DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-TRANSITIONEUPQC
Roadmap for the transition of European public administrations to a post-quantum cryptography era -
Related topics
Drag to rearrange · hover a topic or connection to preview why it's linked, click to pin that panel open
Connected via , not directly to the current topic
No motivation recorded.
Center graph on this topic →Topics in this graph
-
DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-STANDARDPQC — Standardisation and awareness of the European transition to post-quantum cryptography
Both calls support Europe’s transition to PQC by fostering awareness, standardization, and a strategic roadmap for public administrations.
-
DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC — Transition to post-quantum Public Key Infrastructures
This topic prepares public administrations for the transition to post-quantum cryptography, consistent with the deployment of suitable PKI infrastructures. (closely aligned with the objectives of this 2025 topic)
-
DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-PQCINDUSTRY — Deployment of Post Quantum Cryptography in systems in industrial sectors
Connected via DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06-STANDARDPQC, not directly to the current topic.
Both calls support Europe’s transition to PQC by strengthening security and promoting coordinated adoption.
-
DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL — Create a European Industrial Ecosystem for Secure QCI technologies and systems
Connected via DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC, not directly to the current topic.
This topic aims to build an ecosystem for secure quantum technologies, as a necessary foundation for the transition to post-quantum infrastructures. Same technology area, but broader objective, including infrastructure.
-
DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL — Deploying advanced national QCI systems and networks
Connected via DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC, not directly to the current topic.
The deployment of national quantum systems completes the transition to post-quantum keys, particularly for network security. Similar deployment objectives, but different focus (quantum infrastructures vs. post-quantum PKI).
-
DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-EUROQCI-QKD — Coordinate the first deployment of national EuroQCI projects and prepare the large-scale QKD testing and certification infrastructure
Connected via DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC, not directly to the current topic.
Coordination of QKD deployments and preparation of test infrastructures are linked to post-quantum security (additional work for secure implementation).
-
DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-07-KEYTECH — Development and Deployment of Advanced Key Technologies
Connected via DIGITAL-ECCC-2025-DEPLOY-CYBER-08-PUBLICPQC, not directly to the current topic.
This topic shares the objective of developing and deploying advanced key technologies, in particular around post-quantum cryptography (so closely related field and objective).
Bold node = current topic · node color = call status · hover for details, click to pin · smaller, lighter topics are two steps away
Call text (as on F&T portal)
View on F&T portalOutcomes and deliverables
- Roadmap for the transition of European public administration for PQC
- Workshops, white papers and other activities to support synergies between national security agencies and public administrations.
- Collaborations between public administrations regarding the transition to PQC.
Proposals should foresee a leading role for national security agencies in developing a roadmap for the transition of public administrations to post-quantum cryptography PQC. This should take into account an inventory of systems to be replaced, the timeframe, and technical and legal aspects of the migration to PQC in public administrations. It should be achieved in particular through the following strategic actions:
- Foster a collaborative process involving stakeholders from national security agencies and other public administrations to discuss priorities, technical challenges, legal obstacles and other issues relating to the transition to PQC.
- Promote awareness among public administrations of the need to make the transition to PQC.
- Identify crucial requirements and establish a coordinated roadmap for the transition of European public administrations to PQC.
Proposals should bring together national security agencies, relevant public administrations and related stakeholders including experts in the area of PQC. Activities should be foreseen to engage stakeholders to efficiently coordinate their efforts at national and European level in order to achieve impactful outcomes leading to the adoption of PQC in European public administrations.
The roadmap should identify what encryption systems need to be replaced, what algorithms should be adopted, priorities for defending against quantum attacks across the spectrum of public administrations, and legal and technical aspects of the transition to PQC. It should foster collaborations and exchange of best practice.
This action aims at the transition of public administration towards a new paradigm that is set to be a game changer in encryption, which directly involves national security as it relates to information that must be protected against possible dependencies and vulnerabilities in cybersecurity to pre-empt foreign influence and control. Participation of non-EU entities entails the risk of highly sensitive information about security infrastructure, risks and incidents being subject to legislation or pressure that obliges those non-EU entities to disclose this information to non-EU governments, with an unpredictable security risk. Therefore, based on the outlined security reasons, the actions relating to these technologies are subject to Article 12(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/694.
News flashes
For information on the evaluations results of this call we invite you to consult the Flash call info (evaluation results) in the following link.
For information on the evaluations results of this call we invite you to consult the Flash call info (evaluation results) in the following link.
Opening date: 2024-01-16 (2 years ago)
Closing date: 2024-03-26 (2 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 750,000
Expected grants: 0
This call topic has been appended 4 times by the EC with news.
-
2024-07-17
for information on the evaluations resul... -
2024-07-17
for information on the evaluations resul... -
2024-01-16
the submission session is now available... -
2024-01-16
the submission session is now available...
DIGITAL-ECCC-2024-DEPLOY-CYBER-06
Call topics are often grouped together in a call. Sometimes this is for a thematic reason, but often it is also for practical reasons.
There are 5 other topics in this call:
Showing the latest information. Found 6 versions of this call topic in the F&T portal.
Information from
- 2025-07-01_03-20-20
- 2025-01-29_03-20-06
- 2024-11-23_03-20-12
- 2024-11-04_17-26-59
- 2024-09-30_21-21-11
- 2024-03-30_14-27-10
Check the differences between the versions.
Annotations
Events
Hand-picked events relevant to this call topic.
No events yet
There are currently no events linked to this call topic.
Timeline
Grant agreement signed · 26 Nov 2024 (1 year ago)
All expected milestones for this call have passed.
Call opens
16 Jan 2024
Call closes
26 Mar 2024
Outcome expected
26 Aug 2024 · est.
Work programme published
30 Sep 2024
Call published
30 Sep 2024
Grant agreement signed
26 Nov 2024 · est.
-
Call opens
16 Jan 2024 · 2 years ago
Submissions can be made from this date.
-
Call closes
26 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Deadline to submit a proposal.
-
Outcome expected Estimated
26 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
The maximum time to inform applicants of the evaluation outcome is five months after the call closes.
-
Work programme published
30 Sep 2024 · 2 years ago
Topics are listed in the Work Programme before the call opens. Spotting this early gives you a head start on partner search and proposal planning.
-
Call published
30 Sep 2024 · 2 years ago
This topic was first published in TopicTree.
-
Grant agreement signed Estimated
26 Nov 2024 · 1 year ago
The maximum time to sign the grant agreement is three months after applicants are informed of the outcome.
Funded Projects
Loading...
Project information comes from CORDIS (for Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe) and will be sourced from F&T Portal (for Digital Europe projects)
Ecosystem bubbles
This call topic is part of the following thematic bubbles.
Cybersecurity
This ecosystem bubble contains call topics related to cybersecurity from H2020, Horizon Europe Cluster 4 and Digital Europe. In Horizon Europe, there...
Quantum Technologies
Quantum technologies are funded in H2020, Horizon Europe and Digital Europe in several different areas. The Quantum Flagship initiative is a key playe...