their size and location.
Scope: European territories are developing into more connected and complex systems ofdifferent services and infrastructures empowered by technologies and growing digitisation.
This change in urban areas in Europe, brings new opportunities but also new threats for theauthorities and their relationship with the citizens and residents. It is therefore critical for the
resilience of our urban areas and for their citizens’ wellbeing that those services are trusted
and secure.
The classical large-scale infrastructures have a long tradition of implementing the principles
of Safety-by-design and Security-by-design when planning their assets. However, with more
and more infrastructures on the local level becoming vulnerable, security research can support

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their protection with new approaches in ‘Security-by-design’84. In view of limited budgets ofmany local administrations, improved knowledge as well as innovative security upgrades andprocesses for existing urban infrastructures equipped with advanced connectivity technologies
and cooperative systems could be explored.
EU territories, despite their size and location, suffer from a lack of dedicated EU sovereign
and trusted tools in order to enhance the coordination of local first responders and to improvesecurity coverage, such as the preparation of operational staff, field intervention andpredictive tools. Even though some complicated tools already exist, it is clear that there is no
generic, cost effective and easy to use solutions for local authorities. Therefore, there is a needfor creation of new tools that are designed in a simple manner and deployed in an effectiveway.
Resilient and secure urban planning tools for the development of holistic approaches that
network the different organizational levels, sensor and communication levels and data rooms
are very pertinent. These tools should assess the resilience of urban and peri urban territories,
identify weaknesses and recommend changes to organizational processes, sensors andcommunication infrastructure. The secure urban and rural living spaces, technical solutions,organizational levels, and data rooms must be more closely linked. There is a clear need for adevelopment of tools for recovery strategies and proactive foresight for urban and peri urban
environments. The tactical tools should include modelling of urban centres and rural areas,
predictive tools, improved global situational awareness and day-to-day planning and crisis
management (e.g., simulation, training).
The proposals should include a high level of confidence in data management and sharing,
provide solutions on cybersecurity issues and take on board new type of threats. The proposedsolutions should suggest trusted shared architectures, trusted data collection, securecomputation on the data and management processes, modelling capabilities, hypervisor
supporting global situational awareness with open and trusted API’s, trusted data processing
engines and, e.g., artificial intelligence tools. If the tools include processing of personal data,
it should consider including a risk assessment or privacy impact of individuals and society.
The testing and/or piloting of the tools and solutions developed in a real setting and theparticipation of one or more relevant local authorities is an asset; regardless, actions should
foresee how they will facilitate the uptake, replication across setting and up-scaling of thecapabilities - i.e. solutions, tools, processes et al. – to be developed by the project.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-INFRA-01-03: Advanced real-time data analysis used forinfrastructure resilience
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 5.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3
infrastructure operators, which could include civil protection authorities,
at national level from at least 3 different EU Member States or
Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in thetable “Information about security practitioners” in the application form
with all the requested information, following the template provided in
the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-6 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:

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Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
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Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved capabilities for risk and faulty events identification in infrastructure networks
and smart cities through real-time analysis (including big data) by public and private
actors via secured and trusted platforms and interconnected systems where thecollaboration follows clear legal and political frameworks;• Tools and processes for facilitating stakeholders efforts to identify, analyse, assess andcontinuously monitor risks and boost adaptive capacity to unexpected events risks inadvance by allowing for the analysis of various data sources (e.g. audio, video, social
media, web-content, spatial information, sensor or machine generated data);• Fast and continuous real-time identification, classification and tracking of hazardous
agents, contaminants or anomalies in infrastructure networks and supply-chains;• Interoperable interfaces and improved collaboration between infrastructure operation
detection and response systems, national/EU risk management/coordination centres andfirst responder equipment in order to allow for remote on-scene operations considering
citizen knowledge;• Increased cyber-resilience of industrial xG networks and cloud data covering specificinfrastructure domains• Improved ability to map in real-time the source(s) of risk factors that could endanger the
networked infrastructure supported by Earth Observation and geolocation data. If theanalysis includes processing of personal data, it should consider including a risk
assessment or privacy impact of individuals and society.
Scope: Today’s society is more interconnected than ever before. Telecommunication
networks, transport networks, aviation, energy, water grids, finance are the backbone oftoday’s society. Due to their exceptional complexity and size, infrastructure networks pose a
specific challenge when it comes to identifying different risks, either cyber or physical.
Especially in the cyber-domain, many intrusions or attacks remain unnoticed or are detected
relatively late. Technological developments in areas like machine learning for analytics, userinterfaces as well as storage applications have the potential to improve related capabilities.
Modern urban environments and interconnected infrastructures create constantly big amountsof data. In addition, other sources can be exploited to support the identification and analysis of
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plans, scenario-based exercises, allocation of resources, etc.).
Resilience of smart cities is marked by a set of specific requirements taking into account mostnotably aspects from the integration considering user centred approaches as well as social andethical aspects of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), AI/ Machine Learning approaches forreal-time data analytics, ensuring transparency, sufficient knowledge and their operational
challenges in this area.
While the availability of larger amounts of data from different sources offers potential to
improve the identification of possible risks to infrastructures, it also increases the demand forfast and resilient analytical tools. There is a need to filter information to identify data that isrelevant as an indicator for risks and - given the large number of different forms of cyberattacks or intrusions - also a need to prioritise and decide according to the degree of danger
they present. This implies the need for matching data in the appropriate context and verifying
the source with a view of ensuring that only relevant data is analysed, thus avoiding false
results. Faster identification and localisation of hazardous agents and contaminants inside theinfrastructure networks is a key to allow for quick response, inform and involve citizens andresidents as well as avoid large-scale damage of any incident. Such identification capabilities
can be deployed as part of the infrastructure and integrate with the systems public authorities
use to make sure information is available as soon as possible. Furthermore, it is crucial todevelop methods for better cooperation between different actors to ensure a common
understanding and interpretation of data and to provide interactive tools for exchange andvisualisation for decision support. Cooperation between different public and private actors isessential in this regard.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related innovation
activities.

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Destination - Increased Cybersecurity
Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway contributing to
the following impact of the Strategic Plan 2021-2024: "Increased cybersecurity and a moresecure online environment by developing and using effectively EU and Member States’
capabilities in digital technologies supporting protection of data and networks aspiring totechnological sovereignty in this field, while respecting privacy and other fundamental rights;
this should contribute to secure services, processes and products, as well as to robust digital
infrastructures capable to resist and counter cyber-attacks and hybrid threats".
More specifically, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of thefollowing impacts:• Strengthened EU cybersecurity capacities and European Union sovereignty in digitaltechnologies• More resilient digital infrastructures, systems and processes• Increased software, hardware and supply chain security• Secured disruptive technologies• Smart and quantifiable security assurance and certification shared across the EU• Reinforced awareness and a common cyber security management and culture.
All proposals of projects under this Destination should aim to be complementary and avoid
overlaps with relevant actions funded by other EU instruments, including the European
Defence Fund and its precursors (the European Defence Industrial Development Programme(EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence research (PADR)), based on the information
publicly available86 and while maintaining a focus on civilian applications only.

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See for instance:- relevant work programmes of the EDF (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defenceindustry/european-defence-fund-edf_en)
and
of
the
DEP
(https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/work-programmes-digital)
And information on ongoing projects of:- the EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/edf)- the DEP (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/digital);
Visit the following links for more information on past projects of the:- EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projectsresults;programCode=EDF)
EDIDP(https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defenceindustrial-development-programme-edidp_en)- PADR (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/preparatory-action-defenceresearch-padr_en).

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In accordance with Article 5(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/887 87, and subject to a contributionagreement as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of the Financial Regulation, the European
Commission entrusts the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and ResearchCompetence Centre (ECCC) with the implementation of the Increased Cybersecurity 2023
call (HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01) and the Increased Cybersecurity 2024 call (HORIZONCL3-2024-CS-01). This entrustment may take place as soon as the ECCC has reached its
financial and operational autonomy expected in the third quarter of 2024.
The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01 58.70
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01
Overall indicative budget

87

23 Nov 2023
60.40

58.70

Deadline(s)20 Nov 2024

60.40

Regulation (EU) 2021/887 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing
the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the Networkof National Coordination Centres, OJ L 202, 8.6.2021, p. 1–31.

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HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)88
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)89

2023

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-01 IA

28.00

4.00 to 6.00

4

HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02 IA

15.70

2.00 to 4.00

4HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-03 RIA

15.00

4.00 to 6.00

2

Overall indicative budget

58.70

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex

88

89

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

CS01 - Systems Security and Security Lifetime Management, Secure Platforms, Digital
Infrastructures
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-01: Secure Computing Continuum (IoT, Edge, Cloud,Dataspaces)
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR 4.00
and 6.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission andselection of a proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 28.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Security Sensitive
TopicsSome activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Tools to support cybersecurity resilience, preparedness, awareness, and detection within
critical infrastructures and across supply chains;• Cloud infrastructures vulnerabilities mitigation;• Secure integration of untrusted IoT in trusted environments;• Use of Zero-Trust architectures;• Trust & Security for massive connected IoT ecosystems & lifecycle management;
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AI-based automation tools for cyber threat intelligence;• Secure infrastructure, secure Identities and usability for a security chain coveringcommunication, data collection, data transport, and data processing.
Scope: The evolution of our interconnected society brings multiple layers of cloud, edge
computing, and IoT platforms that continuously interact with each other. Yet this alwaysconnected ecosystem populated with potentially vulnerable entities requires advanced, smart
and agile protection mechanisms to manage the security and privacy of individualcomponents throughout their lifecycle and of overall systems. The complexity of suchinterconnected environments underlines the need for the proactive and automated detection,
analysis, and mitigation of cybersecurity attacks in cloud, at the edge, for OT, IoT
deployments, and in application domains such as, for example, smart cities. Integrating endto-end security and user-centric privacy in complex distributed platforms requires work toaddress security threats and vulnerabilities over the entire platform ecosystem.
The identification and analysis of potential regulatory aspects and barriers for the developed
technologies/solutions is encouraged, where relevant.
CS02 –Privacy-preserving and identity technologies
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-02:
technologies

Privacy-preserving

andidentity

management

Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR
2.00 and 4.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission andselection of a proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 15.70 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Legal and financial The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
set-up of the Grant apply:
Agreements
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
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Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 90.
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved scalable and reliable privacy-preserving and identity management
technologies for federated and secure sharing and for processing of personal andindustrial data and their integration in real-world systems;• Improving privacy-preserving technologies for cyber threat intelligence and data sharing
solutions;• Privacy by design;• Contribution to promotion of GDPR compliant European data spaces for digital services
and research (in synergy with DATA Topics of Horizon Europe Cluster 4). Also,
contribution to the promotion of eID Regulation compliant European solutions;• Research and development of self-sovereign identity management technologies andsolutions;• Provide resource efficient and secure digital identity solutions for Small and medium
sized enterprises (SME);• Strengthened European ecosystem of open-source developers and researchers of privacypreserving solutions;• Usability of privacy-preserving and identity management technologies.
Scope: Using big data for digital services and scientific research brings about newopportunities and challenges. For example, machine-learning methods process medical andbehavioural data in order to find causes and explanations for diseases or health risks.
However, a large amount of this data is personal data. Leakage or abuse of this kind of data,
potential privacy risks (e.g. attribute disclosure or membership inference) and identity
compromises pose threats to individuals, society and economy, which hamper further
developing data spaces involving personal data. Likewise, there are similar challenges for the
exploitation of non-personal/industrial data assets that may compromise the opportunities
offered by the data economy. Advanced privacy-preserving technologies such as, forexample, cryptographic anonymous credentials, homomorphic encryption, secure multiparty
computation, and differential privacy have the potential to address these challenges. However,further work is required to ensure and test their applicability in real-world use case scenarios.

