Regional Cable Hubs[E8]

From the notice

Call: Strengthening European Cybersecurity Technologies, Capacities and Preparedness. Type of action: DIGITAL JU Simple Grants. Expected Outcome: The Regional cable hubs will contribute to enhancing and consolidating collective situational awareness and capabilities in detection, supporting the development of an operational capacities to ensure the security and resilience of undersea cables. The hubs should act as a central point allowing for broader pooling of data and information relevant for the security environment of the cables, enabling the dissemination of threat information and incident detection on a regional scale and among a diverse set of national actors as designated by each Member States (e.g. National Hubs, CSIRTs.) The Hubs should allow a rapid exchange of information, even if classified among participating authorities in a given hub. To that end, the participating authorities shall set procedural arrangements on cooperation and information sharing. Furthermore, regional cable hubs could also benefit from additional solutions for the surveillance and protection of submarine cables, and the detection of malicious activities. For instance, situational awareness performed through the collection and analysis of in-situ, sea-based sensor data as well as relevant satellite imagery or undersea drones capacities. The Hubs could make use of existing systems which were not developed necessarily for Cable Security, such as the Integrated Maritime Systems, the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE), the EU Copernicus Space Programme, and the Maritime Surveillance…[E3]

• ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

• RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
• UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC

   The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.

   Source document DIGITAL-ECCC-2027-DEPLOY-CYBER-11-REGCABH:31094502:2026-09-01T10:18:11.800+0200

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1. E1

   The buyer is European Commission.

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2. E2

   Proposals must be submitted by 14 Jan 2027, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1).

   “2027-01-14T00:00:00.000+0000”

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3. E3

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Expected Outcome: The Regional cable hubs will contribute to enhancing and consolidating collective situational awareness and capabilities in detection, supporting the development of an operational capacities to ensure the security and resilience of undersea cables. The hubs sho…”

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4. E4

   EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.

   “EU call topic”

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5. E5

   This call is open for proposals.

   “31094502”

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6. E6

   The notice was published on 1 Sept 2026.

   “2026-09-01T00:00:00.000+0000”

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7. E7

   The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as open for submission.

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8. E8

   The notice is titled "Regional Cable Hubs".

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9. E9

   The EU contribution per grant is up to EUR 5,000,000 (from EUR 1,500,000).

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