Become an expert to evaluate the Connecting Europe Facility Digital calls

The Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) is looking for experts in digital infrastructure domains to evaluate project proposals submitted under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital calls. Apply by September 2024!

Experts should have experience in one or more of these fields:

1. Telecommunications cable infrastructures, smart cables, backbone infrastructures
2. Quantum communication infrastructures: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); integration of quantum communication technologies with conventional communication infrastructures; optical ground stations and their certification; encryption key management; space infrastructure for quantum communication ; quantum cryptography and cryptology; space-based QKD; in-orbit validation and demonstration; quantum networking.
3. 5G connectivity and 5G infrastructures: connected and automated mobility (CAM); cellular vehicle to everything technology (C-V2X); Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); PLMNO handover solutions; Trans European Transport Networks (TEN-T); 5G Stand alone (5GSA); Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS); edge nodes, edge cloud, edge computing; Internet of Things (IoT); connected collaborative computing (3C network); broadband; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Network as a Service (NaaS), Open Radio Access Network (RAN).
4. Digital security of backbone infrastructures, quantum communication infrastructures, critical infrastructures and/or 5G networks.

Knowledge and/or experience in the following fields that are common to the above specialist fields is also an asset: 

• project management and implementation;
• project financing/financial analysis;
• risk assessment;
• capacity and demand analysis;
• state aid;
• market failure.

Experts can register at the European Commission's expert database. If you are already registered in the database but wish to highlight your CEF Digital related experience, be sure to update your profile with the relevant subject areas and professional experience.

Why working as an expert for CEF Digital?

Working as an expert for the CEF Digital programme offers you great benefits such as:

• new 'EU stamped' experience on your CV;
• enhanced employability through a more diverse knowledge of EU funding programmes;
• a variety of networking opportunities with other experts in your field and representatives from the EU Institutions;
• an overview on the latest developments in major projects that will shape the future of European digital infrastructure.

Relevant expertise

If selected, you will assess the proposals submitted under the CEF Digital calls against the award criteria published in the call text. Guidance for this will be provided by HaDEA. Besides your area(s) of expertise, you should also have the appropriate English skills to carry out the tasks.

Availability 

The evaluations of proposals are conducted remotely. If selected, you will indicate your availability via a survey.

No conflict of interests

As an expert, you cannot under any circumstance have a conflict of interest with any of the organisations/companies submitting a project proposal. You will have to sign a declaration on confidentiality and absence of a conflict of interest before you would start your individual evaluation.

Registration before September for the 2024 CEF Digital calls 

HaDEA will pre-select the CEF Digital 2024 call experts in September 2024. Therefore, if you wish to be considered, please register as soon as possible in the expert database, which is the only way to be selected as an independent expert.

Register now and be sure to:

• add all the relevant keywords best describing your expertise and background;
• include your contact details (email address, phone number);
• include your professional experience;

In addition, please inform us after your registration by contacting HADEA-CEF-DIGITAL-EXPERTSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (HADEA-CEF-DIGITAL-EXPERTS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu), with your expert’s registration number and your specific field(s) of expertise. This will allow us to find you easily in the database.

More information

EU Funding & Tenders Portal – Work as an expert
Connecting Europe Facility