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This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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The security of any digital service or the access to data is based on secure digital identities.
The eID Regulation provides the legal framework on which to build technological solutions
that address the user needs concerning their digital identity. With regards to personal data, it isalso important to develop self-sovereign identity solutions that give users complete control on
their personal data and use.
Proposals should address usability, scalability and reliability of secure and privacy-preserving
technologies in supply chain and take integration with existing infrastructures and traditional
security measures into account. They should further take into account, whenever needed, thelegacy variation in data types and models across different organizations. The proposedsolutions should be validated and piloted in realistic, federated data infrastructures such as, forexample, European data spaces. They should ensure compliance with data regulations and be
GDPR compliant by-design. Open-source solutions are encouraged.
Consortia should bring together interdisciplinary expertise and capacity covering the supply
and the demand side, i.e. industry, service providers and, where relevant, end-users. The useof authentication and authorisation infrastructure framework tools developed for data spaces,
and notably with the European Open Science Cloud, could be considered. Participation of
SMEs is strongly encouraged. Legal expertise should also be added to ensure compliance ofthe project results with data regulations and the GDPR.
The identification and analysis of potential regulatory aspects and barriers for the developed
technologies/solutions is encouraged, where relevant.
CS03 - Secured disruptive technologies
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS-01-03: Security of robust AI systems
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR
4.00 and 6.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission andselection of a proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 15.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Security-by-design concept and resilience to adversarial attacks;• Inclusion of context awareness in machine learning in order to boost resiliency.

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Scope: Proposals received under this topic will address the security of AI systems, in the linewith the following considerations. The availability of very large amounts of data, together
with advances in computing capacity, has allowed the development of powerful Artificial
Intelligence applications (in particular Machine Learning and Deep Learning). At the sametime, concerns have been raised over the security, robustness of the AI algorithms (including
AI at the edge), including the risks of adversarial machine learning and data poisoning. Thus,
it is important to promote security-compliant AI algorithms, leading to possible certification
schemes in the future.
Proposals should demonstrate awareness of the EU approach on Artificial Intelligence 91, suchas the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act.
The identification and analysis of potential regulatory aspects and barriers for the developed
technologies/solutions is encouraged, where relevant.
Call - Increased Cybersecurity 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)92
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)93

2024

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01 IA

37.00

4.00 to 6.00

6HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-02 RIA

23.40

4.00 to 6.00

4

91

92

93

A
Europeanapproachtoartificial
intelligence:https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-approach-artificial-intelligence
The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Overall indicative budget

60.40

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

CS01 - Systems Security and Security Lifetime Management, Secure Platforms, Digital
Infrastructures
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-01: Approaches and tools for security in software andhardware development and assessment
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR
4.00 and 6.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission andselection of a proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 37.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection
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Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 94.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved hardware and software security engineering; resilient systems design;• Improved access to testing of hardware and software in virtual, closed and secureenvironments;• Systematic and, where possible, automated study of vulnerabilities, software analysis,
vulnerability discovery, and dynamic security assessment;• Trustworthy certifiable hardware and software;• AI-based security services e.g. predictive security, advanced anomaly and intrusion
detection, system health checks.
Scope: Software is at the foundation of all digital technologies and, as such, at the core of IT
infrastructures, services, and products. Current software development prioritises fast
deployment over security, which results in vulnerabilities and unsecure applications. Security
engineering, both at the software and hardware levels, must be integrated in theirdevelopment. Whilst a great portion of the software and hardware used in the EU is developed
outside the European Union, it should comply with the security requirements within the EU.
The EU should be able to rely on software and hardware that can be verified and audited as totheir security. In particular, the potential security implications of using open-source softwareand hardware, and security auditability in that context, should be further explored. Software is
subject to continuous update, so the security posture cannot be assessed once and for all,hence methods and tooling to perform continuous assessments of security are needed. In
addition, security and privacy regulations also evolve, having to be factored in complianceapproaches.

94

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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The identification and analysis of potential regulatory aspects and barriers for the developed
technologies/solutions is encouraged, where relevant.
CS02 - Cryptography
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS-01-02: Post-quantum cryptography transition
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR 4.00
and 6.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed
appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission andselection of a proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 23.40 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, and safeguard the Union’s
strategic assets, interests, autonomy, and security, participation in this
topic is limited to legal entities established in Member States, AssociatedCountries and OECD countries. Proposals including legal entities which
are not established in these countries will be ineligible.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increasing the maturity of current post-quantum cryptographic algorithms andcontribution to further standardisation;• Easy-to-use tools for the large-scale implementation of post-quantum cryptographic
algorithms, based on state-of-the-art standards;• Secure and efficient transition from pre- to post-quantum encryption through tools
implementing a hybrid approach combining recognised pre-quantum public key
algorithms and additional post-quantum algorithms;• Phase-in of post-quantum algorithms or protocols to new or existing applications;

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algorithms on varied hardware and software platforms;• Application-oriented recommendations for the widespread implementation of postquantum cryptography across the EU.
Scope: The advent of large-scale quantum computers will compromise much of modern
cryptography, which is instrumental in ensuring cybersecurity and privacy of the digitaltransition. Any cryptographic primitive based on the integer factorization and/or the discrete
logarithm problems will be vulnerable to large-scale quantum-powered attacks. The digital
data/products/systems that derive their security ultimately from the abovementioned
primitives will be compromised and must be upgraded - including their replacement whenneeded- to quantum-resistant cryptography. The massive scale of this foreseen upgrade showsthat preparations are needed today in order to widely implement the relevant mitigations in
the future. Many companies and governments cannot afford to have their protected
communications/data decrypted in the future, even if that future still seems distant. There is aneed to advance swiftly in the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.
Post-quantum resistant cryptographic algorithms should be deployable in a dynamic mannerin order to quickly react to new quantum computer developments. Recommendations for postquantum cryptography have already been published, but have to be maintained up-to-date,
Proposals received under this topic should contribute to developing coordinated European
recommendations for the transition to post-quantum cryptography across the EU.
The identification and analysis of potential regulatory aspects and barriers for the developed
technologies/solutions is encouraged, where relevant.

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Destination - Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe
Proposals involving earth observation are encouraged to primarily make use of Copernicus
data, services and technologies.
Proposals are encouraged also to coordinate with ESA relevant activities, especially thoseundertaken under the Science for Society element of the FutureEO programme(https://eo4society.esa.int). Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out acredible pathway to contributing to the following expected impact of the Horizon Europe
Strategic Plan 2021-2024:“Losses from natural, accidental and human-made disasters are reduced through enhanced
disaster risk reduction based on preventive actions, better societal preparedness andresilience and improved disaster risk management in a systemic way.”
More specifically, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of thefollowing impacts:• Enhanced exploitation of the latest scientific results (e.g., from research programmes andinstitutions) and integrated technologies (e.g. Earth observation, in situ data collection,
advanced modelling, AI) into enhanced understanding of high-impact hazards andcomplex compound and cascade events and improved prevention, preparedness tomitigation, response, and recovery tools;• Enhanced understanding and improved knowledge and situational awareness of disasterrelated risks by citizens, empowered to act and involved in relevant research initiatives(including citizen volunteers) and consider innovative solutions, thus raising theresilience of European society;• More efficient cross-sectoral, cross-disciplines (including SSH), cross-bordercoordination of the disaster risk management cycle and governance (from scientificresearch to prevention, preparedness to mitigation, response, and recovery, including
knowledge transfer and awareness of innovative solutions) from international to local
levels;• Enhanced collaboration, interactions and cross-discipline dialogue and networking
between the scientific community, research institutions and programmes (e.g., HE, ESA
scientific activities, national science programmes, FutureEarth RIS-KAN) and first andsecond responders through dedicated networking and collaboration actions fostering afaster transfer of results from science into practice;• Support of harmonised and/or standardised and interoperability of guidelines / protocols/ tools / technologies in the area of crisis management, natural disasters and CBRN-E;• Strengthened capacities of first responders in all operational phases related to any kindof natural and human-made disasters so that they can better prepare their operations,

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have access to enhanced situational awareness, have means to respond to events in a
faster, safer and more efficient way, and may more effectively proceed with victim
identification, triage and care;• Improved impact forecasting capability and scenario building for enhanced stress testingof critical entities and adaption of protection and resilience-enhancing activity
accordingly;• Improve the capacity of institutions and professionals to respond to natural hazards,
whose frequency and severity for human activities have increased and are partly
resulting from climate change;• Improved ability to rescue and manage the first phases of emergencies that take into
account extreme climatic events and/or geological hazards that may threaten urban areas(e.g. interface fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruption etc.).
All proposals of projects under this Destination should aim to be complementary and avoid
overlaps with relevant actions funded by other EU instruments, including the European
Defence Fund and its precursors (the European Defence Industrial Development Programme(EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence research (PADR)), based on the information
publicly available95 and while maintaining a focus on civilian applications only.
Investments in this Destination contribute substantially to the European Union’s objectives interms of climate change adaptation and resilience to climate change. The funded projects are
aimed at developing new technologies and solutions that can be used to understand the longterm effects of climate change, as well as to improve capacities of first responders andinstitutions for climate mitigation and prevention of natural disasters. Improved understandingof hazards and strengthened knowledge of the risks that these entail for human communities
and their activities are cornerstones for more a resilient economy and society.
Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successfulproposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international
conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovationfor Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.

95

See for instance:- relevant work programmes of the EDF (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defenceindustry/european-defence-fund-edf_en)
and
of
the
DEP
(https://digitalstrategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/work-programmes-digital)
And information on ongoing projects of:- the EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/edf)- the DEP (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/digital);
Visit the following links for more information on past projects of the:- EDF (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projectsresults;programCode=EDF)
EDIDP(https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/european-defenceindustrial-development-programme-edidp_en)- PADR (https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/preparatory-action-defenceresearch-padr_en).

