Citizen-Centric eGovernment Services - call has opened

VINNOVA, together with NordForsk, the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS) and the Estonian Ministry for Economic Affairs and Communications, has opened the call for proposal Citizen-Centric eGovernment Services. Closing date for proposals is 19 October 2010. Public administrations, businesses, research organisations and non-governmental organisations in Sweden, Iceland and Estonia are invited to submit project financing proposals.

Each project must include one representative from each of the countries. Only representatives from these countries will be funded but representatives from all the Nordic and Baltic countries are welcome in the project consortia.

The call is a result of the NordForsk funded project NORIA-net Citizens’ Services 2008-09. More information about the Citizens´ Services programme.

The purpose of the call is to contribute to successful new cooperation models, organisational solutions and digitized service supplies in the field of e-government, working on the basis of users´ needs and participation by establishing research and innovation (R&I) networks. Proposed duration of projects is 6-12 months.

VINNOVA is acting as the programme secretariat.

More information about this call plus terms and conditions of participation can be found in the complete call text.

How to apply

Applications are submitted electronically through the application service on the VINNOVA e-Service Portal (“Intressentportalen”).

To submit an application, you must create a user account with VINNOVA. Click on "Create account" in the right hand column. 

When you have created a user account, send an e-mail to Annie Palm, annie.palm@vinnova.se with your user name and login password for the e-Service Portal for further guidance through the application process.

If you already have a user account for the e-Service Portal, please use this.

The last date for submission of applications is Tuesday 19 October 2010. Please note that applications should be received no later than 14.00 CET on this date. No additions may be made to applications after this unless VINNOVA requires them.

Application content

The application service consists of a number of electronic form pages to be completed by the applicant with assistance from VINNOVA. A project description and a personnel appendix should be attached to the application. Only these attachments will be considered for the application.

Attachments should be in PDF format.

The conditions for contributing to Citizen-Centric eGovernment Services are regulated under VINNOVA´s General Subsidy Conditions (condition 1). What can be accepted in costs appears in VINNOVA´s General Guidelines on Approved Costs in Grant Awards. These documents can be downloaded on the webpage For applicants.

Schedule

The following dates apply to the call. Please note that there may be changes.