A video recording and presentation slides from this EC webinar on two-factor authentication becoming mandatory on the Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP) are now available online.
During the event, EC speakers confirmed that there is currently no concrete date by which two-factor authentication (2FA) is expected to become mandatory for EU Login accounts on FTOP. However, they recommended that FTOP users start using 2FA as soon as possible and that they do not wait for it to become compulsory. UKRO understands that this important change is likely to be implemented by the end of 2023.
The speakers also reiterated the message that 2FA will make it impossible to use shared mailboxes (e.g. finance@university.ac.uk) on EU projects. UKRO has recently provided information on how research managers at our subscribing institutions should prepare for mandatory 2FA when using such mailboxes. The relevant ELO article can be accessed in the ‘Related content’ section (ELO access required).