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The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01 33.50
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01
Overall indicative budget

23 Nov 2023
30.00

33.50

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Call - Disaster-Resilient Society 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)96
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2023

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)97

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-01 RIA

8.00

Around 4.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-02 RIA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-03 RIA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-04 IA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-05 RIA

8.00

Around 4.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-06 RIA

3.50

Around 3.50

1Overall indicative budget

33.50

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General96

97

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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Annex B.
Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

DRS01 - Societal Resilience: Increased risk Awareness and preparedness of citizens
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-01: Improving social and societal preparedness fordisaster response and health emergencies
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3organisations from at least 3 different EU Member States or AssociatedCountries as follows: (i) at least one organisation representing citizens or
local communities; (ii) at least one organisation representing practitioners(first and/or second responders); and (iii) at least one organisation
representing local or regional authorities. For participants with practitioner
status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security

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practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Identification of different factors in inequality and ways to communicate with vulnerable
groups, of individual, organisational, and systemic resilience factors and pathways tosupport these, and of ways to address vulnerabilities in acute crisis as well as during
prevention, in order to elaborate an interconnectedness of resilience and vulnerability;• Improvement of populations health literacy and basic understanding of how medicine
and vaccines work and how they are developed and produced;• Improved crisis communication through increased awareness and risk perception
regarding bio security, identification of challenges for and limits of communication
strategies and interventions regarding different vulnerable groups and approaches toaddress these, elaborating of ways for resolving barriers for crisis communication:interlinguality, interculturality, intersemiotics;• Putting the citizen at the centre of the crisis management process (involving where
relevant citizen volunteers in demonstrations related to research developments),
increasing their capacity to access, read and interpret scientifically sourced information,
analysing gender behaviours regarding unpopular measures (e.g., quarantine) andvaccination attitudes and identification and relieving of barriers for vaccination
readiness: Trust, risk appraisal, barriers for registration for vaccination, information,collective responsibility;• Incorporation of information technology and bias-free data into crisis management
through improved information processing in transformative governance, illustrating
possibilities, challenges, and limits of digitalisation and enabling usage of data forpolitical decision making;• Incorporation of machine learning and artificial intelligence in governance and politicaldecision making based on interdisciplinary discussions on definitions on problems incompliance with EU law; areas of application; and definition of responsibilities andcompetences in data governance;• Validation of novel, smartphone sized or wearable technologies with laboratory-level
diagnostics capability (e.g., wearables with integrated digital dosimeters, handheld PCR
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also mental health as well as environmental and animal health, and understanding of thebiological risks posed by environmental changes such as climate change andpreparedness for impacts on human health;• Projects should comply with privacy safeguards to ensure that disaster response systems
protect EU fundamental rights such as privacy and protection of personal data.
Scope: The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the specific challenges of health emergencies andthe necessity to be prepared not only on a material and physical level but also from a socialand societal perspective. Challenges during the pandemic included difficulties of working
with protective gear such as insecurities and usage mistakes; additional disadvantages forvulnerable groups among others due to communication issues; and lack of local cooperationand prevention regarding equipment, stocks, and coordination. These challenges were largely
due to deficiencies in the inclusion of social sciences in disaster research. The COVID-19
pandemic poses an opportunity to analyse successes and difficulties during a global healthcrisis and thereby preparing for future health crises.
Currently, different groups are not reached equally by public communication efforts. Risk
communication especially fails to contact vulnerable groups. Social inequalities are present indifferent forms and on different levels. For communication strategies and interventions, it
should be considered how they are affected by different groups, localities, and cultural
factors. In different crises, different vulnerability factors can be more pronounced anddifferent groups can be more vulnerable. On the other hand, resilience can protect against
negative effects of crises. Resilience can be supported on an individual, organisational, or
systemic level. All should be considered in preparation for crisis as well as in acute situations.
Information technology and digital data processing are becoming increasingly important inpublic health issues. Processing large datasets and automated analyses can open new
possibilities in understanding health and illness on a population level and for deriving
prevention strategies. However, the implementation of information technology poses several
challenges and research on how to effectively use the results in political decision-making.
Data security is another challenge when large amounts of personalized (health) data areprocessed automatically. Concerns about data security and general scepticism about digital
information processing in the population need to be taken seriously and addressed, and thesolutions need to comply with EU law, including on data protection and cybersecurity.
Health encompasses several aspects and levels. Human health incorporates both physical andpsychological health which are interconnected and mutually dependent. At the same time,
humans are embedded in their environment so human and environmental health cannot beapproached in isolation from each other. According to the One Health approach, health ofhumans, animals, and environment are intertwined. This is illustrated by the current healthcrisis of COVID-19 which is attributed to SARS-CoV-2 jumping over from wild animals tohumans. Another illustration of the interconnectedness are health impacts of climate change.

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These interdependencies make an interdisciplinary approach to health necessary thatincorporates all aspects of health and their interconnectedness.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
as well as gender experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH and genderexpertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impactof the related research activities. The involvement of citizens, including citizen volunteers indemonstrations of tools and technologies, civil society and other societal stakeholders in codesign and co-creation should be promoted. In order to achieve the expected outcomes,
international cooperation is encouraged.
DRS02 - Improved Disaster Risk Management and Governance
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-02: Design of crisis prevention and preparedness actions
in case of digital breakdown (internet, electricity etc.)
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3organisations from at least 3 different EU Member States or AssociatedCountries as follows: (i) at least one organisation representing citizens or
local communities; (ii) at least one organisation representing practitioners(first and/or second responders); and (iii) at least one organisation
representing local or regional authorities. For participants with practitioner
status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
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additionally be used).
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some of the following
outcomes:• Development of prevention/preparedness actions based on the (existing) analysis ofinterdependencies between critical infrastructures and possible cascading effects;• Analysis of existing communication systems and assessment/development of alternative
communication tools for Civil Protection and Crisis Management security authorities,
including the communication with private sector and actors responsible for criticalinfrastructures, as well as representatives of regional / local authorities and citizenorganisations.
Scope: Modern societies are highly dependent on the (seemingly unlimited) availability ofelectricity and digital infrastructures. A digital breakdown with loss of electricity and IT
infrastructures would have severe impacts on various infrastructures and areas critical for thefunctioning of societies. Assessment of the consequences of possible digital breakdown(internet, electricity etc.) considering also actions under pandemic situations would require
focused research in order to design appropriate crisis prevention and preparedness actions,
including civil protection plans, taking into account cascading effects. This includes analysis
of interdependencies between different critical infrastructures, the assessment of different
scenarios and conditions like duration and extent of the digital breakdown as well as possible
cascading effects.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related
research/innovation activities. The involvement of citizens, civil society and other societal
stakeholders in co-design and co-creation should be promoted. In order to achieve theexpected outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged.
DRS03 - Improved harmonisation and/or standardisation in the area of crisis
management and CBRN-E
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-03: Operability and standardisation in response tobiological toxin incidents
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
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Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
National standardisation organisations.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Improved European crisis management in case of an incident with biological toxins
through the development of a pan-European task force of security practitioners, taking
into consideration existing intersectoral actions on bioterrorism;• New and existing portable devices, technologies and methods for responders to perform
on-site detection of biological toxins are brought to the market;• Recommendations of effective decontamination measures for personnel, equipment andfacilities exposed to biological toxins are provided based on solid experimental testing;• Development of an operational European response network of specialised and forensic
laboratories, taking into account existing initiatives such as e.g. the HERA Laboratory
Network and harmonised procedures/guidelines for forensic analysis of biological toxins
applicable to a range of relevant technologies and toxins;• The risks for responders from exposure to biological toxins in the hot-zone are assessed
and recommendations of protective equipment for working with biological toxins in the
hot-zone are developed;• Building on existing initiatives and networks, a consolidated platform is establishedproviding support for standardisation efforts in the analysis of biological toxins.
Scope: Recent incidents in Europe and worldwide have highlighted the current threat posedby several biological toxins falling under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention.
The incidents demonstrated the urgency for countries individually and collectively to improvecrisis management capabilities, to advance standardisation efforts and to interconnect security
practitioners such as first responders (including health emergency services), law enforcement
agencies, specialists from public health (e.g. epidemiologists, environmental health experts),
as well as specialised and forensic laboratories across Europe. In order to ensure cross borderinteroperability, existing and new national procedures need to be developed and implemented
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To properly manage and minimise the effects of an attack with biological toxins, fast andreliable detection and identification of the used agent is critical. Portable devices,
technologies and methods for responders to perform on-site detection of a panel of biologicaltoxins remain to be developed. There is a need for evaluation, training and advancement ofon-site detection methods for responders, as well as the integration of emerging detection
technologies into marketable solutions.
The safety of responders relies on correct risk assessment and the use of appropriate
protective equipment. The risks from exposure to biological toxins in the hot zone are largely
unknown. In order to recommend appropriate protective equipment for first responders and to
guide the use of effective decontamination measures, the risks from exposure need to beassessed, taking into account sex susceptibility to toxins exposure. The Commission
stockpiles personal protective equipment, and links should be sought with this joint DG
ECHO-HERA action to make proposals as useful as possible.
Following an attack, exposed personnel, equipment and facilities needs to be decontaminatedand declared safe as quickly as possible, in order limit the effects on society. Most
decontamination procedures are developed for chemical or biological (i.e. organisms andviruses) agents, but based on their characteristics, biological toxins are at the interface ofclassical biological and chemical agents. Therefore, the efficiency of existing
decontamination procedures should be evaluated for the decontamination of biological toxins.
Previous initiatives have initiated standardisation efforts for lab-based detection andidentification of biological toxins. Analytical tools and reference materials are available andcomprehensive training and proficiency-testing programs were organised, however, the needfor further technical and operational improvement was demonstrated. Building on existing
initiatives and networks, a consolidated platform should be established providing analytical
tools (including Certified Reference Materials), training and intercomparisons amonglaboratories. Following the initial detection of the used biological toxin, a more detailed
analysis is needed in order to link the agent to confiscated materials. In support of criminal
investigations, new procedures and guidelines for comprehensive forensic analysis of
biological toxins are needed. The developed methods and procedures should be shared among
specialised and forensic laboratories. This action is also expected to engage with the European
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).
In this context it is important to remind that standardisation should support operations andpolicymaking to supplement it but should by no means substitute it. While standardisation oftechnology may be more straightforward, the right balance does especially have to be soughtfor processes. The action should ensure close synergies with standardisation activities on
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HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-04: Internationally coordinated networking of training
centres for the validation and testing of CBRN-E tools and technologies in case ofincidents, with consideration of human factors
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of:• at least 3 Training Centres 98 located in EU Member States or
Associated Countries;• at least 2 CBRN Centres of Excellence 99 from non-associatedthird countries;• and at least 3 representatives of scientific stakeholders involved intraining, validation and testing of CBRN-E tools and technologies
and end-users (both practitioners and policymakers).
For participants with practitioner status, applicants must fill in the table“Information about security practitioners” in the application form withall the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Extended networking of training centres in Europe and selected CBRN Centres of
Excellence in non-EU countries;

