Support to Standardisation activities performed by CEN, CENELEC and ETSI (SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA)

CEN, CENELEC and ETSI are the three European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs) and the identified beneficiaries eligible for funding under this call, action grants under the Standardisation strand of the Single market Programme aimed at supporting their standardisation activities.

The three pre-identified beneficiaries are invited to apply on the topics of their competence out of 17 topics of the call:

Topic 1 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Standards driving quantum technology development and the implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography protocols - ETSI

Topic 2 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Quantum Technologies Pre-Standardisation for European Strategic Autonomy – CEN/CENELEC

Topic 3 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Quality Data for AI and Innovation

Topic 4 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Qualification of Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms for Data Spaces

Topic 5 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA EU Digital Identity Wallet and Conformance Testing

Topic 6 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Accelerating the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40 implementation through EN standards on compostability of packaging and preparatory standardisation work on packaging minimisation

Topic 7 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Development of standards for the European Critical Communication System (EUCCS)

Topic 8 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Development of European standards in support of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1926 on EU-wide multimodal travel information services

Topic 9 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Dual-use standards: civil–military mapping and gap analysis

Topic 10 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Customer data in the financial sector

Topic 11 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Revision of European standards in support of toys safety related with action 31 of 2026 AUWP on Making the most of the Single Market

Topic 12 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Education and training for technical committees working on standards for pressure equipment

Topic 13 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Assessment of Ecosystem Services for Accounting purposes 

Topic 14 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Digital Product Passport standards

Topic 15 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Support for the development of a new European standard for air quality modelling objectives (MQO)

Topic 16 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Aftermarket solutions for eCall

Topic 17 SMP-STAND-2026-ESOS-01-IBA Machine-readable expression of consent choices

Deadline for submission: 23 June 2026, 17:00 (CEST)

Available budget: €7 332 077