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144780 -30480 0 0 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity eHealth, Well -B eing & Ageing Luxembourg , 26 August 2020 Subject: Request for support to identify designated grant applicants - A daptation of national contact tracing app and backend solutions to join the Euro pean federation gateway service Dear Member of the eHealth Network , The European Commission is planning to invite economic operators to submit a grant application for the adaptation of national contact tracing app and backend solutions to join the European federation gateway service in the framework of the A ctivation of E mergency S upport I nstrument in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In principle, only invited economic operators may submit an application . The Commission invites the Members of the eHealth network to identify e ntities (e.g. national authorities, or consortia, in charge of t he provision of an approved national contact tracing app or for ensuring cross-border interoperability of an approved national contact tracing app ) who could constitute suitable recipients for an invitation to submit a grant application as laid out above. Entity Contact person Role/position Email address O ther relevant information Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre Liisa Lvova Project manager [email protected] Estonian contact tracing app HOIA, more information available at hoia.me The Members of the eHealth Network are invited to submit this information to [email protected] , cc: [email protected] at their earliest convenience. The European Commission is planning to invite one application per country; o nly one project per country will be funded . This invitation to the eHealth Network is in no way binding on the European Commission . The European Commission 's contractual obligation commences only upon signature of the contract with the successful applicant . Up to the point of signature, the Commission may cancel the award procedure without the applicant being entitled to claim any compensation. S igned electronically in Ares