98

99

Training centres are national, regional or local infrastructures, generally ruled by governments or
professional organisations, aiming at training practitioners (first responders, civil protection units etc.)
in near-real operational crisis situations.
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Civil Security for Society• Compilation of information of capacities of networked CBRN-E training centres in viewof better coordination of training and testing actions in support of research and standard
developments;• Improved cooperation and development of testing methodologies and protocols for thevalidation of tools and technologies resulting from research actions (including pre- or conormative research) and/or proofs of concepts for developing standards, combining
societal and technological challenges;• Inter-cooperation through an established forum of training centres to synchronize actions
for identifying gaps in test and validation techniques, methodologies and protocols.
Scope: In case of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRN-E)
incident, it is of outmost importance that personnel involved in handling the situation, i.e.,
rescue services and polices, are well educated and trained and that they are using equipment
and tools that are reliable with validated capabilities. It can be the difference between a wellfunctioning management and a disaster. To achieve a more robust and consistent opportunity
to practice, test and evaluate CBRN-E tools and technologies (resulting from research actions
and/or standard developments) within Europe and beyond, it is necessary to strengthen
networking of existing training and testing facilities and centres and to extend it to relevant
CBRN Centres of Excellence located in non-EU countries. An assessment of such facilities
can identify gaps where training and testing opportunities are lacking but can also be apossibility to highlight weaknesses in that there may be dependencies on one or a few actors.
This will indicate what type of facilities are ready to be used for specific training / validationneeds and which developments are required to strengthen the testing end exercise capabilities
to be better prepared in the event of a CBRN-E incident. It will also give the existing centres apossibility to cooperate to compare, enhance, develop and extend the range of tests, exercises
and training to achieve a robustness that will benefit the whole European CBRN-E
community. Along validation / testing actions, training exercises should consider societal
aspects (vulnerable groups, human factors) in combination of CBRN technological response
in case of an incident. It should be considered whether the Commission stockpiled items,
aiming to respond to medical and CBRN emergencies, could be a part of training andvalidation exercises.
The work would build on the results achieved from past H2020 and Instrument for Security
Funds (ISF) actions in this area, focusing on further development of tools, tests and training
methods.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research
activities. The involvement of citizens, including citizen volunteers in demonstrations of tools
and technologies, civil society and other societal stakeholders in co-design and co-creation
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In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is required, in particularwith countries belonging to the CBRN Centres of Excellence network.
DRS04 - Strengthened capacities of first and second responders
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-05: Robotics: Autonomous or semi-autonomous UGV
systems to supplement skills for use in hazardous environments
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least two
first responders’ organisations or agencies, and one representative of local
or regional authorities in charge of disaster response, from at least 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For theseparticipants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Broad acceptance of autonomous systems by first responders and affected people in civil
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environments;• Get ahead of future shortcomings of trained first responder personnel by increasing first
responder efficiency (less personnel do more work in shorter time);• Increased ability to conduct on-scene operations remotely without endangering first
responders;• European robotics industry is strengthened through engagement in the civil protection
research as well as an economic and political advantage through building up know-how
for innovative technologies;• Reduction of false positive readouts from various sensors carried by robots.
Scope: Robotics and automation are key technologies that help increase productivity andefficiency to prevent, prepare, and/or respond to natural and human-made disasters.
Demographic change and lifestyle changes, such as shifting several time centre of one’s life,
build up lots of pressure, especially on volunteer-based first responder organizations, which
need long training to be mission ready. First responders supported by robotics will be able tofulfil more work within a shorter amount of time and with less personnel. In this industry,
cheaper, more capable, and more ﬂexible technologies are accelerating the growth of fully
automated production facilities. It is necessary to bring this innovation also into saving lives.
Fundamental changes (procedures, tactics and strategies) in the civil protection traditional
way of working are needed. Robotic systems with and without autonomous functionalities are
not entirely new in disaster relief, but still, there is no continuous and decisive step towards
bringing this innovation into the first responders’ daily work. In order to be successful in thisprocess, various aspects should be considered.
Firstly, there is a need to identify the fields and domains that will benefit from (autonomous)
robotic systems. For a start, there is an urgent need to look into the deployments in hazardous
environments or where the danger for first responders and citizens is the highest. What kindof technologies can be replaced with robotic solutions to complete the task more efficiently?
What are the situations which cause the most significant danger to human life during adisaster situation? Also, it is essential to look into options where robotic systems might bemore effective than humans. Extensive technology inventory is needed. Altogether this firststep can be considered as the exhaustive requirements and gaps analyses which is aninevitable step bringing robotics closer to the civil protection.
Secondly, the identified gaps and needs should be the basis for proof-of-concept research anddevelopment studies. Proof of concept studies can either focus on autonomous systems or
semi- autonomous systems (e.g. optionally manned or tele-operated systems). These solutions
enable managers and practitioners to immerse themselves in what is happening on- site from agreat distance and make decisions or even actively intervene in what is happening. To thisend, new sensing capabilities should be developed to enhance robotic capabilities and provide
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in a compact system to be mounted on robots. Human-machine interaction technologies thatenable an overlapping control of the robotic systems between the artificial Intelligence entity
and the operator need to be developed. The interaction between the user and the robotic
system has to be intuitive and should work without extended training. Thirdly, first
responders' training, preparedness, and mindset should be considered when bringing newtechnologies into the field. This is necessary in order to reach a required paradigm shift. Thisis a long-term process and therefore has to be strategical and well planned.
Fourthly, the relevant infrastructure needs to be put in place. Robotic systems should be seen
as an integral part of first responder ecosystems and not as a single technology. Further
research is needed to define the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities
required for the operation of robotic solutions and integration to the current operational
infrastructure. Therefore, adapted standard operational procedures have to be developed.
Overarching topics like ethics, legal and societal implications are highly relevant in the
robotics context. They form the basis for the societal acceptance of artificial intelligence incontrol and decision-making. As robotics become a new resource for the application inhazardous environments (but not only), their acceptance has to be ensured from theperspectives of emergency services, just as the people to be rescued.
In summary, the scope of this topic is not only to develop new robotic solutions for specifictasks but addresses also more holistically the surrounding environment and factors that impact
civil protection on a larger scale (urbanisation, ageing, climate change, increased complexity
in the area of critical infrastructure protection etc.). There are many research and engineering
challenges that need to be addressed in the framework of this topic. First responders play avital role in ensuring that the robotics solutions are based on the needs and are valuable assets
for the civil protection ecosystem.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related
research/innovation activities.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged.
HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01-06: Increased technology solutions, institutional
coordination and decision-support systems for first responders of last-kilometer
emergency service delivery
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.50
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
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Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 3.50 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least two
first responders’ organisations or agencies, and one representative of local
or regional authorities in charge of disaster response, from at least 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For theseparticipants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Identification and evaluation of existing technologies supporting first and second
responders in their immediate response to natural disasters (e.g. drones, AI, sensors),
highlighting their strengths and weaknesses;• Testing and implementation of most promising user-centred technologies in real-world
conditions;• Innovative technology solutions to improve searching operations in smoky environmentsin the case of wildfires.
Scope: Supplying relief items to various demand spots in disaster-prone areas is a critical task
due to last-kilometer logistics problems that hamper the process of and efficient transportationof first responders and their equipment. Blocked roads, heavy terrain and bad weather
conditions are factors that are faced by first and second responders (e.g. fire brigade,emergency medical services) in the immediate response to disasters. Innovative technologies(e.g. drones, AI, sensors etc.) are considered to support emergency workers in overcoming the
aforementioned challenges related to relief items delivery and can provide ability to obtain
critical information remotely about the extent, perimeter, or interior of the incident as well as
conduct on-scene operations remotely without endangering responders. For example,
technology solutions for navigation in smoky environments in the case of wildfires canpotentially increase the efficiency of search operations by fire fighters.

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Call - Disaster-Resilient Society 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)100
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2024

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)101

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01 RIA

8.00

Around 4.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02 RIA

6.00

Around 3.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-03 IA

6.00

Around 3.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-04 RIA

4.00

Around 4.00

1

HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-05 RIA

6.00

Around 6.00

1

Overall indicative budget

30.00

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

100

101

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
amounts.

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The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

DRS02 - Improved Disaster Risk Management and Governance
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01: Prevention, detection, response and mitigation ofchemical, biological and radiological threats to agricultural production, feed and foodprocessing, distribution and consumption
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 3organisations from at least 3 different EU Member States or AssociatedCountries as follows: (i) at least one organisation representing citizens or
local communities; (ii) at least one organisation representing practitioners(first and/or second responders); and (iii) at least one organisation
representing local or regional authorities. For participants with practitioner
status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection

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If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Increasing EU capabilities to assess risks, detect, alert, mitigate and respond to feed andfood intentional and accidental contamination from chemical, biological and radiological(CBR) agents, through the entire food chains (soils and agro-production, feed and foodindustry, transporting, retail and hospitality industry, public catering);• Increasing the understanding on food terrorism threats and on food chain vulnerabilities
to intentional and accidental contaminations;• Raising awareness among feed and food companies and authorities to CBR threatsarising from malicious use of hazardous agents that pose danger to animal and publichealth. This should be done under the premises of feed and food as a criticalinfrastructure and risks pertaining therein;• In addition to raising awareness, proposals should develop possible preparedness,
mitigation and response plans for national authorities and the private sector.
Scope: Plant and animal health is of global importance for sustainable agriculture andcompetitive agriculture and forestry, as well as for the protection of biodiversity andecosystems102. Globally, between 10 and 28 percent of crop production is lost to pests andcontamination of food and feed by mycotoxins can severely threaten the health of humans andlivestock. The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020, established by the United
Nations, raised public and political awareness of the importance of plant health and a recent
study (IPPC, 2021) calls the attention of policy makers to the main effects of climate change
on plant health, helping governments and the international community addressing plant healthchallenges. Also, the food chain, from harvest of agricultural products, throughout processing,
distribution and until consumption can be challenged by several (hybrid) threats, which are
increasingly taking non-conventional forms and possibly targeting the agriculture and foodchain with severe consequences.

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The Word Health Organisation identified intentional agriculture attack with biologicalweapons and food contamination as one of the main global public health threats of the 21st
century. The potential for terrorist attacks or other criminal actions against agri-food targets isincreasingly recognised as a threat to international security. The population's health could be
jeopardised by the manipulation of communicable diseases or the contamination of food, soil,
air and drinking water by CBR agents. These risks have been studied and documented by a
Network of excellence (Plant and Food Biosecurity) funded by the European Commission
under the 7th Framework Programme (PLANTFOODSEC).
In 2017, the ENVI Committee (Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of
the EU Parliament) has defined food defence as “the protection of food from intentional
contamination or adulteration by biological, chemical, physical or radiological agents. It
includes measures regarding prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery form
intentional acts of food contamination”. The potential impact on human health of deliberate
sabotage of agricultural crops, seed or food can be estimated by extrapolation from the many
documented examples of unintentional outbreaks of foodborne disease.
Current EU capabilities to detect and respond to agro-terrorism and bio-criminal acts are
dispersed across different national practitioners, normally handled by regional or national
bodies and are very limited in terms of coordination. Different countries have different
governmental authorities for agricultural and feed and food domains, different collaborative
networks, different border controls, different inspection bodies and different regulatoryreferences and reporting mechanisms as well as different investigative bodies in the case ofsuspected feed/food crime. The EU institutions have to start to consider the agri-food chain asa critical infrastructure which can suffer from attacks and which need to be protected. The
most effective way to accomplish this goal is through international cooperation by a multisectorial approach combing different expertise, such as from law enforcement, the feed andfood sector and health emergency services.
The main challenge is to increase the resilience of European agricultural production, feed andfood processing and distribution chain in case of sudden shocks. Agriculture and food chains
will be included as an important dimension to be analysed in the context of protection ofEuropean critical entities 103 in case of emergencies. It is also crucial to address theinterrelations between the food chain shocks and different types of critical entities with theobjective of developing tools and methods to minimize cascading effects and allow rapid
recovery of service performance levels after incidents. In the new context also the interaction
with climate change, global trade and internet trade (spreading often plant material not
controlled at all and of low quality) need to be taken into consideration. Artificial intelligence
provides new tools for better coping with many of the most important challenges.
In this context, research should address agri-food systems shocks, taking account of theincreasing effects of climate change and global trade (and their interaction) on pest outbreaks

