This funding supports pre-commercial procurement actions aimed at acquiring R&D services and innovative civil security technology solutions. Projects must involve a community of EU civil security practitioners and public procurers from multiple Member States or Associated Countries. Funded activities include technology maturation, market analysis, validation, and pilot deployment to facilitate commercialization and scale-up of innovative security solutions, with a focus on sustainability and broad adoption.
Eligible applicants must include at least 3 practitioners and 3 public procurers from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Among the public procurers, at least two must be independent legal entities established in different Member States or Associated Countries, with at lea