Launched by the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (Dinum) in spring 2023, the "Adoption of the Trusted Cloud" funding window enables State administrations to co-finance their projects to build, transform or migrate applications to a SecNumCloud-qualified cloud.
Which projects are eligible?
The portal is open to government agencies and operators. The projects targeted concern the migration of applications to SecNumCloud-qualified cloud offerings, previously hosted in physical infrastructures, in an internal cloud or in a non-qualified cloud. If the original hosting is a trusted cloud that is not satisfactory, Dinum reserves the right to examine the case.
What types of expenditure are taken into account?
Expenditure on hardware and software (licences, subscriptions, etc.), the cost of the cloud resources used and the costs associated with any functional upgrades to the migrated applications are not included in the total cost of the project. On the other hand, the project may include expenditure on training and acculturation of staff.
How much funding can you provide?
The winning projects will benefit from co-financing of up to 50% of the total cost of the projectlocated between €100,000 and €3 million including tax. The minimum amount of funding is €50,000 and the maximum is €1.5 million.
What criteria are used to select the winning projects?
The application must enable projects to be assessed on the basis of four criteria:
- The criticality of the application and the benefits of the project : The level of criticality of the application, the sensitivity of the data processed, the number of users and the benefits delivered, such as reduced time-to-market for new functions or improved user productivity, will all be taken into account.
- The impact of the project on safety : The presentation of the project will enable us to measure the improvement in resilience, availability of the information system and responsiveness to incidents, the reduction in the possibility of attacks and human error, and the improvement in the handling of obsolescence.
- The ability to carry out the project successfully and, once completed, to manage it internally: the application must present the project team and the skills it has assembled, the schedule, the training and acculturation scheme for staff, the organisation of maintenance in operational conditions and the management of upgrades, ideally in DevOps mode
- The economic impact of the project : the presentation will detail the various cost items of the project, the expected economic gains and/or avoided costs, such as :
- the lower cost of cloud resources compared with existing hosting ;
- productivity gains for teams, both in terms of maintaining operational conditions and functional upgrades;
- Business gains from improved service availability and faster time to market;
- the cost of the projects that would have to be carried out to comply with business security requirements if the migration project were not launched.
What is the framework for this funding scheme?
This window depends on the Fund for the Transformation of Public Action (FTAP), created in 2017 to support innovative projects by State administrations. Since then, 120 projects of general interest have been financed to improve the service provided to users, the working environment of civil servants and the efficiency of public action. The FTAP is managed by the Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation (DITP), with the DINUM, under the aegis of the Ministry for Public Transformation and the Civil Service.