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and spread, feed/food commodity shocks, due to external challenges, feed/food supply chainsinterruption and organised agri-food terrorism attacks.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research
activities.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is also encouraged.
Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic as well as with the successfulproposal(s) under topic HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-02: Soil pollution processes –modelling and inclusion in advanced digital decision-support tools should be envisaged to
avoid duplication, and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities for increased
impact.
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-02: Open Topic
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least one
representative of each of the following categories: (i) European city’scrisis risk managers, (ii) organisations representing citizens or local
communities, (iii) practitioners (first and/or second responders), (iv) local
or regional authorities, and (v) private sector, from at least 3 different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For participants with practitioner
status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
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and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:• More efficient interactions among the scientific community, research institutions andprogrammes, first and second responders, city’s risk managers of major crises andcitizens or local communities for an enhanced coordination of the disaster risk
management cycle and governance (including knowledge transfer and awareness ofinnovative solutions) from international to local levels, fostering a faster transfer ofresults from science into practice.
Scope: Under the Open Topic, proposals are welcome to address new, upcoming or
unforeseen challenges and/or creative or disruptive solutions for enhanced interactions among
the scientific community, practitioners, city’s risk managers of major crises and citizens or
local communities in the event of (natural or man-made) disasters, that are not covered by theother topics of Calls Disaster-Resilient Society 2021-2022, Call Disaster-Resilient Society
2023 and Call Disaster-Resilient Society 2024. For example, proposals may address
situational awareness of disaster-related risks by citizens, near-to-real-cases exercises(demonstrations simulating real cases) involving citizen volunteers, municipal authorities andfirst responders, advisory dissemination materials, highlighting good practices of interactions
among citizens, municipal authorities and first and second responders in the event of (natural
or man-made) disasters, addressed to European public in different EU languages, etc.
Adapted to the nature, scope and type of proposed projects, proposals should convincingly
explain how they will plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing or validation of developed
tools and solutions. Proposals should also delineate the plans to develop possible future
uptake and upscaling at national and EU level for possible next steps after the research
project.
Research proposals should consider, build on if appropriate and not duplicate previous
research, including but not limited to research by other Framework Programmes’ projects.
When applicable, the successful proposal should build on the publicly available achievements
and findings of related previous national or EU-funded projects.
DRS03 - Improved harmonisation and/or standardisation in the area of crisis
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HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-03: Harmonised / Standard protocols for the
implementation of alert and impact forecasting systems as well as transnational
emergency management in the areas of high-impact weather / climatic and geologicaldisasters
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 3.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least
one organisation representing each of the following:- Practitioners (first and/or second responders),- Local and/or regional authorities,- Standardisation organisations,from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries.
For participants with practitioner status, applicants must fill in the table“Information about security practitioners” in the application form withall the requested information, following the template provided in thesubmission IT tool.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Enhanced links between scientific community and first and second responders promotinguser-targeted research and faster transfer of science results into best practices;• Enhanced adoption of novel technologies such as advanced Earth Observation
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for extremes related to heat and drought (forest fires, heatwave, agricultural damage, lowwater for hydro power), especially concerning the support of counter activities;• Improved methods for cross-border and cross-sectoral knowledge transfer about risk,
vulnerability, exposure, and monitoring methods;• Development of common technical standards of alert and impact forecasting systems
that cope more efficiently with transboundary emergencies and for GIS-based
information systems dealing with high-impact weather / climatic and geological disasters
management during emergencies;• Identification of needs and opportunities for transferring advanced scientific results into
enhancement in disaster logistics and responses, including tailor-made education andtraining programmes for emergency management teams.
Scope: Europe is confronted with increasingly intense and sometimes unexpectedconsequences of natural disasters ranging from floods and heavy rain events to droughts andlarge-scale forest fires even in hitherto not affected regions, as well as other geohazards suchas volcanic eruptions and landslides. To respond to these emerging challenges an integrated
transnational emergency management is needed efficiently linking systems available at theEuropean level such as, for example, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, withnational, regional or local systems. Furthermore, an evaluation of applied disaster risk
reduction methods is required, in particular alert and impact forecasting systems, to identify
potential for improvement and constant innovation.
Knowledge transfer (cross-border and cross-sectoral) about natural hazards-related risks andemergency management is essential to increase the resilience of societies. A vital dialogue
and exchange of good practice examples among scientific and technical communities,
stakeholders, policymakers and local communities is needed. In particular, the level ofawareness of EU citizens for local risks can be increased by new approaches to visualise risks,vulnerability and exposure through e.g. impact forecasting data and mapping including
satellite data and information. Emergency management plays a crucial role in this regard,
taking into account the ongoing urbanization and economic growth, which put a lot ofpressure on areas such as floodplains and their ability to absorb and store water.
Currently, there are no harmonised / standardised European methods for identifying
vulnerability and exposure on the basis of which alert and impact forecasting systems are
established, allowing this information to be used by civil protection authorities in a timely
manner to improve disaster preparedness, communication to local authorities and population,
evaluation logistics etc. Recent flash floods in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg in July
2021 have shown that this lack of protocols hampered the efficient implementation of early
warning and preparedness actions prior to the disaster event.
This topic is part of a coordination initiative between ESA and the EC on Earth System
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coordinating efforts to support complementary collaborative projects, funded on the EC sidethrough Horizon Europe and on the ESA side through the ESA FutureEO programme.
Proposals should include a work package, means and resources for coordination withcomplementary projects funded under the Science for Society element of the ESA FutureEO
programme. The projects(s) should establish a close coordination and collaboration with therelevant ESA relevant actions and projects (https://eo4society.esa.int).
In this context it is important to remind that standardisation should support operations andpolicymaking to supplement it but should by no means substitute it. While standardisation oftechnology may be more straightforward, the right balance does especially have to be soughtfor processes. The action should ensure close synergies with standardisation activities on
European and international level.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related
research/innovation activities.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is also encouraged.
DRS04 - Strengthened capacities of first and second responders
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-04: Hi-tech capacities for crisis response and recovery
after a natural-technological (NaTech) disaster
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2
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regional authorities in charge of managing NaTech events, from at least 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For participants
with practitioner status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about
security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested
information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5-7 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Development of a holistic vision of crisis management after telluric (e.g. volcanic,seismic, tsunami, landslide) or extreme climate events (e.g. floods, storms, storm surges,
fires, droughts) producing impacts on critical assets (e.g. infrastructures, industries) andcreation of new management framework for handling NaTech crises;• Enhanced existing crisis management tools to develop a common platform (shared
among public and private operators) allowing cross-border exchanges and decisionmaking, while respecting legal frameworks and responsibilities;• Demonstrated operational protocols and development of standard operating procedures
able to respond to NaTech crises in cross-border configurations, including
comprehensive risk modelling of worst-case scenarios taking into account cascading
effects and future impacts of climate change, and taking into consideration spatial
information and data;• Improvement of our understanding and capabilities to identify and mitigate risks
associated with interdependencies across infrastructures and other human (social andeconomic) systems.
Scope: The confluence of incidents in recent years has brought renewed concerns over oursystemic resilience to external shocks arising from natural-technological (NaTech) disasters.
This is particularly acute in the event of disruption in the transport, power, water supply andcommunication sectors in highly populated and industrialised areas, or when such events raise
the likelihood of cascading effects with severe impacts on communities and the economy thatare hard or impossible to predict. The main focus on NaTech risks lies on a thoroughunderstanding of the vulnerability of industrial sites and critical infrastructure, and thepotential impact natural hazards can have on such technological resources. This entails theidentification of both physical (safety of building facilities and structures) and operational
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analysing worst-case scenarios, and informing decision-makers about the crosscutting andshared responses to different crises given available resources.
Research involving multiple fields of expertise, including spatial information (to be
specified), is also required to improve hi-tech capacities for operational response systems tobetter cope with natural and/or technological disasters occurring in Europe (and in overseas
territories) in an integrated manner. This will rely on a knowledge sharing among natural andtechnological risks communities to develop a holistic vision for an integrated operational
crisis management of NaTech disasters.
This topic is part of a coordination initiative between ESA and the EC on Earth System
Science. Under the EC-ESA Earth System Science Initiative both institutions aim atcoordinating efforts to support complementary collaborative projects, funded on the EC sidethrough Horizon Europe and on the ESA side through the ESA FutureEO programme.
Proposals should include a work package, means and resources for coordination withcomplementary projects funded under the ESA FutureEO initiative.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce
meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related
research/innovation activities.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged. The
action should take due consideration to EU policies, in particular the SevesoIII and CER
Directives, and ensure close synergies with international conventions such as the Convention
on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (TEIA) / Implementation of natural
hazard-triggered technological accident principles, and the Sendai Framework for Action.
HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-05: Cost-effective sustainable technologies and crisis
management strategies for RN large-scale protection of population and infrastructures
after a nuclear blast or nuclear facility incident
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 6.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal
requesting different amounts.

Indicative
budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection
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The following additional eligibility criteria apply:This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least two
first responders’ organisations or agencies, and one representative of local
or regional authorities in charge of disaster response, from at least 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For participants
with practitioner status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about
security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested
information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation
and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use ofCopernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may
additionally be used).
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project – seeGeneral Annex B.

