European Cybersecurity Competence Centre

European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre
EU executive agency overview
Formed	20 May 2021
Jurisdiction	European Union
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania
EU executive agency executive	Miguel González Sancho, Interim Executive Director;
Key document	Regulation (EU) 2021/887;
Website	cybersecurity-centre.europa.eu
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	Bucharest European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (European Union)

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC), officially the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre, is an executive agency of the European Union headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, tasked with funding and coordinating cybersecurity research projects.^[1]^[2] Plans for the introduction of the ECCC were first announced in 2018 by the European Commission and the regulation to establish the centre was published in 2021.^[1] The ECCC collaborates closely with the Network of National Coordination Centres (NCCs).^[3]

Organization

Although the organization of the ECCC is still being established, the planned administrative and governance structure includes:

a Governing Board which provides strategic orientation and oversees ECCC activities
an Executive Director who is the ECCC’s legal representative and is responsible for its day-to-day management
a Strategic Advisory Group that ensures a comprehensive, ongoing and permanent dialogue between the Community and the Competence Centre.^[4]

List of National Coordination Centers

Country	National Coordination Center (NCC)	NCC Website
Belgium	Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB)	https://ccb.belgium.be/ncc
Bulgaria	Ministry of Electronic Governance
Denmark	The Danish Business Authority	https://danishbusinessauthority.dk/
Germany	National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity ( NKCS ) – Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)	https://www.nkcs.bund.de/de
Estonia	Estonian Information System Authority
Finland	Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC-FI)
France	National Agency for Information Systems Security (ANSSI)
Greece	National Cybersecurity Authority of Greece
Ireland	National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	https://www.ncsc.gov.ie/
Italy	Agency for national cybersecurity (ACN)	https://www.acn.gov.it/
Latvia	Ministry of Defence
Lithuania	National Coordination Center, Ministry of National Defense
Luxembourg	Security made in Letzebuerg GIE	https://www.securitymadein.lu/agency/ncc/
Malta	Malta Information Technology Agency	https://www.mita.gov.mt/
Netherlands	The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Austria	Federal Chancellery of Austria in cooperation with the Austrian Research Promotion Agency	https://www.ncc.gv.at
Poland	National Cybersecurity Coordination Center Unit in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Romania	Centrul Național de Coordonare
Sweden	Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency	https://www.msb.se/
Slovakia	Cyber Security Competence and Certification Center (KCCKB)	https://cybercompetence.sk/
Slovenia	Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Information Security	https://www.uiv.gov.si/ncc
Spain	National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)	https://www.incibe.es/
Czech Republic	National Cyber and Information Security Agency
Cyprus	Digital Security Authority (DSA)