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dossier	COM(2022)57 - Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027.
document	COM(2022)57
date	March 15, 2023

ANNEX

INDICATORS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAMME

The Programme will be monitored closely on the basis of a set of indicators intended to measure the extent to which the specific objectives of the Programme have been achieved and with a view to minimising administrative burdens and costs. To that end, data will be collected as regards the following set of key indicators:

General objective referred to in Article 3(1), point (a):

Indicator 1.1:

Member States governments and Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies can access a set of first governmental services in 2024

Indicator 1.2:

Member States governments and Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies can access full operational capability that meets the user needs and demand determined in the service portfolio in 2027

Indicator 1.3:

Percentage of governmental service availability for each deployed governmental service

Indicator 1.4:

Speed, bandwidth and latency performance for each deployed governmental service worldwide

Indicator 1.5:

Percentage of geographical availability of all deployed governmental services within Member States territories

Indicator 1.6:

Percentage of services deployed related to the service portfolio

Indicator 1.7:

Percentage of available capacity for each deployed service

Indicator 1.8:

Cost to completion

Indicator 1.9:

Programme participants and number of third countries and international organisations participating in the Programme in accordance with Article 39

Indicator 1.10:

Evolution of satellites capacities purchased by Union institutions from non-Union actors

Indicator 1.11:

Number of launches not carried out from Union territory, or from the territory of members of EFTA which are members of the EEA

Indicator 1.12:

Number of government-authorised users in the Union

General objective referred to in Article 3(1), point (b):

Indicator 2.1:

Percentage of commercial service availability

Indicator 2.2:

Speed, bandwidth, reliability and latency performance of the commercial satellite broadband service worldwide

Indicator 2.3:

Percentage of communication dead zones in Member States territories

Indicator 2.4:

Amount invested by private sector

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (a):

Indicator 3.1:

GOVSATCOM Hubs can provide services stemming from the secure connectivity system

Indicator 3.2:

Full integration of existing capacity from the Union pool via the integration of GOVSATCOM ground infrastructure

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (b):

Indicator 4.1:

Annual number of major outages of the telecommunication networks in the Member States due to crisis situations mitigated by the governmental services offered by the secure connectivity system

Indicator 4.2:

Government-authorised users’ satisfaction with the performance of the secure connectivity system measured through annual survey

Indicator 4.3:

Validation and accreditation of different technologies and communication protocols

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (c):

Indicator 5.1:

Number of in orbit and functional satellites needed for the functioning of the EuroQCI

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (d):

Indicator 6.1:

Number of satellites per orbital slot in 2025, 2026 and 2027

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (e):

Indicator 7.1:

Governmental infrastructure and related governmental services which obtained security accreditation

Indicator 7.2:

Annual number and severity of impact of cybersecurity incidents and number of electromagnetic disturbances related to the secure connectivity system (classified)

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (f):

Indicator 8.1:

Number of satellite subsystems, including payloads, serving other components of the Union Space Programme

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (g):

Indicator 9.1:

Number of start-ups, of SMEs and of mid-caps involved in the Programme and the related percentages of contract value

Indicator 9.2:

Overall percentage of the value of the contracts subcontracted by the prime tenderers to SMEs, other than those affiliated with the tenderer’s group, and share of their cross-border participation

Indicator 9.3:

Number of Member States from which start-ups and SMEs are involved in the Programme

10.

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (h):

Indicator 10.1:

Number of new satellite communication users in geographical areas of strategic interest outside the Union

Indicator 10.2:

Percentage of geographical availability of required services within areas of strategic interest outside the Union

Indicator 10.3:

Number of countries where the satellite broadband is available to consumers

11.

Specific objective referred to in Article 3(2), point (i):

Indicator 11.1:

Greenhouse gas footprint of development, production and deployment of the Programme

Indicator 11.2:

Number of active satellites, decommissioned and recovered satellites

Indicator 11.3:

Number of space debris generated by the constellation

Indicator 11.4:

Number of close encounters

Indicator 11.5:

Ephemeris data of the satellites shared with EU SST consortium

Indicator 11.6:

Appropriate measure of the effect of light reflection on astronomical observations

Two statements have been made with regard to this act and can be found in OJ C 101, 17.3.2023, p. 1 and at the following link[s]: ….