The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) aimed at supporting innovation and industrial policy in cybersecurity as well as developing and coordinating EU cybersecurity projects inaugurates its new headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, at the Campus Building of the Polytechnical University.

The inauguration ceremony took place on 9 May 2023 with the participation of Prime Minister Nicolae** Ciucă**, Director-General of the European Commission’s Department for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) Roberto Viola and ECCC acting Executive Director Miguel González-Sancho.

The ECCC contributes to EU’s cyber resilience, pooling funding from the EU, Member States and other participants, to support European industry capabilities, uptake and innovation.

The replay of the ceremony can be watched on YouTube.

Pascal Steichen (representing Luxembourg), Chairman of the Governing Board of the ECCC, comments: "The inauguration of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre’s offices in Bucharest is the first milestone in a long-term effort to ensure an innovative cyber-secure environment. Because joint efforts have greater resonance, I look forward to seeing the teams grow stronger, and the European network working in unison."

Official ECCC's Press Release can be accessed here.