Security
Sensitive Topics

Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified
background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and
SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EUclassified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Based on existing national practices, improved understanding of the radioactive fallout
and methodology regarding robust and rapid monitoring of dose rate and nuclide specificdetermination with purpose of facilitating safe evacuation after a nuclear or radiologicalevent;• Improved tools and methods for risk assessment following a nuclear or radiologicalevent and optimized actions after a disaster that are based on risk analysis rather thanprobabilities• Identification of the relevant range of different protective measures, including medical
countermeasures, needed after a RN disaster, and improved protection of population andinfrastructures through better analysis of sensor data resulting in adequate protective
actions;• Improved understanding of contamination and decontamination of population andinfrastructure, and improved rapid procedures for decontamination of individuals after a
RN-incident;• Recommendations on integration of improved technologies
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Scope: A nuclear explosion in any EU member country (or in the European neighbourhood)would lead to disastrous effects for numerous EU citizens and residents. For example, theinitial effects from a nuclear explosion in a city will lead to, besides numerous dead andseverely injured citizens, destroyed infrastructure. The radioactive plume containing
particulate matter may damage ventilation systems and fallout will generate high dose rates.
Criticality or other incidents at nuclear power plants and nuclear-powered vessels may occur
because of direct attack, sabotage, collateral damage, accidents, loss of infrastructure services
such as power and/or water supply or lack of necessary skilled personnel on site.
Research on large-scale protection of population and infrastructure in the event of a nuclear
explosion need to be undertaken both separately as well as in a RN-perspective. Research
activities aimed at updating EU’s possibilities for large-scale protection of population andinfrastructure in the event of a nuclear explosion would benefit from being carried out in close
cooperation with other EU-members. Research activities should also pertain to improved
understanding of the radioactive fallout and assessment of dose rates to the population
following a nuclear explosion in order to enable use of cost-effective sustainable technologies
in protection of population and infrastructures.
In a situation after a RN-incident the time consuming and laborious decontamination
procedures for the population must be reduced to a minimum. Therefore, the possibility toidentifying the need for decontamination, and above all to assess that there is no need fordecontamination would be beneficial as well as the possibility to enter a shelter or otherprotected area in a safe way.
Protective measures in the aftermath of a RN disaster may vary depending on situations. Suchmeasures should be based on evaluated risks rather than probabilities. Starting with sensor- as
well as other available data, measures could be optimized from a risk-cost point-of-view
resulting in cost-effectiveness.
Based on measurement data, appropriate protective actions could be decided upon. If a risk
analysis results in a low risk, a lower level of mitigating measures might be needed resulting
in lower costs. Then resources can be used in other areas where they are more needed, leading
to an overall optimized protection.
Protective actions should be based on risk modelling. Such modelling is based on available
knowledge of different input quantities resulting in a probability distribution, from which therisk can be calculated applying a consequence function.
New technologies should be compatible with RN crisis management systems, strategies forcrisis communication and take into account relevant societal and human factors, such as
vulnerable group and cultural and linguistic diversities. In order to achieve the expected
outcomes, international cooperation is encouraged. The action should take due consideration
to EU policies, in particular the SevesoIII and CER Directives.
This topic requires the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and the involvement of SSH
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meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related
research/innovation activities.
Within this topic, the European Commission encourages all potential participants to create,
where possible, opportunities for the affected persons and entities, in particular researchers
and innovators previously active in Ukraine as well as Ukrainian researchers and innovators
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Destination - Strengthened Security Research and Innovation
The EU-funded security research and innovation framework was launched with the
Preparatory Action for Security Research 104 . Since then, the programme has contributed
substantially to knowledge and value creation in the field of internal security and to theconsolidation of an ecosystem better equipped to capitalise on research and innovation to
support the EU security priorities.
While the success of the programme has materialised in relevant scientific findings,
maturation of promising technology areas, operational validation of innovative concepts or
support to policy implementation, a key challenge remains in improving the uptake ofinnovation.
The extent to which innovative technologies developed thanks to EU R&I investment areindustrialised and commercialised by EU industry, and acquired and deployed by end-users,
thus contributing to the development of security capabilities105, could give a valuable measureof the impact achieved with the programme. However, as explained in the Commission staff
working document on Enhancing security through research and innovation 106 , there arefactors inherent to the EU security ecosystem (often attributed to the market) that hinder thefull achievement of this impact. These include market fragmentation, cultural barriers,
analytical weaknesses, programming weaknesses, ethical, legal and societal considerations orlack of synergies between funding instruments, among others.
It is worth noting that such factors affect all the security domains addressed in Cluster 3; that
there is not one predominant factor with sufficient leverage by itself to change the overallinnovation uptake dynamics; and that they exhibit complex relationships among them which
are difficult to disentangle. It should also be noted that the innovation uptake process starts
before the R&I cycle is triggered, and it is not finalised with the successful termination of a
research project. Therefore, the uptake challenge extends beyond the realm of R&I. However,from within R&I it is possible, if not to materialise the uptake in every case, at least to pave
the way towards its materialisation.
To that aim, there is a need to create a favourable environment that is designed with the main
purpose of increasing the impact of security R&I, that is visible and recognisable to thoseinterested in contributing to this aim, and which provides bespoke tools that serve to tackle
the factors that hinder innovation uptake.

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105

106

COM(2004) 72.
For the purpose of this work programme, the terms “Capability” should be understood as "the ability to
pursue a particular policy priority or achieve a desired operational effect”. The term “capability” isoften interchanged with the term “capacity”, but this should be avoided. “Capacity” could refer to an
amount or volume of which one organisation could have enough or not. On the other hand, “capability”
refers to an ability, an aptitude or a process that can be developed or improved in consonance with theultimate objective of the organisation.
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The SSRI Destination has therefore been designed with this purpose to serve equally to all the
expected impacts of Cluster 3. Research applied in this domain will contribute to increasing
the impact of the work carried out in the EU security Research and Innovation ecosystem as awhole and to contribute to its core values, namely: i) Ensuring that security R&I maintains thefocus on the potential final use of its outcomes; ii) Contributing to a forward-looking planningof EU security capabilities; iii) Ensuring the development of security technologies that aresocially acceptable; iv) Paving the way to the industrialisation, commercialisation, acquisitionand deployment of successful R&I outcomes; and v) Safeguarding the open strategic
autonomy and technological sovereignty of the EU in critical security areas by contributing toa more competitive and resilient EU security technology and industrial base.
While the other Destinations of this Horizon Europe Cluster 3 Work Programme offer
research and innovation activities to develop solutions to address specific security threats orcapability needs, the SSRI Destination will trigger actions that will help bringing these andother developments closer to the market, thus contributing to the measures facilitating theuptake of innovation described in the Commission staff working document on security
research. Those actions will help developers (including industry, research organisations andacademia) to accelerate product development and improve the valorisation of their research
investment. They will also support buyers and users in materialising the uptake of innovationand further develop their security capabilities.
In addition, the SSRI Destination will offer an open environment to create knowledge andvalue through research in matters (including technology, but also social sciences andhumanities) that are not exclusive of only one security area, but cross-cutting to the whole
Cluster. This will contribute to reducing thematic fragmentation, bringing closer together theactors from different security domains, and expanding the market beyond traditional thematic
silos.
Finally, SSRI will allow the allocation of resources to the development of tools and methods
to reinforce the innovation cycle itself from a process standpoint, thus increasing its
effectiveness, efficiency and impact. This Destination will contribute to the development of
the tailored analytical capacity required for the adoption of capability-driven approaches, inline with the provisions of the Action Plan on synergies between civil, defence and aerospaceindustries107 and with the measures set out in the Commission staff working document on
security research aimed at fostering a forward-looking capability-driven approach in security.
In order to accomplish the objectives of this Destination, additional eligibility conditions havebeen defined with regard to the active involvement of relevant security practitioners or endusers.
Proposals for topics under this Destination should set out a credible pathway to contributing
to the following impacts:107

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security capabilities built on a stronger, more systematic and analysis-intensive security
research and innovation cycle;• Increased cooperation between demand and supply market actors, including with actors
from other domains, fosters swift industrialisation, commercialisation, adoption anddeployment of successful outcomes of security research and reinforces thecompetitiveness and resilience of EU security technology and industrial base andsafeguards the security of supply of EU-products in critical security areas;• R&I-enabled knowledge and value in cross-cutting matters reduces sector specific bias
and breaks thematic silos that impede the proliferation of common security solutions.
Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successfulproposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international
conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovationfor Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.
The following call(s) in this work programme contribute to this destination:
Call

Budgets (EUR million)
2023

2024

HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01 6.50
HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01
Overall indicative budget

23 Nov 2023
16.50

6.50

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Call - Support to Security Research and Innovation 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)108
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2023

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)109

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 29 Jun 2023
Deadline(s): 23 Nov 2023
HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-01 CSA

2.00

Around 1.00

2

HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-02 IA

4.50

Around 1.50

3Overall indicative budget

6.50

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

Award criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

108

109

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
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Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

SSRI 02 - Increased innovation uptake
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-01: Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement ofinnovative security technologies
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 1.00
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 2.00 million.

Type of Action

Coordination and Support Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the participation, as beneficiaries, of at least 6 enduser organisations as well as at least 3 public procurers from at least 3
different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For theseparticipants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security
practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information,
following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
One organisation can have the role of end-user and public procurer
simultaneously, both counting for the overall number of organisations
required for eligibility.
Open market consultations carried out during this project must takeplace in at least three EU Member States or Associated Countries.

Legal andfinancial set-up of

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions

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the Grant
Agreements

apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 110.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Consolidated demand for innovative security technologies built on the aggregation of
public buyers with a common need expressed in functional and/or operational terms
without prescribing technical solutions;• Better informed decision-making related to investment in innovative security
technologies based on a better understanding of the potential EU-based supply oftechnical alternatives that could address common needs of EU public buyers;• Better informed decision-making related to investment in innovative security
technologies based on an improved visibility of the potential demand in the EU market
for common security technologies;• Increased capacity of EU public procurers to align requirements with industry and future
products and to attract innovation and innovators from security and other sectors throughcommon validation strategies, rapid innovation, experimentation and pre-commercial
procurement;• Increased innovation capacity of EU public procurers through the availability ofinnovative tendering guidance, commonly agreed validation strategies and evidencebased prospects of further joint procurement of common security solutions.
Scope: End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals
for a preparatory action that should build the grounds for a future Pre-Commercial
Procurement action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to
proposals oriented to the acquisition of R&D services for the development of innovativetechnologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime
and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, and/or to make societies more
resilient against natural or human-made disasters.
In preparing the grounds for a possible future PCP action, the outputs of this CSA should take
into consideration:
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Civil Security for Society• The policy priorities described in this Work Programme Part for the security areas
mentioned above;• The EU Directive for public procurement and in particular with the provisions related to
PCP;• The specific provisions and funding rates of PCP actions and the specific requirements
for innovation procurement (PCP/PPI) supported by Horizon Europe grants, as stated in
the General Annex H of the Horizon Europe Work Programme;• The guidance for attracting innovators and innovation, as explained in the European
Commission Guidance on Innovation Procurement C(2021) 4320, in particular thosemeasures oriented to reduce the barriers to high-tech start-ups and innovative SMEs.
During the course of the project, the applicants are expected to deliver clear evidence on anumber of aspects in order to justify and de-risk a possible follow-up PCP action, including:• That the challenge is pertinent and that indeed a PCP action is required to complete thematuration cycle of certain technologies and to compare different alternatives;• That there is a consolidated group of potential buyers with common needs andrequirements which are committed to carry out a PCP action in order to be able to takean informed decision on a future joint procurement of innovative solutions;• That there is a quantifiable and identifiable community of potential buyers (including
and beyond those proposed as beneficiaries in the proposal) who would share to a wide
extent the common needs and requirements defined and who could be interested in
exploring further joint-uptake of solutions similar to those developed under the PCP,
should these prove to be technologically mature and operationally relevant by the end of
the project;• That the state of the art and the market (including research) has been explored andmapped, and that there are different technical alternatives to address the proposed
challenge;• That a future PCP tendering process is clear, that a draft planning has been proposed andthat the supporting documentation and administrative procedures will be ready on duetime in order to launch the call for the acquisition of R&D services according to the PCP
rules.
• That the technology developments to be conducted in the future PCP can be done incompliance with European societal values, fundamental rights and applicable legislation,
including in the area of free movement of persons, privacy and protection of personal
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Civil Security for Society• That in developing technology solutions, societal aspects (e.g. perception of security,
possible side effects of technological solutions, societal resilience) can be taken into
account in a comprehensive and thorough manner.
If the applicants intend to submit a proposal for a follow-up PCP in a future Horizon Europe
Cluster 3 Work Programme, they should ensure that the above evidence is consolidated in the
project deliverables of this CSA before the submission of the PCP proposal.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.
The project should have a maximum estimated duration of 1 year.
HORIZON-CL3-2023-SSRI-01-02: Accelerating uptake through open proposals foradvanced SME innovation
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 1.50
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 4.50 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:
Consortia must include, as beneficiaries:- A minimum of three (3) to a maximum of seven (7) partners.
- At least 2 SMEs from 2 different Member States.
- At least 1 end-user organisation in the areas addressed by the proposal,
namely one of the following options:• Option A "Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism’’• Option B ‘"Disaster-Resilient Society’’• Option C "Resilient Infrastructure’’ and• Option D ‘"Border Management’’, provided that the applications
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Civil Security for Society- At least 2 Member States must be represented in the consortium.
Participation of non-SME industries and Research and Technology
Organisations (RTOs) is not excluded, but it must be limited to 15% of
the budget.
At least 50% of the budget must be allocated to SMEs.
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General Annex F. The following
exceptions apply:
To ensure a balanced portfolio, grants will be awarded to applications
not only in order of ranking but at least also to one project that is thehighest ranked within each of the following four options:• Option A "Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism’’• Option B ‘"Disaster-Resilient Society’’• Option C "Resilient Infrastructure’’ and• Option D ‘"Border Management’’, provided that the applications
attain all thresholds (and subject to available budget).

