Get support for Horizon Europe Digital topics from your National Contact Point!
Whether you are from academia, industrie or a public organisation, your National Contact Point (NCP) is supposed to guide you through Horizon Europe and the application process. And the best thing about it: They do so free of charge!
Many countries have a whole network of NCPs responsible for different programme parts and horizontal aspects like legal and financial matters. You can find all these NCPs on the Funding and Tenders Portal and filter through this list to find the right contact from your country:
List of nominated NCPs on the Funding & Tenders Portal
Looking for the Cluster 4 Digital NCPs in particular?
If you already know that it is the NCP responsible for the digital topics in Cluster 4 you are looking for, you might like to check the Ideal-ist website instead. You can find the contact details of most of the NCPs there. Even better: Most of the colleagues have added a photo, so you can see who it is you are talking to!
List of NCPs for Cluster 4 Digital
Looking for basic information on Horizon Europe and the role of digital technologies therein?
Then you might like to take a look at IDEAL-IST's online course material on Horizon Europe, which you can find here.
The Enterprise Europe Network - Support for SMEs
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions.
The network is active worldwide. It brings together experts from member organisations that are renowned for their excellence in business support.
EEN offer a wide range of advice and services to SMEs, including:
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Internationalisation
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Access to finance (public & private)
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Innovation amanagement
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Sustainability
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Digitalisation
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Intellectual Property
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EU single market
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Resilience
The network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide and brings together over 3,000 experts from more than 600 member organisations.
Get in touch!
Find out about these services on the EEN website and get in touch with your local EEN partner directly!
NCP Network Projects
NCP network projects are funded through Horizon Europe in order to provide additional services to you that are beyond the capabilities of a single NCP. So it is definitely worth your time to find out what they do!
Ideal-ist - the network of digital NCPs for Horizon Europe Cluster 4
Ideal-ist is the international Horizon Europe Cluster 4 digital National Contact Point (NCP) network, supporting research and innovation activities for the EU Framework Programmes since 1996! The network includes more than 65 partners from Member States, Associated Countries, Eastern European Partner Countries (EEPC), Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC), and other countries throughout the world.
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NCP4Industry - the network of industry NCPs for Horizon Europe Cluster 4
NCP4Industry includes 18 NCP’ hosting organisations established in European Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries, with the aim to set the basis of equal and consistent NCPs’ services to the industry sector, by fostering the circulation of knowledge, good practices and available opportunities in Horizon Europe among industrial research and innovation communities (e.g. small and medium enterprises (SMEs), large enterprises, academia, research organisations, non-profit organisations, public administrations, and consultancies).
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COSMOS4HE - the network of space NCPs for Horizon Europe Cluster 4
The main target of the COSMOS project, from its beginning during FP7 to the current COSMOS4HE under Horizon Europe, is to allow NCPs to benefit from each other’s experience and thus raise the overall quality of their services. Additional information services are established like a joint website and a news service, providing information about Space and EU Framework Programme related topics. Furthermore, international information days in support of the European Commission are organised, with emphasis on bringing potential project partners together. Last, but not least, a country-independent helpdesk for EU framework Space research related questions is established.
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The Horizon Academy
The Horizon Academy (NCP4HE) is the network of legal and financial NCPs as well as the NCP coordinators in each country. Together, they maintain the Horizon Europe NCP portal. The portal's mission is to serve as a stable entry point during the whole duration of the Horizon Europe programme, complementing the Funding and Tender Portal.
Here, you will find useful resources developed by NCPs, which offer you added value to support your participation in the different parts of Horizon Europe under an unified and easy-to-navigate portal: