ERDF — Fostering Digital Usage: Innovative Services, Content and User Adoption
The regional scheme concerns developing digital services and supporting their adoption. Listed beneficiaries include SMEs, local authorities, associations, public bodies and mobility players. The catalogue mentions a spending period from 2021 to 2029; this programming period does not replace the call’s conditions or checking whether it is currently open.
Digital tools create value when they meet a specific need: easier access to a service, information sharing, smoother mobility or a new service for residents and businesses. In Occitanie, this ERDF scheme supports the emergence of innovative services and content and their take-up by users. The project must therefore demonstrate both the innovation it brings and how the service will actually be used.
Funded by Région Occitanie, Union Européenne-FEDER
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Who can apply
The categories mentioned in the catalogue include SMEs, certain cooperatives and economic interest groupings (GIE), local authorities and their groupings, associations, transport authorities and their operators, and public bodies. The applicant must check that its role, partnership and the project’s area match the action sheet. Multi-player projects must clarify who bears the costs and who will benefit from the service.
Eligibility conditions
The project must be consistent with regional objectives, present identified uses and specify the beneficiaries, deliverables and rollout model. The catalogue mentions a 2021-2029 spending period, but this does not confirm the conditions for applying today. Check the action sheet, eligible costs, co-financing rules, state aid and results reporting requirements.
What the scheme covers
The operations listed concern developing innovative digital services, platforms or content and supporting their take-up by users. A strong application describes the current service, the need it meets, the features to be developed, target users and access arrangements. Design, development or rollout costs should only be included if they fall within the categories accepted by the action sheet.
Amount and funding terms
The catalogue states: a grant covering 60% of eligible costs. Total public aid is capped at 80% of eligible costs, in line with EU rules (notably state aid rules) and national rules (including the self-financing requirement for local authorities and their groupings). This figure must be checked: it is neither a promise of award nor confirmation of the scale currently open.
How to apply
1. Describe the users, their needs and the digital service to be created or improved. 2. Define the partners, deliverables, timetable and usage indicators. 3. Break down costs by item and identify who bears each. 4. Check the current ERDF Occitanie call and its rules before applying, notably co-financing conditions and cost eligibility dates.
Timeline
The scheme mentions a spending period up to 31 December 2029. This is not necessarily a call closing date. Consult the official Europe en Occitanie portal to check whether the scheme is open, any rounds and the rules in force.
Key facts
- Funder
- Région Occitanie, Union Européenne-FEDER
- Type of funding
- Grant
- Status
- Open
- Funding rate
- 60%
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Closes
- 31 December 2027
- Geographic scope
- Occitanie
Frequently asked questions
What is this ERDF scheme for?
According to the catalogue, its aim is to support and develop digital projects that help increase the number of people carrying out procedures or using online services without difficulty, and to support the emergence of innovative services and content and their take-up by users.
Who can benefit and what are the exclusions?
The categories mentioned in the catalogue include SMEs, certain cooperatives and economic interest groupings (GIE), local authorities and their groupings, associations, transport authorities and their operators, and public bodies. The applicant must check that its role, partnership and the project’s area match the action sheet. Multi-player projects must clarify who bears the costs and who will benefit from the service.
What amount or benefit is provided?
A grant covering 60% of eligible costs. Total public aid is capped at 80% of eligible costs, in line with EU state aid rules and national rules.
What deadline and steps should I plan for?
1. Describe the users, their needs and the digital service to be created or improved. 2. Define the partners, deliverables, timetable and usage indicators. 3. Break down costs by item and identify who bears each. 4. Check the current ERDF Occitanie call and its rules before applying, notably co-financing conditions and cost eligibility dates.
Official source
No official URL is available in our data for this grant.
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