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 111.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Development of a mature technological solution addressing EU security policy priorities
in the areas addressed by the Cluster 3 work programme.
• Facilitated access to civil security market for small and medium innovators andenhanced links between suppliers and public buyers;
111

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Civil Security for Society• Improved cooperation between public buyers and small supply market actors for aswifter uptake of innovation in response to short to mid-term needs;• Stronger partnerships between small and medium EU security industry and technology
actors to ensure the sustainability of the EU innovation capacity in the civil security
domain and increase technological sovereignty of the EU in critical security areas.
Scope: Europe’s 25 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU
economy. SMEs can bring innovation to societal challenges, including the security of EU
citizens. Innovative SMEs and high-tech start-ups can transform and modernise EU security
capabilities.
However, despite the innovation capacity of EU SMEs, these often experience difficulties infinding their way to the public markets. These include red tape in public contracts, access to
new customers, access to finance, industrial competition and IP valorisation. Thesedifficulties are exacerbated in markets that show restrictions of different kind, as it is the caseof security.
Knowing that SMEs require additional support to reach the security buyers and that thecollaboration opportunities offered by the projects of the Pillar II of Horizon Europe can be acatalyst for uptake, this topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium
innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for technology development along with thefollowing principles:• Focus on mature technological solutions addressing EU security policy priorities in theareas addressed by the Cluster 3 work programme.
• Not overlapping with the scope of the topics included in the other destinations of thiswork programme.
• Fostering collaboration between SMEs from different Member States and AssociatedCountries.
• Involving security end-users in the role of validator and potential first-adopter of the
proposed innovations.
• Fostering collaboration schemes between small companies and research and technology
organisations and/or big industrial players aimed at fostering innovative technology
transfer or creating innovative business models that facilitate access to market andstrengthen the innovation capacity of EU SMEs and start-ups in the domain of civil
security.
The involvement of big industries in the projects should not focus on technology development
but on supporting the SMEs in bringing their innovations to the market. Examples ofactivities include but are not limited to, acting as first buyer/integrator of the developed

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technologies, assimilating market requirements, facilitating access to additional funding,approaching potential public buyers, assess competitive landscape, supporting in innovation
management (methodological and process innovation, business model innovation, market
innovation), assist in IP management and exploitation, provide guidance for expansion to
future markets, etc. In the same fashion, the participation of research and technology
organisations should not focus on technology development but on supporting the small
industrial players in accelerating the technology transfer of innovative security solutions fortheir further development and production.
It is encouraged that one SME takes the coordinator role. Exceptions to this requirement
should be duly justified.
The projects should have a maximum estimated duration of 2 years.
Under this topic, projects should address the one of the following areas of Fighting Crime andTerrorism (FCT, Option A), Disaster-Resilient Society (DRS, Option B), Resilient
Infrastructure (INFRA, Option C) Border Management (BM, Option D). Some examples ofdomains that could be addressed:.
Option A: Some examples of domains that could be addressed under the FCT area are:(indicative and non-exhaustive): mobile forensics; deepfake detection; detection ofcounterfeiting (fake items, fake currency bills) or of falsified/forged documents (passports, ID
cards); detection and countering of advanced forms of malware, as well as non-cash payment
frauds and other cyber-scams.
Option B: Some examples of domains that could be addressed under the DRS area are(indicative and non-exhaustive): data and satellite/remote sensing information exploitation,
positioning and localisation tracking and tracing, monitoring and surveillance for disasterprevention.
Option C: some examples of domains that could be addressed under the INFRA area are:(indicative and non-exhaustive): physical access control, autonomous systems used forinfrastructure protection, positioning and localisation tracking and tracing, monitoring andsurveillance of environments and activities.
Option D: under the BM area are (indicative and non-exhaustive): facilitated border checks;
secure documents and identity management for border crossings; border surveillance;
detection of drugs, explosives, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN),
weapons and/or other dangerous materials in customs environment; detection of stolen,
smuggled, illicit or illegal goods (cigarettes, art, cultural goods, wildlife) in a customs
environment
In this topic, projects should address the EU security policy priorities in the areas addressedby the Cluster 3 work programme.

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In this topic, the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.
Call - Support to Security Research and Innovation 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01
Conditions for the Call
Indicative budget(s)112
TopicsTypeofActionBudgets(EUR
million)2024

Expected EU
contribution per
project (EUR
million)113

Indicative
numberofprojects
expected
to befundedOpening: 27 Jun 2024
Deadline(s): 20 Nov 2024
HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01 PCP

10.50

Around 5.25

2

HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-02 IA

6.00

Around 1.50

4Overall indicative budget

16.50

General conditions relating to this call
Admissibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex A.

Eligibility conditions

The conditions are described in General
Annex B.

Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

The criteria are described in General Annex
C.

112

113

The Director-General responsible for the call may decide to open the call up to one month prior to or
after the envisaged date(s) of opening.
The Director-General responsible may delay the deadline(s) by up to two months.
All deadlines are at 17.00.00 Brussels local time.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different
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Civil Security for SocietyAward criteria

The criteria are described in General Annex
D.

Documents

The documents are described in General
Annex E.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General
Annex F.

Legal and financial set-up of the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G.

SSRI 02 – Increased innovation uptake
Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01: Demand-led innovation through public procurement
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 5.25
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 10.50 million.

Type of Action

Pre-commercial Procurement

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:This topic requires the participation 114 , as beneficiaries, of at least 3
end-user organisations and 3 public procurers from 3 different EU
Member States or Associated Countries. For participants withpractitioner status, applicants must fill in the table “Information about
security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested
information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.
One organisation can have the role of end-user and public procurer
simultaneously, both counting for the overall number of organisations

114

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required for eligibility.
Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
PCP/PPI procurement costs are eligible.
The specific conditions for actions with PCP/PPI procurements in
section H of the General Annexes apply to grants funded under this
topic.
Beneficiaries must ensure that the subcontracted work is performed in atleast 3 Member States — unless otherwise approved by the granting
authority.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• An identifiable community of EU civil security authorities with common user/functional
needs for innovative technology solutions;• Tested and validated capacity of EU technology and industrial base to develop andproduce technology prototypes that meet the needs of the EU user community;• Improved delineation of the EU market (including demand and supply) for innovative
civil security systems that can articulate alternative options for uptake in function ofdifferent industrialisation needs, commercialisation needs, acquisition needs, deployment
needs and additional funding needs (beyond R&I funding).
Scope: End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to send proposals forlaunching a Pre-Commercial Procurement action for the acquisition of R&D services for thedevelopment of innovative civil security technology solutions.
The proposals should build on the outcomes of CSA projects funded under previous work
programmes aimed at creating Stronger grounds for pre-commercial procurement ofinnovative security technologies [for example, topic HORIZON-CL3-2022-SSRI-01-03:
Stronger grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies.]. The
successful proposals could therefore give continuity to the works initiated by those CSA
projects.
The proposals are expected to provide clear evidence on a number of aspects in order tojustify and de-risk the PCP action, including:• That the challenge is pertinent and that indeed a PCP action is required to complete thematuration cycle of certain technologies and to compare different alternatives;

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Civil Security for Society• That there is a consolidated group of end-users and procurers with common needs andrequirements which are committed to carry out a PCP action in order to be able to takean informed decision on a future joint procurement of innovative solutions;• That there is a quantifiable and identifiable community of potential buyers (including
and beyond those proposed as beneficiaries in the proposal) who would share to a wide
extent the common needs and requirements defined and who could be interested in
exploring further joint-uptake of solutions similar to those developed under the PCP,
should these prove to be technologically mature and operationally relevant by the end of
the project;• That the state of the art and the market (including research) has been explored andmapped to the needs, and that there are different technical alternatives to address the
proposed challenge;• That the PCP tendering process is clear, that a draft planning has been proposed and thatthe supporting documentation and administrative procedures will be ready in due time inorder to launch the call for R&D services according to the PCP rules.
• That there is a commitment to pursue the exploitation of results beyond the end of the
project through engagement with stakeholders and implementation of exploitation
strategies towards future uptake.
The open market consultations required prior to launching the PCP call for tenders must havetaken place in at least three EU Member States. Market consultations conducted during theprevious CSA projects can be used if this requirement is fulfilled, and if it is justified that: i)their purpose was enough to guarantee the viability of the procurement and; ii) that the stateof-the-art has not changed since they were conducted.
In relation with the PCP tendering process, the applicants should clarify how they intend toguarantee that:• The principles of the EU Directive for public procurement115 and in particular with theprovisions related to PCP will be duly respected;• Conflict of interests will be avoided, including through the ineligibility of bids fromtechnology providers who are also beneficiaries of the project or who have been
beneficiaries of the previous CSA projects;• The confidentiality of the intellectual property of potential bidders will be protected;• The technology developments to be conducted in the PCP will be done in compliancewith European societal values, fundamental rights and applicable legislation, includingin the area of free movement of persons, privacy and protection of personal data;

115

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Civil Security for Society• In developing technology solutions, societal aspects (e.g. perception of security, possible
side effects of technological solutions, societal resilience) will be taken into account in acomprehensive and thorough manner;• All participating public buyers commit to comply with EU data protection legislation in
the development of innovative, advanced systems to support security and in particular
the principles of data protection by design and by default;• The guidance for attracting innovators and innovation, as explained in the European
Commission Guidance on Innovation Procurement C(2021) 4320, will be duly taken into
account, in particular those measures oriented to reduce the barriers to high-tech startups and innovative SMEs.
Applicants should propose an implementation of the project that includes:• A minimal preparation stage dedicated to finalising the tendering documents package fora PCP call for tenders based on the technical input resulting from the previous CSA
projects, and to define clear verification and validation procedures, methods and tools forthe evaluation of the prototypes to be developed throughout the PCP phases.
• Launching the call for tenders for research and development services. The call for
tenders should envisage a competitive development composed of different phases thatwould lead to at least 2 prototypes from 2 different providers to be validated in real
operational environment at the end of the PCP cycle;• Conducting the competitive development of the prototypes following the PCP principles
including a design phase, an integration and technical verification phase and a validationin real operational environment phase. In evaluating the proposals and the results of the
PCP phases, the applicants should consider technical merit, feasibility and commercial
potential of proposed research efforts.
• Consolidating the results of the evaluation of the developed prototypes, extracting
conclusions and recommendations from the validation process, and defining a strategy
for a potential uptake of solutions inspired in the PCP outcomes, including a complete
technical specification of the envisaged solutions and standardisation needs and/or
proposals. This strategy should consider joint-cross border procurement schemes andexploit synergies with other EU and national non-research funds.
The applicants are expected to maximise the visibility of the project outcomes to the wide
community of potential EU public buyers. Liaison with other civil security communities
beyond those addressed by the project is encouraged in order to assess the possible reuse andextensibility of the identified solutions to different domains.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.

