Call: Outline and trial of an infrastructure dedicated to the implementation of child rights and protection mechanisms in the online domain based on the GDPR and other relevant existing EU legislation

Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions

This Programme introduces new initiatives that might turn into standing EU funding programmes. A Pilot Project is an initiative of an experimental nature designed to test the feasibility of an action and its usefulness and lasts not more than two years. A Preparatory Action - normally the successor of a successful pilot project on the same matter - is designed to prepare new actions like EU policies, legislation, programmes etc. with funding for not more than three years.

The Programme focuses on the following overarching objectives:

Outline and trial of an infrastructure dedicated to the implementation of child rights and protection mechanisms in the online domain based on the GDPR and other relevant existing EU legislation

 

Proposals may be submitted by any of the following applicants:

1. Providers of national eIDs in the countries where the infrastructure will be piloted;

2. Video-sharing platform providers, video on demand providers or other similar providers of online content for children;

3. Industry providing age verification solutions;

4. Civil society;

5. Academia;

6. Research centres.

Applicants under category 2 and 3 who are not SMEs can participate in the project but their activities will not be funded.

In order to be eligible, a proposal must be submitted by a consortium composed of at least 5 legal entities from at least 3 different eligible countries.