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Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways - Works (CEF-DIG-2026-GATEWAYS-WORKS)
Expected Impact: The expected impact of the supported project include: • significantly improved security and resilience of the EU backbone networks; • strengthened quality of connectivity within the Union as well as with third countries; • capacity, security and resilience of the overall backbone...
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- Funder
- European Commission: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- €180,000,000 topic budget (published on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal for the latest call).
- Where
- European Union
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits, colleges, universities, schools or research institutions and state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Open to legal entities eligible under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) rules (usually consortia from EU Member States and associated countries); action type: CEF Infrastructure Projects. Check the topic conditions on the portal. Recurring: this topic has appeared in calls for 5 different years; the latest has closed, watch the next work programme.
- Sectors
- Disaster and emergency, Fisheries and oceans, Technology, software and R&D, Transportation and infrastructure
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- EU Funding & Tenders Portal (CEF-DIG-2026-GATEWAYS-WORKS)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
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From official open data: official page returned HTTP 200 on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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