Infosheets

A deep dive into specific issues and answers to commonly asked questions. This section is regularly updated.

The Consortium Agreement

The CA is a private, legally binding contract between all beneficiaries of a Horizon Europe project. It regulates the internal organisation, rights and obligations of the consortium as a whole and it's members individually.

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Technology Readiness Level (TRL)

TRL is a nine-step scale measuring technical maturity from concept to deployment, used in EU programs like Horizon Europe. It spans TRL 1–3 (lab), 4–6 (relevant environment), and 7–9 (operational), focusing on technical (not market) readiness.

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Testimonial

ROOT - Rolling Out OSNMA for the secure synchronization of Telecom networks

The ROOT project obtained funding under Horizon 2020 topic ‘EGNSS applications fostering societal resilience and protecting the environment’. The project, which ran from November 2020 to July 2022,  aimed to demonstrate the benefit of Galileo OSNMA signal to increase the robustness of critical telecom infrastructures.

The Flanders-based company Septentrio contributed substantially to completing this objective together with the other ROOT partners. The results of the project partially close a gap in the security of telecommunication networks dependent on satellite-derived time, with indirect benefits in curbing illegal attempts to disrupt network services.