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HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-02: Accelerating uptake through open proposals foradvanced SME innovation
Specific conditions
Expected EU
contribution per
project

The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 1.50
million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.
Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a
proposal requesting different amounts.

Indicative budget

The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 6.00 million.

Type of Action

Innovation Actions

Eligibility
conditions

The conditions are described in General Annex B. The following
exceptions apply:
The following additional eligibility conditions apply:
Consortia must include, as beneficiaries:- A minimum of three (3) to a maximum of seven (7) partners.
- At least 2 SMEs from 2 different Member States.
- At least 1 end-user organisation in the areas addressed by the proposal,
namely one of the following options:• Option A "Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism’’• Option B ‘"Disaster-Resilient Society’’• Option C "Resilient Infrastructure’’ and• Option D ‘"Border Management’’, provided that the applications
attain all thresholds.
- At least 2 Member States must be represented in the consortium.
Participation of non-SME industries and Research and Technology
Organisations (RTOs) is not excluded, but it must be limited to 15% of
the budget.
At least 50% of the budget must be allocated to SMEs.
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protectionof European communication networks.

Technology
Readiness Level

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-7 by the end of the project –see General Annex B.

Procedure

The procedure is described in General Annex F. The following

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exceptions apply:
To ensure a balanced portfolio, grants will be awarded to applications
not only in order of ranking but at least also to one project that is thehighest ranked within each of the following four options:• Option A "Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism’’• Option B ‘"Disaster-Resilient Society’’• Option C "Resilient Infrastructure’’ and• Option D ‘"Border Management’’, provided that the applications
attain all thresholds (and subject to available budget).
Legal andfinancial set-up of
the Grant
Agreements

The rules are described in General Annex G. The following exceptions
apply:
Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in theDecision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions
under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for
Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the
Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community (2021-2025). 116.

Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following
outcomes:• Development of a mature technological solution addressing EU security policy priorities
in the areas addressed by the Cluster 3 work programme;• Facilitated access to civil security market for small innovators;• Improved cooperation between public buyers and small supply market actors for aswifter uptake of innovation in response to short to mid-term needs;• Stronger partnerships between small and medium EU security industry and technology
actors to ensure the sustainability of the EU innovation capacity in the civil security
domain and reduce technological dependencies from non-EU suppliers in criticalsecurity areas.
Scope: Europe’s 25 million small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU
economy. SMEs can bring innovation to societal challenges, including the security of EU
citizens. Innovative SMEs and high-tech start-ups can transform and modernise EU security
capabilities.
116

This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for
HorizonEurope,under‘Simplified
costs
decisions’orthroughthislink:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/lsdecision_he_en.pdf

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However, despite the innovation capacity of EU SMEs, these often experience difficulties infinding their way to the public markets. These include red tape in public contracts, access to
new customers, access to finance, industrial competition and IP valorisation. Thesedifficulties are exacerbated in markets that show restrictions of different kind, as it is the caseof security.
Knowing that SMEs require additional support to reach the security buyers and that thecollaboration opportunities offered by the projects of the Pillar II of Horizon Europe can be acatalyst for uptake, this topic aims to offer a collaborative environment for small and medium
innovators to tailor their innovations to the specific needs of civil security end-users.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for technology development along with thefollowing principles:• Focus on mature technological solutions addressing EU security policy priorities in theareas addressed by the Cluster 3 work programme.
• Not overlapping with the scope of the topics included in the other destinations of thiswork programme.
• Fostering collaboration between SMEs from different Member States and AssociatedCountries.
• Involving security end-users in the role of validator and potential first-adopter of the
proposed innovations.
• Fostering collaboration schemes between small companies and research and technology
organisations and/or big industrial players aimed at fostering innovative technology
transfer or creating innovative business models that facilitate access to market andstrengthen the innovation capacity of EU SMEs and start-ups in the domain of civil
security.
Examples of activities to plan in the proposed projects include, but are not limited to:assimilating market requirements; facilitating access to additional funding; approachingpotential public buyers; assess competitive landscape; supporting in innovation management(methodological and process innovation, business model innovation, market innovation);assist in IP management and exploitation; provide guidance for expansion to future markets,
etc.
The participation of research and technology organisations should not focus on own
technology development but on supporting the small industrial players in accelerating thetechnology transfer of innovative security solutions for their further development andproduction.

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It is encouraged that one SME takes the coordinator role117. Exceptions to this requirement
should be duly justified.
The projects should have a maximum estimated duration of 2 years.
Under this topic, projects should address the one of the following areas of Fighting Crime andTerrorism (FCT, Option A), Disaster-Resilient Society (DRS, Option B), Resilient
Infrastructure (INFRA, Option C) Border Management (BM, Option D). Some examples ofdomains that could be addressed:.
Option A: Some examples of domains that could be addressed under the FCT area are:(indicative and non-exhaustive): mobile forensics; deepfake detection; detection ofcounterfeiting (fake items, fake currency bills) or of falsified/forged documents (passports, ID
cards); detection and countering of advanced forms of malware, as well as non-cash payment
frauds and other cyber-scams.
Option B: Some examples of domains that could be addressed under the DRS area are(indicative and non-exhaustive): data and satellite/remote sensing information exploitation,
positioning and localisation tracking and tracing, monitoring and surveillance for disasterprevention.
Option C: some examples of domains that could be addressed under the INFRA area are:(indicative and non-exhaustive): physical access control, autonomous systems used forinfrastructure protection, positioning and localisation tracking and tracing, monitoring andsurveillance of environments and activities.
Option D: under the BM area are (indicative and non-exhaustive): facilitated border checks;
secure documents and identity management for border crossings; border surveillance;
detection of drugs, explosives, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN),
weapons and/or other dangerous materials in customs environment; detection of stolen,
smuggled, illicit or illegal goods (cigarettes, art, cultural goods, wildlife) in a customs
environment
In this topic, projects should address the EU security policy priorities in the areas addressedby the Cluster 3 work programme.
In this topic, the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research andinnovation content should be addressed only if relevant in relation to the objectives of theresearch effort.

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Other actions not subject to calls for proposals
1. External expertise for reviews of projects
This action will support the use of appointed independent experts for the monitoring ofactions (grant agreement, grant decision, public procurement actions, financial instruments)
funded under Horizon Europe and previous Framework Programmes for Research andInnovation, and where appropriate include ethics checks, as well as compliance checks
regarding the Gender Equality Plan eligibility criterion.
Form of Funding: Other budget implementation instruments
Type of Action: Expert contract action
Indicative budget: EUR 0.82 million from the 2023 budget and EUR 0.82 million from the2024 budget and EUR 0.52 million from the 2025 budget
2. Workshops, conferences, experts, communication activities, studies• Organisation of the annual Security Research Event;• Support to workshops, expert groups, communications activities, or studies. Workshops
are planned to be organised on various topics to involve end-users (e.g. the Community
for European Research and Innovation for Security); preparation of information andcommunication materials, etc.;• Organisation of cybersecurity conferences and support to other cybersecurity events;socio-economic studies, impact analysis studies and studies to support the monitoring,evaluation and strategy definition for cybersecurity and digital privacy policy.
Form of Funding: Procurement
Type of Action: Public procurement
Indicative budget: EUR 1.86 million from the 2023 budget and EUR 1.87 million from the2024 budget and EUR 0.30 million from the 2025 budget

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Budget118
Budgetline(s)

2023
2024
2025
Budget (EUR Budget (EUR Budget (EUR
million)million)million)Calls
HORIZON-CL3-2023-FCT01

HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT01

HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM01

HORIZON-CL3-2024-BM01

HORIZON-CL3-2023INFRA-01

HORIZON-CL3-2024INFRA-01

HORIZON-CL3-2023-CS01

HORIZON-CL3-2024-CS01

118

36.00
from
01.020230

36.00

41.70
from
01.020230

41.70

25.00
from
01.020230

25.00

29.00
from
01.020230

29.00

14.50
from
01.020230

14.50

16.00
from
01.020230

16.00

58.70
from
01.020230

58.70

60.40
from

60.40

The budget figures given in this table are rounded to two decimal places.
The budget amounts are subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the generalbudget of the Union for years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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01.020230
HORIZON-CL3-2023DRS-01

HORIZON-CL3-2024DRS-01

HORIZON-CL3-2023SSRI-01

HORIZON-CL3-2024SSRI-01

33.50
from
01.020230

33.50

30.00
from
01.020230

30.00

6.50
from
01.020230

6.50

16.50
from
01.020230

16.50

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-SOIL-01 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

2.09

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-CIT-01 under Part 12
01.020230
of the work programme

0.90

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-CLIMA-CITIES-01
01.020230
under Part 12 of the work
programme

0.88

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-CIT-02 under Part 12
01.020230
of the work programme

0.11

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-OCEAN-SOIL-01
under Part 12 of the work 01.020230
programme

0.32

2.09

0.90

0.88

0.11

0.32

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Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-OCEAN-01
under
01.020230
Part 12 of the work
programme

2.05

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-CLIMA-OCEANSOIL-01 under Part 12 of 01.020230
the work programme

0.31

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2023-CLIMA-01 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

1.81

2.05

0.31

1.81

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-SOIL-01 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

2.67

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-OCEAN-01
under
01.020230
Part 12 of the work
programme

1.17

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-OCEAN-02
under
01.020230
Part 12 of the work
programme

1.13

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-CROSS-02 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

0.25

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-CROSS-01 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

0.04

Contribution from this part

2.11

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2.67

1.17

1.13

0.25

0.04

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to call HORIZON-MISS- from2024-CIT-01 under Part 12 01.020230
of the work programme

2.11

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-CIT-02 under Part 12
01.020230
of the work programme

0.06

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-NEB-01 under Part 12
01.020230
of the work programme

0.30

Contribution from this partto call HORIZON-MISSfrom
2024-CLIMA-01 under Part
01.020230
12 of the work programme

2.67

0.06

0.30

2.67

Other actions
Expert contract action

0.82

0.82

0.52

0.82

0.82

0.52

1.86

1.87

0.30

from
01.020230

1.86

1.87

0.30

Contribution from this partto Expert contract action
fromunder Part 12 of the work
01.020230
programme

0.02

0.05

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.01

Contribution from this partto Indirectly managed action
fromunder Part 12 of the work
01.020230
programme

0.28

0.64

0.28

0.64

from
01.020230
Public procurement

Contribution from this partto Public procurement underfromPart 12 of the work
01.020230
programme

0.01

Contribution from this part

0.35

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to Grant awarded without a fromcall for proposals according 01.020230
to Financial Regulation
Article 195 under Part 12 of
the work programmeContribution from this partto Specific grant agreement
from
under Part 12 of the work
01.020230
programme

0.35

0.95

0.17

0.95

0.17

Contribution from this partto Service Level Agreement
from
under Part 12 of the work
01.020230
programme

0.05

Contribution from this partto
Provisionoffromtechnical/scientific services
01.020230
by the Joint ResearchCentre under Part 12 of thework programme

0.04

Estimated total budget

0.05

0.04

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